Bay Chamber Concerts Brings Double Bassist Edgar Meyer

photo by Michael Wilson

Bay Chamber Concerts Brings Double Bassist Edgar Meyer to Rockport, Sept 24.

Bay Chamber Concerts is proud to present a solo concert by Edgar Meyer, the internationally renowned double bass virtuoso, on Tuesday September 24th, 7:30PM, Rockport Opera House. Tickets are $25 each and available from baychamberconcerts.org or (207) 236-2823.

After a remarkable summer of concerts, this is the first of Bay Chamber Concerts’ year-round series of groundbreaking performances. In demand as both a performer and a composer, Edgar Meyer has formed a role in the music world unlike any other. Hailed by the New Yorker as “...the most remarkable virtuoso in the relatively unchronicled history of his instrument,” Mr. Meyer’s unparalleled technique and musicianship in combination with his gift for composition have earned him the appreciation of a vast, varied audience. His uniqueness in the field was recognized by a MacArthur Award in 2002.

Four-time Grammy Award Winner

photo by Michael Wilson

Among numerous startling achievements as a composer, last year he debuted his newest composition, the Double Concerto for Double Bass and Violin, with Joshua Bell. The work premiered at Tanglewood with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, at the Hollywood Bowl with the LA Philharmonic, and at the Aspen Music Festival.

Collaborations are a central part of Mr. Meyer’s work. His CD and DVD of original material written and recorded with Chris Thile (Punch Brothers) was released on Nonesuch in Fall 2008, following their extensive tours together. His previous performing and recording projects including a duo with Béla Fleck; a quartet with Joshua Bell, Sam Bush and Mike Marshall; a trio with Béla Fleck and Mike Marshall; and a trio with Yo-Yo Ma and Mark O’Connor have been widely acclaimed. The latter trio collaborated for “Appalachia Waltz,” which was released in 1996, soared to the top of the charts and remained there for 16 weeks. The trio was featured both on the David Letterman Show and the televised 1997 Inaugural Gala. Joining with Yo-Yo Ma and Mark O’Connor for a second time, for “Appalachian Journey” in 2000, the trio won the Grammy® Award that season. Other collaborators have included Emanuel Ax, Hilary Hahn, Zakir Hussain, Emerson String Quartet, Leonard Slatkin, and Seiji Ozawa.

A truly phenomenal artist, Edgar will perform a solo concert program which will include his much-acclaimed interpretation of Bach’s Suite No. 1, BMV 1007 and his new work for solo double bass. This concert is an unprecedented opportunity to hear one of the world’s biggest classical music names at the Rockport Opera House; Edgar Meyer in Concert, presented by Bay Chamber Concerts and Music School. FMI: baychamberconcerts.org or (207) 236-2823.

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