November 22, 2024
Athens, GR 14 C
Expand search form
Blog

Boston bass retires with nod to Koussevitsky

Boston bass retires with nod to Koussevitsky

Principal double-bass Edwin Barker will leave the Boston Symphony Orchestra next week after 48 years in the seat.

His parting performance will be Serge Koussevitzky’s Double Bass Concerto this Friday at Tanglewood. Koussevitsky, Boston’s formative conductor, started life in Russia as a double-bass virtuoso who married the daughter of a tea magnate (which must have gone down well in Boston).

The post Boston bass retires with nod to Koussevitsky appeared first on Slippedisc.

Previous Article

We just sacked the maestro

Next Article

Opera critic dies, 60

You might be interested in …

Label news: Naxos links into gamers

Label news: Naxos links into gamers

The major classical resource Naxos has linked up with the Reactional Platform, which allows game developers to create interactive music soundtracks in games. Naxos and Reactional will aim to collaborate on the composition of interactive […]

End of: CBSO bans happy snappers

End of: CBSO bans happy snappers

The following notice has gone up in Symphony Hall, Birmingham, ending a year of unnecessary chaos.   The boss was wrong. Will she admit it? The post End of: CBSO bans happy snappers appeared first […]

Scala Radio is cancelled

Scala Radio is cancelled

The UK younger-listeners station has been hustled into an urgent rebrand. From September it will be known as Magic Classical. Original, right? Fresh and attractive? Your call. Scala Radio hit a record low of 188,000 […]