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Joel Quarrington
12+ albums
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Joel Quarrington (born January 15, 1955), is a Canadian double bass player and soloist. He was born in Toronto, and began playing the double bass at the age of eleven in order to complete a bluegrass trio with his brothers, Paul Quarrington and Tony Quarrington. At the age of thirteen, he began to study with Thomas Monohan, who was at the time the principal bassist of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. He also studied under Peter Madgett, who is still a member of the TSO. After he received a degree in music from the University of Toronto, he went on to Austria and Italy to study under two renowned double bass pedagogues, respectively Ludwig Streicher and Franco Petracchi. Quarrington has won numerous music competitions, including first prize in the CBC talent festival in 1976, and second prize in the Geneva International Competition in 1978 (first prize was not awarded that year). He played as principal bass with the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra between 1979 and 1988, and the Canadian Opera Company between 1989 and 1991, and then proceeded to become principal bass of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Since September 2006, he has been the Principal Bass of the National Arts Centre Orchestra. Quarrington has played concerti with many North American orchestras, including the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, the TSO and the NACO with Pinchas Zukerman. In April 2006, he played the world premiere of John Harbison's double bass concerto, which was commissioned by the International Socie
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Elegy In D Major
462Four Pieces For Contrabass & Piano: Präludium, Op. 32 - No. 1
263Four Pieces For Contrabass & Piano: Intermezzo, Op. 9 - No. 1
224Four Pieces For Contrabass & Piano: Tarantella, Op.9 - No. 2
225Sonata For Solo Contrabass Op. 108 (1971) : I. Adagio
216Double Bass Sonata : I. Largo
207Concerto In G minor (In The Style Of Johann Christian Bach, 1735-1782): I. Allegro molto ma maestoso
198Concerto in G Minor (In the Style of Johann Christian Bach, 1735-1782): II. Adagio molto espressivo
199Garden Scene, From “Much Ado About Nothing” Op.11 - Four Pieces for Violin and Piano (1920)
1810Four Pieces For Contrabass & Piano: Scherzo, Op.32 - No. 2
18albums
Garden Scene
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Baker / Barnes / Eccles: Works For Double Bass
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Bottesini: Music For Double Bass And Piano, Vol. 2
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Bottesini: Music for Double Bass and Piano, Vol. 2
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Celebration: Valentine's Day
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Virtuoso Reality
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Rossini: 6 Sonate a quattro
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Bottesini - Music for Double Bass and Piano
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Schubert: An Die Musik
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Bottesini: Music For Double Bass And Piano Vol. 1
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Music for Double Bass and Piano
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