"Songs For Prayer" Adolphe-Charles Adam: "O Holy Night" / Jacques Arcadelt: "Ave Maria" / Georges Bizet: "Agnus Dei" (Intermezzo) / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Ave verum corpus", K.618 / a.o. works - Gary Karr (b); Harmon Lewis (org) Gary Karr, acclaimed as »the world's leading solo bassist« (Time magazine), is, in fact, the first solo doublebassist in history to make that pursuit a full-time career. It is a career that adds new lustre to his already lustrous 1611 Amati doublebass which was given to him by the widow of Serge Koussevitzky. Since his debut with Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic in 1962, Karr has performed as soloist on six continents with orchestras, including the Chicago Symphony, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Hong Kong Philharmonic, Montreal Symphony, Simon Bolivar Orchestra (Caracas, Venezuela), Jerusalem Symphony, Oslo Philharmonic, Zurich Chamber Orchestra, and with all the major orchestras of Australia. Gary Karr performs on this release with Harmon Lewis on pipe organ for a group of classical pieces by Bizet, Mozart, and more.