Mozart composed this glorious Bassoon Concerto K.V.191 in Salzburg in July 1774. Written at this time it was most likely commissioned by a wealthy amateur musician. There is an individual Bassoon part supplied on a seperate sheet as well as a Piano accompaniment replacing the orchestral score.

André Jolivet (1905-1974) established his love for composition from a young age. This remained throughout his life and he held the post of Professor of Composition from 1966-1970 at Paris Conservatoire. Concerto for Bassoon was composed in 1954 and remains highly regarded. Jolivet himself a cellist wished to explore composition for all instruments and therefore has a considerable number of works in all fields. The composer's style is also known for its spirituality and the desire to associate the everyday with the magical and the human with the universal. Jolivet draws on acoustics and atonality asheard in his Concerto for Bassoon. The piece requires high virtuosic skills due to its expansive use of extended techniques. For all advanced bassoonists Jolivet provides an exciting alternative piece for the instrument's repertoire.

Unusually for him Davies starts his Bassoon Concerto not with slow music but with speed and brilliance: the opening is a Presto initiated by the strings and only at the entry of the soloist does the tempo relax to thatof a real introduction. Out of this grow a big dancing Allegro. The slow movement begins and ends with a simple song around fantastical ornamentation from the soloist. The finale is again a recitative and dance with a slow coda.The whole work is an immense show of stamina poetry and athleticism for the bassoon set against an orchestra coloured by low wind (alto flute clarinet in A bass clarinet contrabassoon horns).

 Nomenclature 2 Bassons solo3 Percussionnistes6 Premiers violons6 Seconds violons4 Altos3 Violoncelles2 Contrebasses / Basson Et Orchestre

 Nomenclature 2 Bassons solo3 Percussionnistes6 Premiers violons6 Seconds violons4 Altos3 Violoncelles2 Contrebasses / Basson Et Orchestre

Par CRUSELL BERNHARD HENRIK. L'édition fait partie du syllabus Trinity 2007 (8e année)/ Répertoire / Basson et Orchestre

Par PANUFNIK ANDRZEJ. Détails de la formation instrumentale: 1.0.2.0-0.0.0.0-strings(6.5.4.3.2. preferably, but at maximum doubled) - Durée: 20' -/ Répertoire / Basson et Orchestre