The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra: Zachary Cohen Premieres Deak’s Bass Concerto

Step into the SPCO Sandbox for the world premiere of an imaginative fairytale in the form of a concerto for double bass! Developed over the course of two seasons for his Sandbox Composer Residency, Jon Deak's newest work, “Under a Spell”, invites listeners on a whimsical journey performed by Principal Bass Zachary Cohen and guided by narrator Bill Gordh. As the former Associate Principal Bass of the New York Philharmonic and "a composer-performer who has learned to make stringed instruments ‘talk’" (“The Washington Post”), Deak brings a lifelong familiarity of the instrument to his music and teachings.