flat]], 3rd doubling bass clarinet), 2 bassoons,
contrabassoon, 4 horns in F, 2 trumpets in C, 3 trombones, tuba, percussion, celeste, synthesizer, 2 harps, strings.
Falling Down was commissioned from John Woolrich specifically for Margaret by the Grimmitt Trust, and is one of only a handful of concertos written for the
contrabassoon.
Falling Down was commissioned from John Woolrich specifically for Margaret by the Grimmitt Trust and is one of only a handful of concertos written for the
contrabassoon.
The Index was a remarkable monument to Langwill's lifelong interest in the subject and had its origins in his researches into the history of the bassoon (which itself culminated in The bassoon and
contrabassoon (1965), the first full-length study devoted to the instrument in any language).
dissatisfied with the
contrabassoon as they knew it.
Vivaldi wrote several (but so he did for virtually every instrument in existence), Mozart (the greatest, though he probably dashed it off with scarcely a thought), Weber, not many others - though John Woolrich's Falling Down for
contrabassoon is a wonderful very recent addition to the repertoire.
Also, to maximize the effect of the lion's roar in "Straight Opening Her Fertile Womb," Brown follows the sources that add both bassoons and bass trombone to the first edition's scoring for
contrabassoon, first and second trombones, and strings.
I played the bassoon, and also loved doubling on the
contrabassoon.
32) Works such as "Dutch" Suite in G Major (1977) for bassoon and tuba, and "Safe" Sextet (1989) for piccolo, English horn, bass clarinet,
contrabassoon, harp, and celesta use combinations of instruments that are not traditional, and employ extremes in pitch ranges.
He also gave the American West Coast premiere of Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and crossover pioneer Gunther Schuller's Concerto for
Contrabassoon and Orchestra, one of only a handful of concertos written for the contra.
Hough, whose blogging threatens to be almost as stimulating as his pianoplaying, also had some striking observations on one of his favourite paintings of Christ - The Man of Sorrows, by Petrus Christus, which he popped in to see at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery while rehearsing at Symphony Hall (Hough is also a composer, and his other reason for being in Birmingham last week was that his trio for piccolo,
contrabassoon and piano was premiered at the International Double Reed Society's annual conference).
Fast Walk, for 3 Bassoons and
Contrabassoon (Quartet or Ensemble).
