Double Bass Concerto No. 2 in B Minor

Composer: Bottesini, Giovanni

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Double bass: Ivars Morales, Abel

Lecturer/Double bass: de Boeve, Wies

Piano: Gomez Madrigal, Jesus

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Date of Production: Feb. 2018

Venue: Escuela Superior de Musica Reina Sofia, Madrid

Playing Time: 00:43:02

Catalogue Number: RSS15215_1

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The professor starts the explanation at the end of the movement: when the player is at the climax, it is advisable to imagine a soprano singing (Maria Callas). The professor gives indications on trill fingerings, the dramatic meaning of a repetition - and the need to highlight - and the way to play the spiccato, like jumping.

After those corrections, they work on the movement from the beginning: bowings with a prouder character, articulation to clarify all the notes - involving a change of character, and more attention to the harmonic changes, the bowings and the way to get more drama.