Tonight! (Thursday, May 26)

The performances of double bassist/narrator Richard Carnegie, principal bass of the Saskatoon Symphony, are the one-night stand between a poetry slam and the classical avant-garde that have turned into an unlikely but loving relationship. When Richard isn’t playing Bach and Beethoven, he is busy exploring the small but rich repertoire of music for solo double bass with
simultaneous narration. Conversations includes Richard’s own compositions as well as works by a variety of composers. By turns comedic, tragic, contemplative and downright absurd, Conversations with My Double Bass is an hour of music and spoken word that will keep you talking. This performance is free of charge and will take place at 7pm in The Gallery on the second floor of the library downtown on Thursday May 26th.

Program:

B.B. Wolf- An Apologia
by Jon Deak

Four Poems by Liza McLellan, And One Not
by Ryan Purchase

Three Waltzes
by Domenico Dragonetti
with readings from Domenico Dragonetti in England
by Fiona Palmer (1997)


Anerca for Solo Double Bass (1979)
by Milton Barnes

---Intermission---


Little Sad Sound (1974)
a melodrama for Narrator and Double Bass
by Alan Ridout

Bridge (2004)
with text from a Google cache retrieved in April 2009)
by Richard Carnegie

Sonnet
by Max Stern

Failing- A Very Difficult Piece for
Solo Double Bass (1975)
by Tom Johnson