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Jeremy Kurtz-Harris,
double bassist

Jeremy Kurtz-Harris, double bassistJeremy Kurtz-Harris, double bassistJeremy Kurtz-Harris, double bassist

Video

San Diego Symphony's "Lunch & Listen" virtual series features a different musician each week.  In this episode, Principal Bassist Jeremy Kurtz-Harris performs two movements of David Anderson's "Four Short Pieces", chats with Executive Director Martha Gilmer about a variety of topics, and finishes with pieces by Domenico Dragonetti and Xavier Foley. 

Sueños (Dream Suite) by Andrés Martin

"Sueños" was commissioned by a consortium of 21 bassists from around the  world, organized by Jeremy Kurtz-Harris.  Tijuana-based  composer/bassist Andrés Martin was asked to write a multi-movement work for double bass and piano, with whatever structure  inspired him.  After having a melody come to him in a dream (one that eventually became  part of the first movement), Martin decided to write a five-movement  suite, based on different dreams:  Falling Asleep, Water, To Die, Flying, and Escape. 

"Edge" by Peter Askim

Composer’s notes: 

 “EDGE is the sharp but delicate lines of a cut diamond; the sheen of sound as it slices the silence; the precision of a surgical knife. Edge is the gritty underside of the pulsing city: dangerous, vital. It is a slalom ski as it speeds downhill — barely balancing and almost, but not quite, losing control. Precarious, but exhilarating . . .  EDGE was commissioned by the International Society of Bassists as the required piece of the 2003 Solo Competition.”

Contrabass Conversations #605

This impromptu conversation with Joel Braun at the 2019 ISB convention turned into a full podcast episode once Jason Heath showed up.

Koussevitzky concerto

A performance of the Koussevitzky Bass Concerto from a faculty recital at Peabody BassWorks in 2012.


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