Bassoon Solos: Fifteen Good Bets for Festival!

Written by Professor David Pierce, Bassoon

(Solos listed in progressive order of difficulty)

Composer	Title	Publisher	Remarks
Senaille	Allegro Spiritoso	Southern	Originally for violin, the tune's contagious!
Rathaus	Polichinelle	Belwin	Energetic dance, sounds impressive.
Jacob	Four Sketches	Emerson	Very attractive vignettes, esp. "Prelude to the Afternoon of a Dinosaur!"
Galliard	Sonatas I-VI (2 vols.)	International	Nos. III and V are very good.
Weissenborn	Capriccio	Carl Fischer	This one's dandy.
Telemann	Sonata in f minor	Amadeus	Very effective Baroque music, 2nd movement works alone.
Phillips	Concert Piece	Carl Fischer	Snazzy conservative 20th-century idiom.
Kozeluh	Concerto	Elkan-Vogel	A decent 18th-century concerto, 3rd movement is exciting!
Elgar	Romance	Novello	The bassoonist's Brahms! For good musicians.
Schickele	Summer Serenade	Presser	What a neat piece!
Mozart	Concerto, K. 191	Hofmeister	Stick to the third movement your first time around with this piece!
Pierne	Solo de Concert	Kalmus	Romantic and powerful, needs a good accompanist.
Grovlez	Sicilienne et Allegro Giocoso	Leduc	One of the best-sounding Conservatoire pieces.
Weber	Ungarische Fantasie	Universal Ed.	A rip-snorter!
Tansman	Sonatine	Leduc	For the best musicians.

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