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Bassoon repertoire

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The bassoon repertoire consists of pieces of music composed for bassoon as a principal instrument that may be performed with or without other instruments. Below is a non-exhaustive list of major works for the bassoon.

Baroque

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|filename=Mozart - Bassoon Concerto in Bb major - Allegro.ogg

|title=Bassoon Concerto

|description=First movement of Mozart's Bassoon Concerto

|filename2 = Bassoon_beethoven.ogg

|title2 = Excerpt from the first movement of Beethoven's Fourth Symphony

|description2 = Bassoon performance from Beethoven's 4th Symphony

|filename3=Julius Weissenborn - Six Trios for 3 Bassoons Op. 4 - 4. Scherzo alla Mazurka.ogg

|title3=Scherzo alla Mazurka ("Dance in the village pub")

|description3=The fourth of Julius Weissenborn's 6 Trios for 3 Bassoons Op. 4

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|title4 = Scheherezade

|description4 = Bassoon solo from Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade

|filename5=Camille Saint-Saens - Sonata for bassoon with piano accompaniment (opus 168).ogg

|title5=Bassoon Sonata, Op. 168

|description5=Sonata for bassoon with piano accompaniment, composed by Camille Saint-Saëns

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Classical

  • Johann Christian Bach:
  • Bassoon Concerto in B{{Music|b}}
  • Bassoon Concerto in E{{Music|b}} major
  • Franz Danzi:
  • Bassoon Concerto in G minor,
  • Bassoon Concerto in C
  • 2 Bassoon Concerto in F major
  • 3 Quartets for Bassoon and Strings, Op. 40
  • François Devienne:
  • 12 Sonatas (six with opus numbers)
  • 3 Quartets
  • 4 Bassoon Concerti
  • 6 Duos Concertants
  • Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Grand Concerto for Bassoon (in F)
  • Leopold Kozeluch:
  • Bassoon Concerto in B{{Music|b}} major (P V:B1)
  • Bassoon Concerto in C major (P V:C1)
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:
  • Bassoon Concerto in B{{Music|b}}, K. 191, the only surviving of the original three bassoon concertos he wrote
  • Sonata for Bassoon and Cello in B{{Music|b}}, K. 292
  • Antonio Rosetti:
  • Bassoon Concertos in F major (Murray C75)
  • Bassoon Concertos in B{{Music|b}} major (Murray C69, C73, C74)
  • Bassoon Concerto in E{{Music|b}} major (Murray C68){{cite web|title=Rosetti Bassoon Concertos — Catalog and Track Listing|publisher=Naxos Records|url=http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.555341|year=2003|accessdate=7 September 2008}} The E{{Music|b}} concerto is mentioned in the notes to the recording, see the link on the left.
  • Carl Stamitz: Bassoon Concerto in F major
  • Johann Baptist Wanhal:
  • Bassoon Concerto in C major
  • Concerto in F major for two bassoons and orchestra

