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Ms. DIANA TARDES (Contrabass Player): (Through Translator) This instrument caught my attention because it's an instrument that most skinny little girls like me don't normally choose.
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The name of the play is called “Contrabass,” and is a one-man show performed by Hovhannes Babakhanyan.
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“Contrabass” is performed a few times a year, usually every three months or so, and as far as I can remember there is usually more than one performance during a single run.
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The orchestra of the Gabrieli Consort seemed even bigger, but that was partly because of all the 19th- century ironmongery: hoops of brass hanging on music stands for the horn players to change keys, funny-looking slide trumpets, and a monster Contrabass Ophicleide.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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You might have expected her Quintet for Violin, Viola, Cello, Contrabass and Piano 2011 - for which the trio was joined by Michael Tree, the violist, and Harold Robinson, the bassist - to follow in that vein.
NYT > Home Page By ALLAN KOZINN 2011
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During this time he also introduced ground-breaking performance techniques for the Contrabass, and in his orchestral writing, working with major orchestras across the country.
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During this time he also introduced ground-breaking performance techniques for the Contrabass, and in his orchestral writing, working with major orchestras across the country.
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Sydney Simpson, a bassist from Owensboro, Ky., won an honorable mention, playing Giuseppe Capuzzi's Concerto for Contrabass and Orchestra.
courierpress.com Stories Roger McBain 2010
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Jeff Weisner of the National Symphony (he was a recent interview guestfor Contrabass Conversations) is selling his Prescott bass.
Jason Heath's Double Bass Blog Jason 2010
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Jazz bassists - highlights from the Contrabass Conversations archives
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