Symphonic music arranged for four bassoons
Various
Fagott für Vier
This is a collection of arrangements for bassoon quartet and bassoon trio/contrabassoon. Selections include:
1. Bach, JS- The Well-Tempered Klavier (Book 1, 1-3)
2. Lacerda & Pixinguinha- Um a Zero
3. Mendelssohn- Violin Concerto, 3rd Movement
4. Offenbach- Orpeus in the Underworld
5. Tchaikovsky- Chinese Dance from "Nutcracker"
6. Tchaikovsky- Trepak from "Nutcracker"
Bassoon Practice Excerpts
The following excerpts have been arranged
for three bassoons and are sold as a collection:
-Beethoven: Symphony Nr. 9
-Brahms: Violin Concerto
-Donizetti: l'Elisir d'amore
-Mendelssohn: Scherzo / Midsummer Night's Dream
-Mozart: Marriage of Figaro / Overture
-Ravel: Bolero
-Tchaikovsky: Symphony Nr. 4
-Tchaikovsky: Symphony Nr. 6
Knowing what is happening in the orchestra during important excerpts is key to building a proper interpretation. These trios allow the student to hear what is happening without the need of an entire orchestra. One bassoon plays the excerpt, while the other two play the orchestral parts.
This is a test volume for those who are interested in the "Excerpts in Context" but are on the fence. For a smaller financial investment you can order this volume from TrevCo Music Publishing to test the concept before going all-in on the larger book.
The excerpts in this volume are also included in the "Excerpts in Context" book, so there is no need to purchase both if you are already purchasing the larger volume.
Excerpts in Context
At the request of instructors at Juilliard, Mannes College and Manhattan School of Music, the following excerpts have been arranged for three bassoons and are sold as a collection:
-Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra
-Beethoven: Symphony Nr. 4
-Beethoven: Symphony Nr. 6
-Beethoven: Symphony Nr. 9
-Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
-Brahms: Symphony Nr. 3
-Brahms: Piano Concerto Nr. 1
-Brahms: Violin Concerto
-Donizetti: l'Elisir d'amore
-Mendelssohn: Scherzo / Midsummer Night's Dream
-Mozart: Symphony Nr. 35
-Mozart: Symphony Nr. 41
-Mozart: Cosi fan tutte
-Mozart: Marriage of Figaro / Overture
-Ravel: Bolero
-Strauss: Ein Heldenleben
-Stravinsky: Firebird
-Stravinsky: Pulcinella
-Stravinsky: Le Sacre du printemps
-Tchaikovsky: Symphony Nr. 4
-Tchaikovsky: Symphony Nr. 5
-Tchaikovsky: Symphony Nr. 6
-Verdi: Aïda
-Wagner: Tannhäuser / Overture
as well as the following contrabassoon excerpts:
-Beethoven: Symphony Nr. 5
-Brahms: Symphony Nr. 1
-Brahms: Symphony Nr. 3
-Brahms: Variations on a Theme of Haydn
-Haydn: Die Schöpfung
-Mahler: Symphony Nr. 9
-Ravel: Ma Mère l'Oye
-Ravel: Concerto pour la main gauche
-Strauss: Tod und Verklärung
Knowing what is happening in the orchestra during important excerpts is key to building a proper interpretation. These trios allow the student to hear what is happening without the need of an entire orchestra. One bassoon plays the excerpt, while the other two play the orchestral parts.
Song Without Words
Gubaidulina
This piece, originally for trumpet and piano, has been arranged for trumpet and string quintet with permission from the composer. This arrangement was commissioned for Andris Nelsons and members of the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig to perform during a Klassik Underground concert in the Moritzbastei, Leipzig.
Instrumentation:
Solo Trumpet
2 Violins
2 Violas
Cello
Monsieur Satie!
Satie
Commissioned by the Gewandhaus zu Leipzig, this is an hour long program of music by Erik Satie originally for piano arranged for Violin, Bassoon, Piano, and Marimba/Vibraphone.
This program was created for a collaboration with the mime duo Bodecker and Neander who, together with members of the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, perform this piece regularly in the Gewandhaus zu Leipzig as one of their outreach and education programs.
Instrumentation:
Violin
Bassoon
Piano
Marimba & Vibraphone
Spanish Dance Nr. 1
de Falla
Spanish Dance No. 1 from La Vida Breve, commissioned by Trio Vasnier and the Fundació Orfeó Cartalá-Palau. With this arrangement among their repertoire, Trio Vasnier won the 2nd prize at the V Concurso Ibérico de Música de Cámara con Arpa 2018.
Instrumentation:
Flute
Viola
Harp
Wie Man Holz Glücklich Machen Kann
Various
Commissioned by the Gewandhaus zu Leipzig, this is an hour long program traveling through the history of both music and musical instruments.
Created in collaboration with director Philipp J. Neumann, this program has the four musicians acting as lumberjacks discovering what they can do with wood musically. From Vivaldi's Four Seasons on two recorders, tuned wood, and tuned nails, through Mozart, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Bizet, Tchaikovsky, all the way to Hindemith, Bernstein and Queen (with some original music in between) the listener is presented with a wide variety of musical styles and instrument combinations.
Instrumentation:
Flute & Recorder
Bassoon & Recorder
Viola & Various
Percussion
Weber
Der Freischütz Suite
A small suite of numbers from Weber's opera Der Freischütz.
The first selection is scored for 3 English horns, although alternate parts have been provided to allow for a more standard 2-1-2 instrumentation, should additional English horns not be available. The second bassoon doubles on contrabassoon for the introduction.
Instrumentation:
2 Oboes
English Horn
2 Bassoons