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R. Schumann, Adagio and allegro

8:40

D Gabrielli, Ricercar 1

1:38

W A Mozart, Canzonetta

2:16

Hans Fryba, Prelude from the "Suite in the olden style"

3:41

How I play the double bass: 5 false myths about gut strings

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Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre - Esther

In this recording you can hear the first recitativo and aria from Esther, the beautiful cantata by Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre (1655-1729), a charming and intriguing French musician, one of the very few well known female composers of her time. Definitely a composer worth rediscovering!
Recorded live at the Grote Kerk in Leeuwarden on 1/9/2024
Soprano - Elizabeth Kooy
Violone - Severiano Paoli
Organ - Peter van der Zwaag
www.severianopaoli.com

Відео

15:22

How I play the double bass: mutes

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Dear friends, I'm back! It's been a while since the last video, and it was about time I talked about this niche yet interesting topic, i.e. mutes for our beloved instrument! Let's explore these interesting devices and their quirks together, and let's see what's interesting about them! This is just a selection of all the notes available on the market, and if you know some other type that's not m...

8:40

R. Schumann, Adagio and allegro

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Double bass - Severiano Paoli Piano - Siebert Nix

1:38

D Gabrielli, Ricercar 1

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A new video in this hot summer! I'm performing the first ricercar by the Bolognese composer Domenico Gabrielli in one of the halls of the majestic castle of Alden Biesen, Belgium. Despite the absurd temperatures, my bass managed to stay in tune, at least for this recording! And yes, I don't wear the most sober of shirts, but then again, music (and life) is full of colours, and I believe we shou...

2:16

W A Mozart, Canzonetta

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Here's a lovely arrangement for double bass and Marimba of the famous "Canzonetta" from the even more famous opera "Don Giovanni" by W.A Mozart! This arrangement, made by my friend Valentina Ciardelli, bassist and composer, transforms our beloved instrument into a charming and malicious Don Giovanni, singing to his next victim, and the marimba into a string orchestra and a graceful mandolin acc...

Hans Fryba, Prelude from the "Suite in the olden style"

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Hans Fryba, Prelude from the "Suite in the olden style"

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Hello my friends! I hadn't published anything in a while (shame on me), so here's a new video! Some lore first. Months ago, I had tried to record the same piece, but the camera decided to abandon me halfway (shame on her), as you can see in my video "The Fryba fail". So, today I decided to give it again a try; it's been always been a very good occasion to try out my new set of Tempera strings o...

How I play the double bass: 5 false myths about gut strings

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How I play the double bass: 5 false myths about gut strings

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Hello my friends! Today we're going to have some fun debunking some false myths about gut strings that you happen to hear (way too) often. Although these are some of the most common, I'm pretty sure there are many more around, so feel free to write down in the comments the ones you've heard! The video by John Feeney: ua-cam.com/video/Mhbq1hmRXzI/v-deo.html www.severianopaoli.com

0:46

G. Caselli, Formes Fixes, Rondeau

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Old instrument, new music! This is the spirit of Violone 2.0, an anthology of new music for the G violone which will soon be published by Da Vinci Publishing! In this book three composers, Sarai Vangelli De Cresci, Yan Pang e Gabriele Caselli, bring us a musical galore for our beautiful instrument, which acquires in such a way new languages and a new life. Im this video, you can listen to the l...

1:21

Ode to Joy (to the world)

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And here we are, it's Christmas again! And it's also Beethoven's year! So, how to wish you a merry Christmas better than combining them? Enjoy the video, and have a merry and peaceful Christmas, to forget about this very strange year for a while. A big hug to you all, my friends! Severiano Paoli - Bass 1 Isaline Leloup - Bass 2 Arrangement by Severiano Paoli www.severianopaoli.com

9:12

F. Schubert, Sonata "Arpeggione", Mov.1

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Here it is, my interpretation of the first movement of the Arpeggione sonata by Franz Schubert! This playful, yet somehow melancholic piece, has been pleasing my ears for years, so I've been very happy when this year I've had the possibility to perform it live, despite the limitations imposed by the difficult times we're living. As I was mentioning before, this piece has for me a unique driven ...

The bow: The romantic, AKA the modern bow

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The bow: The romantic, AKA the modern bow

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And there we are! The last chapter of this series! Today we're gonna take a close look at what we call the "modern" bow, whose design isn't that modern, actually, since it began to exist around the beginning of the Romantic era. Let's explore this peculiar design, and see how it works, what its pro's and con's are, and let's discover why it became so popular at a point that it's nowadays the mo...

P. Hindemith, Im diesen heiligen Hallen, Bahnsteig 5, Abfahrt 12-13

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P. Hindemith, Im diesen heiligen Hallen, Bahnsteig 5, Abfahrt 12-13

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Here's a short video of part of one of the funniest pieces I've ever played! This little suite for double bass by Paul Hindemith, simply named "Stücke", is a series of short fragments extracted from various operas, and used in a parodistic way. This specific one, "Im diesen heliligen Hallen, Bahnsteig 5, Abfahrt 12-13", is taken directly from the Magic Flute by W.A. Mozart, and inserted straigh...

F.Simandl, Etude n.1 from the 9 grosse etuden

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F.Simandl, Etude n.1 from the 9 grosse etuden

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I have recorded this video for the Facebook group "Studies for double bass challenge". This etude by Frantisek Simandl is one of my favourite etudes ever, combining various technical aspects with some enjoyable melodic lines, especially in the second and fourth fragment. It's a "must study" for all bass players, who are going to get great advantage and enjoyment out of it. Performed on gut stri...

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A. Božić Kudrić, Menuet for double bass

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New season, new piece! Here's my recording of Croatian composer Ante Bozić Kudrić's "Menuet"for contrabass. I particularly like the language of this piece, which begins in a rather traditional fashion, and as it develops it explores interesting and less usual harmonical solutions. Check it out! For whom is asking himself about my questionable outfit, well, he should come here and experience tod...