Slawomir Grenda plays Glière Intermezzo & Tarantella

Bass Recital in Katowice/Poland 8.06.2009
Give a thumb up 👍 if you liked it, I would appreciate!

[@salaidaka]

Wonderful! Truly great, magnificent! My double bass teacher played this piece today in her recital, and I just fell in love with this piece. Good work, and thumbs up for you!

[@nemo227]

I love this tempo. It allows us to feel the full emotion of the tune. I'll listen to this performance again and again and again.

[@slawekbass]

wow, so nice, thank you so much!!!

[@zimoo73]

SUPER . BIG BRAVO. Especially i like your playing posture that your Contra bass don't move and even your body. Very nice balance between you and your Bass.

[@andrewthompson2720]

Thank you, a wonderful and musical performance which I enjoyed from the first note to the last..Bravo !

[@kancerosik]

u have a special and sweetest sound BRAVO!!!!

[@BassThis211]

Wow, that is some very nice playing on one of my favourite pieces!

[@matteokontrabass]

Erstaunlich!!!! Maestro, vielen Dank fuer diese wunderschoene Auffuehrung

[@slawekbass]

His name is Guido Mariotto from Mantova. That means that I'm playing (for sure) a really Italian bass. It's been build in 2000, I love this instrument! I'm using Thomastic BellCanto Solo at the moment, these are cool too! As orchestral strings as well, try it out!

[@pankracy111]

Pamiętam koncert, pamiętam warsztaty. Pozdrawiam!

[@slawekbass]

Thank you very much! It's nice of you to say that!

[@janusznowicki2416]

Śliczny dżwięk-pełny i czysty.Techniki nie komentuję(znakomita) bo przestałem grać w 1994 roku, a byłem uczniem Profesora Piotra Czerwińskiego w Poznaniu.Pozdrawiam

[@janusznowicki2416]

Teraz zaczyna mój 7 letni synek( będzie najmłodszym uczniem klasy kontrabasu w Polsce).Dużo słuchamy twoich wykonań.Mam nadzieję że kiedyś się spotkamy.Pozdrawiamy

[@slawekbass]

Dziękuję serdecznie za bardzo mile komentarze! Naprawdę niesamowicie jestem wdzięczny za uznanie! Ja tez mam nadzieje, ze się kiedyś spotkamy. Jeśli tylko byłaby możliwość koncertowania w Ojczyźnie.... A synkowi życzę powodzenia i wszelkich sukcesów!!! Pozdrawiam z Monachium! Slawek

[@janetpianist]

Lovely!

[@KLUSEK89]

ok, dzięki wielkie:), poszukam, pozdrawiam

[@tzigane3471]

wow, beautiful playing

[@slawekbass]

Thank You!

[@slawekbass]

Thank you so much, it's nice of you to make such a nice comment!

[@cenicero21]

great! bravo!

[@slawekbass]

Thank you so much, nice of you!

[@slawekbass]

Hi, my bass was basically build for me. The maker is Italian, his name is Guido Mariotto. The instrument has been build in 2000, the wood of it is more than 200 years old thought. So I can't even say if the bass is old or new, if you understand what I want to say. Greetings from Munich

[@slawekbass]

Well, at the moment I'm not playing there anything but..... I've studied at Peabody for 5 year! I know exactly how the things work in the US. In a way little bit sad, I think. Never the less, these pieces can work on the orchestral tuning as well, there's no problem! So... have fun with it!

[@omu_omuomu]

Great!

[@rschloz55]

Hello. Beautiful playing. I was wondering if you are using soli or orchestra strings on these pieces as well as Praludium. I plan on learning these this semester, as I have just recently discovered Maestro Gliere. Bravo on your playing!

[@slawekbass]

Dzieki za uznanie. Z nutami będzie trudniej bo (z niewiadomych przyczyn!) nie działa mi scanner. Podpowiem ci jednak, ze graliśmy z wydawnictwa Calmus, poszperaj w necie, z pewnością da się je zamówić. Pozdrawiam!

[@slawekbass]

nice comment, thank you!

[@slawekbass]

Thanks for your admiration! To answer your question, yes, I'm playing it in solo tuning. I don't even know if piano part for orchestral bass has ever been printed. In Europe we (almost) always play such things on solo string. Where are you from that you ask such question? I'm wondering. Have fun with Maestro Gliere, it is nice but not quite easy!

[@slawekbass]

Yes, of course! Can't you hear it?

