W.A. Mozart "Non più andrai farfallone amoroso" Variazioni per fagotto...

In Mozart's famous aria ‘Non più andrai farfallone amoroso’ from the opera ‘Le nozze di Figaro’ K492, Count d'Almaviva mocks page Cherubino after enlisting him in his regiment in Seville. ‘Non più andrai farfallone amoroso, notte e giorno in d'intorno girando delle belle turbando il riposo ... non più quell'aria brillante .... ed invece del Fandango una marcia per il fango’. Of this aria for bass, Žilvinas Smalys, composer and bassoonist born in Vilnius, Lithuania, in 1980, made variations of it for solo bassoon included in his ‘Seven Variations on Famous Opera Themes’ published by Accolade. Sure that this composition does not sound to your ears like ‘ ... the concert of trombones, of bombards, of cannons, that the balls in all the thunders make whistling in your ear’, I wish you a good listening!

Alexandre Ouzounoff MONT SAINT-MICHEL Basson on the top vol.1 n.1 Mich...

On the occasion of Alexandre Ouzounoff's birthday, I publish the first summit that the bassoonist composer offers us, starting at 80 metres above sea level. With wishes for many more peaks yet to be reached and ever higher. Best wishes Alexandre!

Mike Curtis CARIBE Seven More Jazz & Ethnic Duos n.5

The stage is a small island of a few square metres in the sea Caribbean, the light is that of the sun. A duet in sunglasses and shorts shorts, to be eaten like coconut ice cream.

Itay Cohen INTERMEZZO for Bassoon Michele Colombo Bassoon

Robert Capanna REMEMBRANCE for solo bassoon Michele Colombo Bassoon

By the American composer Robert Capanna (1952- 2018), I propose ‘Remembrance’ for solo Bassoon from 1977 dedicated to Sol Schoenbach. I quote what he wrote in a concert programme dedicated to him (6 January 2017)

 

“It seems to me that one of the essential questions every creative person has to ask himself is “who am I doing this for?” Obviously, a lot of us might presume that the answer is “myself”, and clearly, we are our own most basic audience. It’s hard to imagine a circumstance where you would make art that you didn’t like (although I suppose some artists on an aggressive career path might make art for reasons in addition to being satisfied with it.) Nonetheless, “myself” seems like a pretty small group, so I believe that the wider audience of performers and listeners plays a key role in shaping who we are and who we become as composers and artists. I’m not trying to share the blame—I’m just saying that my music wouldn’t be what it is without the feedback and input from this wider circle of colleagues and friends, even those with conflicting or contrary ideas about what makes good or bad music.”

Mr. Capanna was a composer in genres from chamber to orchestral to choral, and his works were played by the Philadelphia Orchestra, Milwaukee Symphony, Mendelssohn Quartet, Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, Orchestra 2001, Philadelphia Singers, and others

 

Șerban Nichifor SEPHARDIC INVOCATION for Bassoon

Di Șerban Nichifor (1954) compositore, violoncellista e insegnante di musica rumeno, vi propongo la sua composizione “Sephardic Invocation” per fagotto solo. Nell’agogica del brano viene spesso indicato di suonare come un Shofar, un corno di montone utilizzato come strumento musicale durante alcune funzioni religiose ebraiche. Ho pensato così di aggiungere, durante le lunghe pause segnate dall’ autore, il suono di un Shofar, così da sottolineare l’ atmosfera evocata nella composizione.

Cyrli Plante Etudes pour bassoon solo op.170 n.3

Cyril Plante, compositore nato nel 1975, ha scritto nel 2012 “10 Etudes for bassoon solo” che vanno ad aggiungersi alla lista degli esercizi che costellano la didattica per fagotto. Un’altra occasione dunque per divertirsi facendo un po’ di stretching nel parco della musica. Li potete scaricare gratuitamente da IMSLP.