Having a bass player on hand for a chamber music concert often means digging up some unusual repertory.
Unlike so many of his peers who don't record unusual repertory, he takes chances.
The unusual repertory is what makes the event a festival.
It was a good year for opera recordings, especially of unusual repertory.
But these organizations also serve to explore more unusual repertory.
Ten years ago, people thought it was hip to go out and look for unusual repertory.
For some, that was new or unusual repertory; for others, it may have been simply conducting.
If critics come at all, it tends to be for unusual repertory.
The success of unusual repertory on mainstream classical record labels proves that.
Many musicians have tried to get their names in the papers by playing unusual repertory.