A slice of cake with a cup of
tea.
A sweet moment where worries are left to evaporate with the steam of tea.
I wrote "Piece of Cake and Cup of Tea"
for two bassoons, in September 2025.
The main element of this short composition is a sequence of eight notes
introduced in the first two bars. This ingredient is kneaded, developed, and
blended into a piece of “cake.”
As the tea is sipped, the notes of the dessert unfold in a calm tempo.
I invite you to taste these 100 grams of cake, accompanied by a steaming cup of
tea.
Fai fagotto, si parte!
Viaggi fantastici, itinerari fantasiosi per bambini di ogni età, dentro e fuori dal fagotto
martedì 7 ottobre 2025
Michele Colombo PIECE OF CAKE AND CUP OF TEA for two bassoons
martedì 30 settembre 2025
Werner Heider SEPTEMPBER-WEGE (Ein musikalisches Tagebich) 1.- 7. f...
I welcome autumn with a piece by Werner Heider, a German composer born in 1930.
A musical diary. A few lines to express moods, points of view, experiences.
The bassoon is
the instrument Heider uses to write the first seven days of this particular
diary of September, followed by the harp, the tuba and finally the accordion.
The bassoon part, written in 1989, was performed for the first time at the
“Festival des Hörens” on 22 September 1990 by Karsten Nagel, bassoon teacher at
the Leopold Mozart Centre at the University of Augsburg.
The seven movements have the following titles:
2. Stimmungen Moods
3.
Standpunkte Points of view
4. Übermut Cheekiness
5. Situationen Situations
6. Erfahrungen Experience
7. Einsichten Insights
lunedì 22 settembre 2025
Danilo Zaffaroni A SUMMER FUNK for bassoon and piano
I bid farewell to summer with Danilo Zaffaroni's latest work, A SUMMER FUNK for bassoon and piano. A piece with a driving rhythm that perfectly captures the energy that permeates this eternally youthful season.
martedì 16 settembre 2025
martedì 9 settembre 2025
Michele Colombo SHANTI
Composed at Mulino OhmShanti, this short piece contains the ‘Shanti’ (peace, tranquillity, inner imperturbability given by the absence of mental disturbances) that the Guru invokes in his prayer of gratitude to the One who is All.
Beyond the boundaries of our reality lies the Immense, where we are dissolving clouds.
Where, if not burdened by storms, our Essence will find tranquillity.
venerdì 5 settembre 2025
John Cage FOR SERGIO for bassoon World Premiere Michele Colombo Bassoon
The piece I am
proposing is an unpublished work by John Cage.
It is
dedicated to the bassoonist Sergio Romani, at the time bassoonist at the Teatro
dell'Opera in Rome, who has jealously preserved it for all these years.
It was
presumably given to Sergio Romani in November or December 1973 when J. Cage was
in Rome to attend the performance of his “Exercise”. Probably impressed by
Sergio's skill and friendliness, he did not hesitate to grant his request for
an autograph, enriching it with a very short, impromptu composition. Among the
various possible interpretations, I decided to perform it as follows.
A single line
of the stave defines a boundary around which the composition develops.
The pitches and tempo have no defined codification.
The piece has only two real notes, which spell out the name of the dedicatee: Ser-gio. Around these “concrete” notes develops a halo of fluid sounds, an intangible reality that composes the inconsistency of the etheric world that envelops matter.
I have
defined the symbols in the following rule. O : breath ●: slap.
I am
honoured to perform this “sound autograph” for the first time, dedicated to the
late Sergio Romani, who made a valuable contribution to music with flair,
humility and great professionalism.
venerdì 29 agosto 2025
E. Jancourt GRANDE SONATA n.1 per fagotto
La musica lo circondava e così, per il piccolo Eugène suonare fu cosa naturale. Iniziò con il flauto, poi con il clarinetto ed il violino. Solo quando provò a suonare il fagotto, incantato dal suo ammaliante timbro e dal suo deciso carattere, Eugène capì di aver finalmente trovato il suo strumento.
Aveva diciannove anni quando fu ammesso al Conservatorio di Parigi. “Se sei bravo con un fagotto che non suona, chissà cosa farai con uno che suona” gli disse il suo maestro François-René Gebauer dando al talentuoso allievo uno dei suoi fagotti. A ventidue anni Eugènè Jancourt si diplomerà ed inizierà a suonare come freelance a Parigi. Entrerà come primo fagotto dell'Orchestre de l'Opéra-Comique ed il suo suono incanterà tutti per la purezza e la vicinanza con la voce umana. Dal 1843 al 1869 fu prima fagotto al Théâtre Italien. Fece tournée a Londra, in Italia e in Francia. La sua ultima apparizione come esecutore avvenne nel 1877 ad Angers, in Francia. Una volta conclusa la sua carriera di artista, Jancourt divenne un rinomato insegnante al Conservatorio di Parigi nel 1875. Rimase al conservatorio fino al 1891, quando si ritirò e continuò a migliorare il fagotto nelle sue carenze meccaniche. Eugène Jancourt, nato il 15 dicembre del 1815, morì il 29 gennaio 1901 a Boulogne-ser-Seine all'età di 85 anni.