Bassoon Repertoire

7 pieces · 6 composers · 9 editions

Romantic20th CenturyClassicalImpressionist

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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One of only two symphonies Mozart wrote in a minor key. The agitated opening theme is one of the most famous in all music. The work combines...

The most famous overture in all opera. Written reportedly in one night, it captures the breathless comedy and barely contained chaos of the ...

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Tchaikovsky's final symphony, premiered nine days before his death. The unconventional ending, an Adagio lamentoso that fades into silence, ...

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Part of Hindemith's project to write a sonata for every orchestral instrument. The bassoon sonata is one of the most successful, combining n...

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The work that changed music forever. Its 1913 Paris premiere caused a riot. The opening bassoon solo in the extreme high register, the pound...

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The violin solo representing Scheherazade, the storyteller of the Arabian Nights, is the most famous concertmaster solo in the orchestral re...

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A single melody repeated over a relentless snare drum rhythm, growing from a whispered flute solo to a full orchestral explosion. Ravel call...