Bassoon
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Repertoire examples for Bassoon, based on recommendations from orchestration treatises and college syllabi.
Dr. Jason Noble ‘s listening list, from his Instruments of the Orchestra course.
KENNAN AND GRANTHAM (2002, Pp. 104–105), THE TECHNIQUE OF ORCHESTRATION.
Suggested listening for Bassoon. Playlist available here on Spotify.
“Beethoven, Fifth Symphony, 2nd movt., meas. 205.
Tchaikovsky, Fourth Symphony, 2nd movt., meas. 77; Sixth Symphony, beginning; last movt., meas. 30.
Rimsky-Korsakov, Scheherazade, 2nd movt., meas. 5.
Mussorgsky-Ravel, Pictures at an Exhibition, beginning of Part II (“The Old Castle”). Dukas, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, figure 7.
Stravinsky, The Rite of Spring, beginning; Petrouchka, 4 bars after figure 68 (end of Moor scene); Agon, “Bransle Gay.”
Shostakovich, Ninth Symphony, last movt., 10 bars after figure 67. Carter, A Symphony of Three Orchestras, meas. 40.
