Music on the down low. Music for deep voices.

Set #1 - 8:00am - 9:00am

1. Elizabeth Raum: The Legend of Heimdall (1991)
John Griffiths - tuba, Richard Raum - conductor, Orchestra of the Capella of St. Petersburg
Raum's The Legend of Heimdall
Elizabeth Raum, LOH-14342
22'

2. Johannes Brahms: Cello Sonata No.1 in E minor op.38 (1862-65)
Transcribed for double bass by Volkan Orhon
Volkan Orhon - double bass, Rose Chancler Feinbloom - piano
Centaur Records, CRC 2878
28'

Set #2 - 9:00am - 10:00am

3. Elizabeth Raum: Fantasy (1985)
Brad Howland - trombone, Frances Perriam - piano
Northern Soundings: Music for Trombone by Canadian Composers
Lassus Audio, LPCD314
6:14

4. Alex Shapiro: Music for Two Big Instruments (2000)
Alan Baer - tuba, Bradley Haag - piano
6:42

5. Alex Shapiro: Deep (2004)
Leslie Lashinsky - contrabassoon, Dan Morris - percussion, Alex Shapiro - electronic track
7:35

Tracks 4-5
Alex Shapiro: Notes from the Kelp
Innova Recordings, 683

6. Christopher Roberts: Trios for Deep Voices (2002-04)
Christopher Roberts, Mark Morton & James Bergman - double basses
Cold Blue Music, CB0030
36:40
(The composer emailed me this description: "The Trios for Deep Voices in their present form were composed between November 2002 and June 2004, with the solo introductory "preambles" being added in June 2007, and final details all around composed and tucked in just ahead of the recording sessions in the summer of 2008. I first went to Papua New Guinea with the bass in 1981, and first improvised the pieces in the jungle there, and then for years since, imagining the voices of the other two basses. The pieces paced themselves, and seemed to tell me when they were ready to move from improvisations to the form of a written score. Each trio then seemed to focus on a particular bowing pattern or fingering technique, almost like a bassists' "Well-Tempered" collection of instrumental approaches. Motifs and tactile references moved freely between the trios, and I just let them. People in New Guinea reference each other in songs daily, and the Trios follow this idea into chamber music.")

Set #3 - 10:00am - 11:00am

7. Aaron Copland: Sonata for Violin & Piano (1943)
Transcribed for double bass by Gary Karr
Volkan Orhon - double bass, Rose Chancler Feinbloom - piano
Centaur Records, CRC 2878
22:05

8. Elizabeth Raum: Concerto del Garda (1996)
John Griffiths - tuba, Richard Raum - conductor, Orchestra of the Capella of St. Petersburg
Raum's The Legend of Heimdall
Elizabeth Raum, LOH-14342
15'

9. Meira M. Warshauer: Shevet Achim (Brothers Dwell) (2001)
Richard Nunemaker & Timothy Zavadil - bass clarinets
Richard Nunemaker: The Louisville Project
Arizona University Recordings, AUR CD 3127
11:52