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double bassoon see contrabassoon .


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BBC Philharmonic at the Bridgewater Hall
; ...Brahms' First Symphony to perfection at the Bridgewater Hall on 29 October. From the darkness of the first movement, with the double bassoon growling away, to the ravishing strings of the second, Downes compromised nothing in a crafted performance, aided by first-cla... Read more
A Fifth of Mahler, Straight Up
; ...larger than Mahler's Fifth, with its 70 minutes of music for four flutes, three oboes, three clarinets, two bassoons, one double bassoon, six horns, four trumpets, three trombones, one bass tuba, kettledrums, snare drum, bass drum, cymbals, triangle, glockenspiel... Read more
Small but perfectly formed
; ...which sashayed along discordantly like a rusty clockwork toy and made the audience titter with the biological quality of the double-bassoon's low register. Not many composers write concerti grossi anymore, but Schnittke did. His Concerto Grosso No3 for two violins... Read more
Classical: LONDON SINFONIETTA; QUEEN ELIZABETH HALL, LONDON
; ...Stravinsky's art and voice in the ensuing 27 years. Instantly more biting, reedy and pungent - muted trumpets adding edge, double-bassoon adding resonance, especially in the recessional choral with which the piece ends. Valuable as it was to hear the earlier... Read more
Culture: Perfect technical and emotional test for stamina and concentration; Jeffrey Skidmore tells Christopher Morley why he sees Handel's Messiah as the ideal challenge for students.(Features)
; ...work on the 1784 version of the oratorio, an arrangement specially created with additional instruments (horns, trombones, double-bassoon and others) to mark the 25th anniversary of Handel's death. And in those days it was erroneously believed that 1784 also... Read more
PAIR OF EARLY HARPS PROVIDES AN INTERESTING CHANGE OF PACE.(Entertainment)(Review)
; ...two, sets of strings, as Lawrence-King explained from the stage, but it was also called ``double'' like the double bass or double bassoon, from its extended low range. While his playing on both was exquisitely expressive, the double harp must have offered a... Read more
Proms: Brahms, Chopin & Schubert BBCSO/ Belohlavek RAH, London / BBC 2
; ...orchestral sounds that seem quite new to Brahms, a piccolo briefly joining high strings, though softly, soon answered by double bassoon and tuba as the music sinks peacefully to a close. The choral writing is carved in blocks, not woven in contrapuntal lines... Read more
CLASSICAL: PROM 17: DAVIS/ BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Royal Albert Hall London
; ...instantly all memory of the Turnage. The dark, sinister twin of the sparkling Concerto in G, from its extraordinarily eerie double bassoon opening onwards, this performance was clearly a winner; the soloist Louis Lortie's splendidly emphatic entry heralded a... Read more
The beauty and the beat Reviews
; ...Prokofiev's extrovert Piano Concerto No1. It lacked the dramatic impetus to really inspire the hall. Colours were interesting. The double bassoon croaked like a large frog. Vaughan Williams's London Symphony was an affectionate Edwardian tribute (with Georgian tinkerings... Read more
The beauty and the beat; Reviews.
; ...Prokofiev's extrovert Piano Concerto No1. It lacked the dramatic impetus to really inspire the hall. Colours were interesting. The double bassoon croaked like a large frog. Vaughan Williams's London Symphony was an affectionate Edwardian tribute (with Georgian tinkerings... Read more

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double bassoon
double bassoon (contrabassoon) See bassoon Read more
double bassoon
double bassoon (contrabassoon; Fr. ‘contrebasson’; Ger. ‘Kontrafagott’). Wind instr. octave deeper than bassoon and notated octave higher than it sounds, though Wagner and Debussy sometimes... Read more
bassoon, double
bassoon, double. See double bassoon . Read more
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bassoon Bass woodwind instrument with a range of...corresponding to that of the cello . It has a double-reed mouthpiece and a conical bore, the...itself to reduce the instrument's length. Bassoons are used in symphonic and chamber music. The double bassoon or contrabassoon is the ... Read more
bassoon
...evolved from earlier double-reed instruments...the 17th cent., the bassoon was one of the original...contrabassoon, also called double bassoon, is pitched an octave below the bassoon. Fingering is the...4.9 m) long, is doubled back upon itself... Read more

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