Bassoon and piano -
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SKU:
FT.FM514
Composed by
Fredrik Holm. Bassoon and
Piano. Score and Part.
Forton Music #FM514.
Published by Forton Music
(FT.FM514).
ISBN
9790570484133.
This
bassoon concerto was
written in 2013. It is an
epic story in seven
movements where we follow
the bassoon from darkness
to light. It is a
life-quest journey which
is an expression of
personal experiences. The
movements are: Searching,
On The Move, Resting, A
New Dawn, Entering The
Light, At A Crossroad and
On The Foot-path To
Happiness. The concerto
wanders through a wide
variety of experiences
and feelings. The main
character, represented by
the bassoon, starts in a
depressed state of
darkness, where very
encounter with anything
even remotely light or
beautiful almost
increases the feeling of
despair (Searching).
Then, a spark of anger is
born which takes us on to
the second movement (On
The Move). This feeling
takes the character
forward, and out or
depressive numbness. In
the third movement
(Resting) the character
can finally rest, but
still with an underlying
feeling of sadness and
loneliness, and it is not
until the fourth movement
(A New Dawn) that the
bassoon starts to live a
little, which leads into
a more peaceful
experience (Entering The
Light). After that the
character needs to ponder
over where to go next (At
A Crossroad), and finally
in the seventh slightly
mad movement (On The
Footpath To Happiness),
the character can live to
the full, finding his way
in this ever changing
world.
Fredrik Holm
