Sample Performances & Other Recordings by Dr. Phillip W. Serna on Double Bass & Viola da Gamba
Interviews on the Contrabass Conversations Podcast
n the winter of 2007, Phillip Serna was featured guest in Episodes 5 & 8 of Jason Heath’s Contrabass Conversations podcast as well as a recital showcase.
Episode 5 - Interview with Phillip W. Serna Part 1
Episode 8 - Interview with Phillip W. Serna Part 2
Phillip W. Serna Recital Showcase 1
In episode 5 of Contrabass Conversations, Phillip gives general student advice, practice tips, advice on choosing schools, and much more. In episode 8 of Contrabass Conversations, Phillip discusses his early years studying the bass, his training in Houston, TX, San Francisco, CA, and Chicago, IL, and general student advice. To subscribe to the podcast, visit
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Performances on Double Bass
Johann Sebastian Bach – Suite – BWV 1007 – I – Prelude
Johann Sebastian Bach – Suite – BWV 1007 – II – Allemande
Alberto Ginastera – Variaciones Concertantes – XI – Ripresa del Tema per Contrabasso
Alberto Ginastera – Variaciones Concertantes – I –Tema per Violoncello ed Arpa
Franz Josef Haydn – Symphony No. 72 – Finale – Bass Variation
František Hertl – Sonata for Double Bass – I – Allegro Moderato
František Hertl – Sonata for Double Bass – II – Andantino
František Hertl – Sonata for Double Bass – III – Rondo – alla polka, moderato
Hans Werner Henze – S. Biagio 9 Agosto ore 1207 (1977)
Adolf Mišek – Sonata for Double Bass – Op. 6 – I – Con fuoco
Einojuhani Rautavaara – Angel of Dusk – I – His First Appearance
Einojuhani Rautavaara – Angel of Dusk – III – His Last Appearance
Franz Schubert – Sonata for Arpeggione – D. 821 – I – Allegro Moderato
Eduard Tubin – Concerto for Double Bass & Orchestra – Allegro con moto – Allegro non troppo
Eduard Tubin – Concerto for Double Bass & Orchestra – Andante sostenuto
Eduard Tubin – Concerto for Double Bass & Orchestra – Cadenza –Allegro non troppo, poco marciale
Performances on Viola da Gamba
Ars Antigua (Jerry Fuller, Founder) Engineered & Recorded by Free Chin. The November 10, 2006 Ars Antigua/ Oriana Singers performance of Monteverdi’s Songs of Love & War at the University of Saint Francis Moser Performing Arts Center in Joliet has been posted on ArsAntigua.net. You can listen to the recordings at http://www.arsantigua.net/past/audio11-10-06.html.
The Chicago Early Music Consort (Gary Berkenstock, Founder and Recorders, Stephanie Sheffield, Voice, Joel Spears, Lute & Theorbo, and Phillip W. Serna, Viola da Gamba) Engineered & Produced by Hans Christian at Allemande Music in Sister Bay, WI. Recordings Hosted by Robert Osterlund's website EarlyMusiChicago.org. You can listen to the recordings at http://earlymusichicago.org/recordings_audio_clips.htm.
Phillip W. Serna, Viola da Gamba Music for Solo Viola da Gamba with Phillip W. Serna Engineered & Produced by Hans Christian at Allemande Music in Sister Bay, WI. Recordings Hosted by Robert Osterlund's website EarlyMusiChicago.org. You can listen to these recordings at http://earlymusichicago.org/recordings_audio_clips.htm.
Anonymous - Walsingham from Shakespeare’s Hamlet
Captaine Tobias Hume - Captaine Hume's Pavan from the Musicall Humours, 1605
Captaine Tobias Hume - Love's Farewell from the Musicall Humours, 1605
Captaine Tobias Hume - Now I Come from the Musicall Humours, 1605
Captaine Tobias Hume - The Spirit of Gambo from the Musicall Humours, 1605
Captaine Tobias Hume - My Hope is Decayed from the Musicall Humours, 1605
Captaine Tobias Hume - The Earl of Pembroke His Galliard from the Musicall Humours, 1605
Other Professional Releases
Apollo Chorus of Chicago - Messiah
Clarion Records CLR919CD
Stephen Alltop, director
Northwestern University Symphonic Wind Ensemble - Winds of Nagual
Summit Records DCD-313
Ursula Oppens, piano Mallory Thompson, director
Classical Arts Orchestra - Divas of Mozart's Day
Cedille Records CDR 90000 064
Patrice Michaels, soprano Stephen Alltop, director with Peter Van De Graaff, bass-baritone