Charlotte Symphony: Meyer Plays Double Bass

Overview

Andre Raphel, conductor

Edgar Meyer, double bass

Jennifer HIGDON                      blue cathedral

Edgar MEYER                            Double Bass Concerto No. 1

BOTTESINI / Arr. E. Meyer       Concerto for Double Bass No. 2

BEETHOVEN                             Symphony No. 8

Hailed by the New Yorker as “the most remarkable virtuoso in the relatively unchronicled history of his instrument,” Edgar Meyer returns to the Charlotte Symphony to perform two concertos for double bass – including one composed by Meyer himself.