The Digital Experience concert recorded on Saturday, May 22 is no longer available.
Edgar Meyer played a rare solo performance that expands musical horizons and reimagine traditional boundaries of the double bass.
View the program with notes and biography.
Hailed by The New Yorker as “the most remarkable virtuoso in the relatively unchronicled history of his instrument,” Edgar Meyer’s unparalleled technique and musicianship in combination with his gift for composition have brought him to greater stardom. His uniqueness in the field was recognized by both a MacArthur Fellowship and an Avery Fisher Prize; Meyer is the only bassist ever to receive either of these esteemed accolades.
This concert had a socially distanced audience.
Listen to the Classical KC interview:
Edgar Meyer talks with hosts Sascha Groschang and Laurel Parks
Read the Kansas City Star interview by Patrick Neas:
Power bass: Edgar Meyer, coming to Kansas City, gets the most out of this instrument
Read the KC STUDIO Magazine article by Patrick Neas:
From Bach to Bluegrass: Acclaimed Musician Gives Double Bass Its Due
Program
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007
Prelude ⸱ Allemande ⸱ Courante ⸱ Sarabande ⸱ Menuet I ⸱ Menuet II ⸱ Gigue
EDGAR MEYER
Work in Progress for unaccompanied double bass
I ⸱ II ⸱ III
Additional selections were announced from the stage.
