Performers

Matthew McDonald . double bass
Thomas Zehetmair . conductor

Program

Dmitri Shostakovich
Prelude and Scherzo op. 11 in the version for string octet

Peter Eötvös
"Aurora" for solo double bass, accordion and string orchestra

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
String quartet in E flat minor op. 30 in the version for string orchestranductor

Let's face it: the double bass as a solo instrument - that will be a first for many in the audience. If then the solo bassist of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra plays, it becomes an event. Dare, the audience is happy about variety.