[@AitorJauregui]

Hi ! I like very much how you play, look I am spanish bass player, I would like to know if you will give any master class in Spain or something similar, anycase congratulations! Gaizka Jauregi

[@slawekbass]

Hi, thanks for you nice command. I was giving master - classes in Spain for several years. At the moment there are no plans for the classes in the future but you never know! In fact, I'm "working" on organizing a course in Spain for upcoming summer. Just keep asking, we'll see if it works with the master - class!

[@slawekbass]

no, no .... it is double bass! You are right! In my very personal opinion that's the way I would like this instrument to sound, at least when one plays solo things. In the orchestra is something totally different. Thanks for appreciation!

[@slawekbass]

Sorry to answer your message so late, I just didn't see it! lol:), my position while playing bass is definitely not my best! I really do not like it but I can't change it, I'm too old for it. I wish I could do it better. I'm trying to teach my student to do it the right way! Thank you for your kind words! Greetings!

[@slawekbass]

OK, let's do it this way. You let me know what you want to do, please and just keep checking what the situation is, OK? Good Luck!

[@punkypenguin321]

fantastic job. May I ask where you acquired that bass and is it old or new?

[@rschloz55]

@slawekbass I am from the US. I found a part that is written for orchestral bass, which is good because I cannot afford a new set of strings, haha. Do you play in America ever?

[@AitorJauregui]

Ok, thank you, the thing is that I am looking for a teacher when I finish in Spain with Wolfgang Gutler and Niek de Groot because I dont know sure what I will do. I know that you were in Spain giving lessons so may be in 2 or 3 months I will ask you again. Anycase thanks, keep good, bye! Gaizka

[@slawekbass]

Thank you so much for your kind commands. I wonder however, why all the people watch/hear (almost) only Intermezzo & Tarantella. I've posted so many other works (which are mostly better pieces and even performed better) but the audience tends to glorify exactly there two and the number of viewers is not nearly so high as in this case. Would you explain it to me, please?

[@slawekbass]

Dzieki za uznanie! Milo mi. A co do tego fatalnego miejsc to jak Amerykanie mawiają: "Shit happens" i " Nobody is perfect". Następnym razem postaram się zrobić to lepiej! Obiecuje!

[@slawekbass]

Well... I really don't know. I wish to do it but somehow I'm a very poor manager. If you wish to hear me there, please, get in touch with someone in Italy who organizes concerts there (Bass Conventions, Festivals, ect ). I'll come and play for you with no question, with pleasure!

[@omu_omuomu]

Why and when did you start the double bass?

[@AitorJauregui]

"Look, now I am with Niek and Wolfgang and I am in my third year so I will finish next year if everything is ok. I am 20, and in summer I have time to go anywhere if you are in Spain. So I will write to you later and you can tell me if you finally can come to Spain. Thank you ! bye, Gaizka"

[@slawekbass]

What should I answer? First tell me who you are. Well.... in any case, thank you!

[@slawekbass]

na ja.... schon viele sagen Chef zu mir!

[@KLUSEK89]

świetne wykonanie:), gratuluję:) mam pytanie, czy miałbyś może nuty do akompaniamentu, bo będę do tego akompaniował i chciałbym już sobie to rozczytać, chodzi mi bardziej o tarantelle niż intermezzo:) jakbyś miał to czy mógłbyś mi przesłać? na maila [e-mail], dziękuję i pozdrawiam:)

[@slawekbass]

??? Sorry, but this time I did not understand this comment.

[@slawekbass]

You have to practice, practice, practice. Sorry, but I give a stupid answer to a stupid question!

[@TheUndob]

This ain't dubstep

[@henrikschunk5732]

I mean, yeah. Youre right, but you couldve seen that one coming ;D

[@slawekbass]

Ogólnie uważam, ze nie masz pojęcia (będę szczery, jak zawsze!) Po pierwsze to właśnie jedynie w ten sposób linia przez cały czas się wspina a nie lamie ( Gliere nie był najlepszym kompozytorem). Po drugie moze u ciebie nie brzmi to dobrze... ja nie mam z tym problemu! I po trzecie, to kim ty jestes, ze ośmielasz się mnie krytykować? Jeśli posłuchać twoich nagrań to jest jasne, ze nie masz pojęcia jak się gra na basie, sorry! Jesli juz musisz byc bezczelny, to najpierw zaprezentuj coś sobą!

[@slawekbass]

Thank you!