Romantic

Twentieth century

  • Miguel del Aguila:
  • Hexen for bassoon and string orchestra
  • Hexen for bassoon and piano
  • Luciano Berio: Sequenza XII for solo bassoon (1995)
  • Pierre Boulez: Dialogue de l'ombre double for bassoon and electronics (originally for clarinet, transcribed for bassoon by the composer – 1995)
  • Howard J. Buss: A Day in the City for solo bassoon (1986)
  • Time Capsule for oboe and bassoon (1996)
  • Desert Odyssey for clarinet, bassoon and piano (1997)
  • Peter Maxwell Davies: Strathclyde Concerto no.8 for bassoon and orchestra
  • Edison Denisov
  • Cinq Etudes for bassoon (1983)
  • Sonata for solo bassoon (1982)
  • Franco Donatoni: Concerto for bassoon (1952)
  • Henri Dutilleux:
  • Sarabande et Cortège for bassoon and piano (1942)
  • Regards sur l'Infini and Deux sonnets de Jean Cassou for bassoon and piano (originally for voice and piano, transcribed by Pascal Gallois with the composer's approval) (1942/2011 and 1954/2011)
  • Alvin Etler: Sonata for bassoon and piano (1951)
  • Jean Françaix:
  • Quadruple Concerto for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and orchestra (1935)
  • Divertissement for bassoon and string quintet (or orchestra) (1942)
  • Le coq et le renard (The Rooster and the Fox) for 4 bassoons (1963)
  • Sept impromptus for flute and bassoon (1977)
  • Trio for oboe, bassoon and piano (1994)
  • Two pieces for bassoon and piano (1996)
  • Glenn Gould: Sonata for Bassoon and Piano (1950)
  • Sofia Gubaidulina:
  • Concerto for bassoon and low strings (1975)
  • Duo sonata for two bassoons (1977)
  • Mozart Camargo Guarnieri:
  • Choro for bassoon and orchestra (1991)
  • César Guerra-Peixe
  • Three pieces for bassoon and piano (1944)
  • Duo for clarinet and bassoon (1970)
  • Paul Hindemith:
  • Sonata for bassoon and piano (1938)
  • Four pieces for cello and bassoon (1941)
  • Concerto for trumpet, bassoon and orchestra (1949)
  • Concerto for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, harp and orchestra (1949)
  • Bertold Hummel:
  • Concertino for bassoon and strings, Op. 27b (1964/1992)
  • 5 Epigrams for bassoon solo Op. 51 (1973)
  • Divertimento for bassoon and violoncello, Op. 62 (1978)
  • Gordon Jacob:
  • Concerto for bassoon, strings and percussion
  • Four Sketches for bassoon
  • Partita for bassoon
  • Paul Jeanjean: Prelude and Scherzo for bassoon and piano (1911)
  • André Jolivet:
  • Concerto for bassoon, strings, harp and piano (1954)
  • Pastorales de Noël for flute, bassoon and harp (1943)
  • Lev Knipper: Concerto for bassoon and strings (1969)
  • Charles Koechlin:
  • Three pieces for bassoon and piano, Op. 18 (1899–1907)
  • Sonata for bassoon and piano, Op.71 (1918)
  • Silhouettes de comédie, 12 pieces for bassoon and orchestra, Op. 193 (1942–1943)
  • György Kurtág: Játékok és üzenetek for solo bassoon (1986–2001)
  • Mary Jane Leach: Feu de Joie for solo bassoon and six taped bassoons (1992)
  • Anne LeBaron: After a Dammit to Hell for bassoon solo (1982)
  • Jef Maes: Burlesque for bassoon and piano (1957)
  • Francisco Mignone:
  • Concertino for bassoon and orchestra (1957)
  • Double Bassoon Sonata no. 1 (1961)
  • Sonatina for bassoon (1961)
  • Invention for clarinet and bassoon (1961)
  • Invention for flute and bassoon (1961)
  • Double Bassoon Sonata no. 2 "Ubayera e Ubayara" (1966)
  • "Tetrafonia e variações em busca de um tema" for four bassoons (1967)
  • "Non nova, sed nove" for oboe, clarinet and bassoon (1967)
  • Passacaglia for clarinet and bassoon (1968)
  • Four symphonies for oboe, clarinet and bassoon (1968)
  • "Sonata a 3" for three bassoons (1978)
  • "3rd Égloga" oboe, clarinet and bassoon (1978)
  • 16 valses for bassoon (1979–1981)
  • Concertino for clarinet, bassoon and orchestra (1980)
  • Four Brazilian pieces for four bassoons (1983)
  • Seresta for bassoon and orchestra (1983)
  • Ștefan Niculescu
  • Sincronie III for flute, oboe and bassoon (1985)
  • "Monophonie", sonata for bassoon (and voice ad libitum) (1989)
  • Willson Osborne: Rhapsody for bassoon
  • Andrzej Panufnik: Concerto for bassoon and small orchestra (1985)
  • Francis Poulenc:
  • Trio for oboe, bassoon and piano (1926)
  • Sonata for clarinet and bassoon (1922)
  • Sergei Prokofiev: Humoristic Scherzo for four bassoons, Op. 12b (1915)
  • Einojuhani Rautavaara: Bassoon Sonata (1970)
  • Alan Ridout: Concertino for bassoon and strings (1975)
  • Timothy Salter:
  • Monopolies for solo bassoon (1995)
  • Imprints for bassoon and piano (1997)
  • Claudio Santoro:
  • Duo for bassoon and piano (1982)
  • Fantasia Sul América for solo bassoon (1983)
  • Alexander Shchetynsky
  • Lento pensieroso for solo bassoon (1994)
  • Richard Strauss:
  • Duett-Concertino in F major for clarinet and bassoon with string orchestra and harp, TRV 293, AV 147 (1947)
  • Der Zweikampf in B♭ major, polonaise for flute, bassoon and orchestra, TRV 133, AV 82 (1884)
  • Lubos Sluka: Sonata for Bassoon and Piano (1971)
  • Stjepan Šulek: Concerto for bassoon and orchestra
  • Alexandre Tansman:
  • Sonatine for bassoon and piano
  • Suite for bassoon and piano
  • Heitor Villa-Lobos:
  • Trio for oboe, clarinet and bassoon (1921)
  • Ciranda das sete notas for bassoon and string orchestra (1933)
  • Bachianas Brasileiras no. 6 for flute and bassoon
  • Fantasia concertante for clarinet, bassoon and piano (1953)
  • Duo for oboe and bassoon (1957)
  • John Williams: The Five Sacred Trees: Concerto for bassoon and orchestra (1995)
  • Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari: Suite-concertino for bassoon and chamber orchestra (1933)
  • Isang Yun: Monolog for bassoon solo (1983–1984)
  • Ellen Taaffe Zwilich: Concerto for bassoon and orchestra (1992)

