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Compared to the piano, the violin, or the cello, the much-maligned bassoon is not used very often as a solo instrument, forcing some bassoonists to create their own transcriptions of music originally written for other solo instruments. But there are some very beautiful pieces that were created by some very well-known composers especially for the bassoon. You’ll hear some of these in this program.
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Compared to the piano, the violin, or the cello, the much-maligned bassoon is not used very often as a solo instrument, forcing some bassoonists to create their own transcriptions of music originally written for other solo instruments. But there are some very beautiful pieces that were created by some very well-known composers especially for the bassoon. You’ll hear some of these in this program.
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Program 172
"Tunes for Bassoons"
MUSIC: Weber: excerpt from beginning of second movement of Andante and Hungarian Rondo for Bassoon and Orchestra [MSR Classics MS 1232, track 12 [under the following]
Hello and welcome to Compact Discoveries. I’m your guide, Fred Flaxman. Stay with me for the next hour and we’ll listen together to several delightful, melodious “Tunes for Bassoons.”
MUSIC: Fades out
Compared to the piano, the violin, or the cello, the much-maligned bassoon is not used very often as a solo instrument, forcing some bassoonists to create their own transcriptions of music originally written for other solo instruments. But there are some very beautiful pieces that were created by some very well-known composers especially for the bassoon....
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