Tue 4/20 @ 7:30PM
Bassist Edgar Meyer’s reach extends from “Bluegrass to Bach,” as Akron’s Tuesday Musical Association has billed his upcoming show at E.J. Thomas Hall.
The 60-year-old Tennessee native has embraced both traditional and progressive bluegrass, classical music, world music and jazz. His compositions have been performed by artists ranging from Yo-Yo Ma, to Bela Fleck, to the Boston Symphony Orchestra, to the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields.
When he comes to Akron, he’ll perform J.S. Bach’s cello suite No. 1 and a work-in-progress of his own for solo bass, along with other pieces he’ll announce during the performance.
Of his new composition, Meyer says, “Although I have not finished this piece, there is enough written to be able to present a working version. This current version has opening and closing movements that are complete for the moment. In between them there will be 1 or 2 movements yet to be written that may or may not include the second movement that I will use for this concert, and the other movements may end up modified somewhat in reaction to whatever happens with the middle movements or just to correct existing flaws.”
For more information about the concert, go here.