Twenty-first century

  • Nimrod Borenstein
  • Concerto for bassoon and string orchestra opus 56a (2012)
  • Howard J. Buss
  • Aquarius for 3 bassoons (2013)
  • Ballad for bassoon and piano (2004)
  • Behind the Invisible Mask for bassoon and one percussion (2004)
  • Bassoonisms for four bassoons (2020)
  • Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra (2022)
  • Concerto for Bassoon for bassoon and piano (2017)
  • Contrasts in Blue for oboe, bassoon and piano (2000)
  • Emanations for two bassoons and drum set (2016)
  • The Enchanted Garden for bassoon and string trio (2016)
  • Fables from Aesop for bassoon and violin (2002)
  • Four Miniatures for two bassoons (2010)
  • The Heavens Awaken for bassoon and string quartet (2008)
  • Island of Enchantment for flute, clarinet, horn, bassoon, and piano (2023)
  • Levi's Dream for bassoon quartet (2011)
  • Luminous Horizons for bassoon and harp (2016)
  • Prelude and Intrada for bassoon quartet or ensemble (2007)
  • Spring Reverie for viola, cello and bassoon (2023)
  • Trio Lyrique for horn, bassoon and piano (2013)
  • Turbulent Times for flute, bassoon and piano
  • Village Scenes for oboe, clarinet and bassoon (2004)
  • Miguel del Aguila:Sunset Song for bassoon and piano; Nostalgica for bassoon and string quartet; Malambo for bassoon and string quartet (also with quintet and string orchestra); Malambo for bassoon and piano; Tango Trio for bassoon clarinet and piano; or bassoon, oboe and piano
  • Eric Ewazen: Concerto for Bassoon and Wind Ensemble (2002)
  • Karel Janovický: ; Duos for violin and bassoon, No 1 (2004), No 2 (2006); Sonata for bassoon and piano (2005); Bassoon Quartet (2013).
  • Matt Laing: Of Paradise Lost for bassoon and orchestra[https://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/work/laing-matthew-of-paradise-lost] (2021)
  • Libby Larsen: Jazz Variations for Solo Bassoon (1977), Concert Piece for Bassoon and Piano (2008), Full Moon in the City (2013)
  • Lior Navok: Ex Silentium for bassoon and piano (2018)
  • Robert Paterson: Sonata for Bassoon and Piano[http://www.robpaterson.com/works-notes/sonata_for_bassoon_and_piano.html Sonata for Bassoon and Piano] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715193041/http://www.robpaterson.com/works-notes/sonata_for_bassoon_and_piano.html |date=15 July 2011 }} (2001); Elegy for Two Bassoons and Piano{{Cite web |url=http://www.robpaterson.com/works-notes/elegy_for_two_bassons_and_piano.html |title=Elegy for Two Bassoons and Piano |access-date=6 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715192827/http://www.robpaterson.com/works-notes/elegy_for_two_bassons_and_piano.html |archive-date=15 July 2011 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }} (2006–07)
  • Wolfgang Rihm: Psalmus for bassoon and orchestra (2007)
  • Ananda Sukarlan: "Communication Breakdown" for flute, bassoon and piano (2017)
  • Graham Waterhouse: Basson Quintet (2003); Bright Angel for three bassoons and contrabassoon (2008)
  • Patrick Nunn: Gonk for Bassoon and Sound File (2004)
  • Shai Cohen: Treatise for Bassoon and diffused electronics (2019)
  • Fabio Mengozzi: Vision for English horn, Bassoon and piano (2020){{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O49R19eAlZE|title=FABIO MENGOZZI: "Vision" (for English horn, Bassoon and Piano)

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Works featuring prominent bassoon passages

See also

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