BACH, BEETHOVEN AND BASS

Northwest Sinfonietta

Jeffery Meyer, conductor
Xavier Foley, bass

Denise Dillenbeck, violin

Clarice Assad, Suite for Lower Strings on Themes of Bach

Bottesini, Gran Duo Concertante

Xavier Foley, For Justice and Peace

Beethoven, Symphony No. 7

Extraordinary double bassist Xavier Foley joins Northwest Sinfonietta for this season finale concert, performing Bottesini’s virtuosic Gran duo concertante and his own composition, For Justice and Peace, with Concertmaster Denise Dillenbeck. Clarice Assad’s playful Suite for Lower Strings opens this final concert of the season, which closes with Beethoven's Symphony No. 7, a sublime epic filled with Beethoven’s optimism in the face of adversity, and hope for the future.