{"id":57748,"date":"2019-01-03T11:36:15","date_gmt":"2019-01-03T16:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=57748"},"modified":"2019-01-04T10:19:44","modified_gmt":"2019-01-04T15:19:44","slug":"coffee-break-watch-joel-quarrington-amaze-with-bachs-sixth-cello-suite-on-double-bass-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2019\/01\/03\/coffee-break-watch-joel-quarrington-amaze-with-bachs-sixth-cello-suite-on-double-bass-video\/","title":{"rendered":"COFFEE BREAK | Watch Joel Quarrington Amaze With Bach&#8217;s Sixth Cello Suite On Double Bass (Video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/D0wPe5wccQk?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>It has become a right of passage for\u00a0double bass players to perform\u00a0movements of the Bach cello suites, especially or orchestral auditions. But to hear them played well is a rare feat.<\/p>\n<p>So when we found this video of\u00a0National Arts Centre Orchestra Principal Double\u00a0Bass\u00a0Joel Quarrington performing\u00a0J.S. Bach&#8217;s Sixth Cello Suite, we dropped everything\u00a0to take notice.<\/p>\n<p>Performed at St-Stephen\u2019s Parish in Chelsea, Qu\u00e9bec, the video shows\u00a0Quarrington navigating the 30-minute\u00a0work with such incredible\u00a0agility, that one could wonder if the piece might have been originally written for the bass.<\/p>\n<p>The challenge for the cello is difficult,\u00a0let alone the bass, which often requires the original key and octave to be\u00a0transposed.<\/p>\n<p>Why this is so astonishing is because\u00a0the double bass sounds an octave lower than written, and is typically tuned in fourths, rather than in fifths as is the case for cello. Here,\u00a0Quarrington plays it at pitch, and has tuned his Giovanni Paolo Maggini bass in fifths, exactly like a cello, which allows him to make the piece sound idiomatic to the instrument, providing a rich, more hearty colour to the sound.<\/p>\n<p>This video is a testament to the incredible\u00a0virtuosity of both J. S. Bach and Quarrington \u2014 a match captured in wonder in this extraordinary\u00a0video.<\/p>\n<p>Joel Quarrington is a former principal bass of the London Symphony Orchestra and Toronto Symphony Orchestra, and currently principal of the National Arts Centre Orchestra in Ottawa.<\/p>\n<p>+++<\/p>\n<p>You can catch\u00a0Quarrington perform in Toronto with David Jalbert (piano), Yehonatan Berick (violin), Jethro Marks (viola), and Carol Sirois (cello) at Walter Hall, Feb. 28. Details, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/event\/womens-musical-club-toronto-joel-quarrington-friends\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watch the National Arts Centre Orchestra Principal Double\u00a0Bass\u00a0Joel Quarrington perform\u00a0J.S. 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