Concert Duo for Violin and Double Bass Movement I - Edgar Meyer & Chris Thile

Edgar Meyer and Chris Thile playing the 1st movement from Edgar Meyer's "Concert Duo for Violin and Double Bass." The original recording is on the album Short Trip Home by Joshua Bell, Edgar Meyer, Mike Marshall, and Sam Bush. The re-recordings of the 1st and 2nd movements (with Thile's mandolin replacing the violin) are on the Deluxe CD+DVD edition of Meyer and Thile's album.

This is a clip from Edgar Meyer & Chris Thile's set on the Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour. You can watch the show in its entirity by visiting the Woodsongs archives at http://www.woodsongs.com/showlist.asp (show #506).

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• mandolin
• bass
• woodsongs
• duet
• duo

[fuerjo1]

very nice ...but I'm still looking for the violin!!!!

[MattMinteer]

@themightymearns It's because that bowhold is advantageous since it's very efficient in regards to weight. Edgar can conserve movement since he has to move his hand less than he would with his other bowhold. I believe one of the strengths of that bow hold is articulation (notice that he almost always uses it for fast passages).

[topologyrob]

@BassplayerTCL My apologies - I misread your comment as "no better than jamming" !

[BassplayerTCL]

@topologyrob

You can jam to something that you've written down. I'm sure that's how the piece was conceived in the first place. Every time something new can happen and that's what makes it great.

[JetOfSang]

Edgar Meyer gain some weight, hasn't he?

[goopy630]

@renasoaca actually he went to undergrad at Indiana University through their music performance program which is heavily classical. Bassists DaXun Zhang and Michael Cameron have come from there.

My teacher played next to Edgar in their orchestra and he said in college his bass was held together with duct tape in some spots!

[zethryus]

@renasoaca i think you should do more research on this guy before you state that he "always played bluegrass songs" :)

[NYyankee02]

@NinjaMatt27 it's made for the violin, but chris thile played it on the mandolin because the violin and mandolin are tuned the same way. so he just substituted the mandolin.

[NinjaMatt27]

-.- misleading title where's the violin?

[OkayAsAPlum]

The emotion and composition in this piece is so perfect.

Marvelous. Just marvelous.

[weirdjessi]

This is one of the most perfect things I've ever heard. Genre, composition, skill, emotion...perfect.