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Bassoon concerto

A bassoon concerto is a concerto for bassoon accompanied by a musical ensemble, typically orchestra. Like bassoon sonatas, bassoon concerti were relatively uncommon until the twentieth century,

Baroque#

  • Antonio Vivaldi, 39 Bassoon Concerti, RV 466-504 (RV 468 and 482 incomplete)
  • Johann Friedrich Fasch, Concerto in C Major
  • Caspar Förster, Concerto
  • Johann Gottlieb Graun, Concerto in C Major
  • Christoph Graupner, Four Bassoon Concerti in C Major, GWV 301, C Minor, GWV 307, G Major, GWV 328, and B-flat Major, GWV 340
  • Johann Melchior Molter, Four Bassoon Concerti (including Concerto in B-flat Major, MWV 6.35 )
  • Antonín Reichenauer, Three Bassoon Concerti in C Major, F Major, and G Minor
  • Michel Corrette, Concerto in D Major Le Phénix for four bassoons and continuo

Classical#

  • Johann Christian Bach, Two Bassoon Concerti in E flat Major (W C82) and B flat Major (W C83)
  • Capel Bond, Bassoon Concerto No. 6 in B flat Major (1766)
  • Bernhard Henrik Crusell, Bassoon Concertino in B flat Major
  • Franz Danzi, Four Bassoon Concerti in F Major (2), C Major and G Minor
  • François Devienne, Five Bassoon Concerti (1785)
  • Luigi Gatti, Bassoon Concerto in F Major, L7:e4
  • Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Bassoon Concerto in F Major, S. 63/WoO 23
  • Leopold Kozeluch, Two Bassoon Concerti in B flat Major, P V:B1 and C Major, P V:C1
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Bassoon Concerto (1774)
  • Johann Baptist Georg Neruda, Concerto in C Major
  • Ignaz Joseph Pleyel, Concerto in B-flat Major B.107
  • Johann Heinrich Christian Rinck, Concerto
  • Antonio Rosetti, Bassoon Concerti (C69, C73-C75)
  • Theodor von Schacht, Concerto
  • Carl Stamitz, Bassoon Concerto in F Major
  • Johann Baptist Wanhal, Bassoon Concerto in C Major, Concerto for Two Bassoons and Orchestra
  • Anselm Viola i Valentí, Concerto in F Major (1791)
  • Johann Christoph Vogel, Concerto in C Major

Romantic#

  • Ferdinand David, Concertino, Op. 12 (1838)
  • Édouard Du Puy, Concerto in C Minor (also, Bassoon Quintet in A Minor, often performed as a concerto)
  • Johann Nepomuk Fuchs, Concerto in B flat Major
  • Peter Josef von Lindpaintner, Bassoon Concerto in F major, Op. 44
  • Ludwig Milde, Concerto in A Minor
  • Gioachino Rossini, Bassoon Concerto (attributed to Rossini, authenticity questionable)
  • Giuseppe Venturini, Concerto in D Minor (ca. 1898)
  • Carl Maria von Weber, Bassoon Concerto in F Major, Op. 75 (1811)
  • Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Suite-concertino in F Major, Op. 16 (1932)

20th century#

  • Dieter Acker, Concerto (1979, rev. 1980)
  • Murray Adaskin, Concerto (1960)
  • , Concerto, Op. 69 (1995)
  • , Concerto, Op. 75 (1956)
  • David Amram, Concerto (1970)
  • Jurriaan Andriessen, Concertino for Bassoon and Double Woodwind Quintet (1962)
  • Tony Aubin, Concerto della Brughiera (1965)
  • Conrad Baden, Concerto, Op. 126 (1980)
  • Henk Badings, Concerto for Bassoon, Contrabassoon and Wind Orchestra (1964)
  • Andrei Balanchivadze, Concertino (1954)
  • Richard Rodney Bennett, Concerto (1994)
  • Alain Bernaud, Concertino da Camera (1962; completed 2012)
  • , Concerto for Bassoon and Wind Ensemble
  • Judith Bingham, Concerto (1998)
  • Marcel Bitsch, Concertino for Bassoon and Orchestra (1948)
  • Daniel Börtz, Concerto for Bassoon and Band (1978–79)
  • Eugène Bozza, Concertino for Bassoon and Chamber Orchestra, Op. 49 (1946)
  • Colin Brumby, Concerto
  • Victor Bruns, Four Bassoon Concerti, Op. 5 (1933), Op. 15 (1946), Op. 41 (1966) and Op. 83 (1986), and Contrabassoon Concerto, Op. 98 (1992)
  • Glenn Buhr, Concerto (1996)
  • , Concertino, Op. 38 for bassoon, violin, viola and cello (1992)
  • , Goëlette de jade Concerto for Bassoon and Strings (1999-2000)
  • Dinos Constantinides, Concerto, LRC 154a
  • Andrzej Dobrowolski, Concerto (1953)
  • Franco Donatoni, Concerto (1952)
  • Pierre Max Dubois, Concerto Ironico (1968)
  • Sophie Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatté, Triple-Concerto for Trumpet, Clarinet, Bassoon, Strings and Timpani, E. 123 (1949); Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra, E. 124/125 (1950)
  • Helmut Eder, Concerto, Op. 49
  • Anders Eliasson, Concerto (1982)
  • Jindřich Feld, Concerto (1953)
  • John Fernström, Concerto, Op. 80 (1945)
  • Eric Fogg, Concerto (1931)
  • Bjørn Fongaard, Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra, Op. 120, No. 12; Concerto for Bassoon and Tape, Op. 131, No. 10
  • Jean Françaix, Concerto for Bassoon and 11 String Instruments (1979)
  • Anis Fuleihan, Concertino (1965)
  • , Concerto No. 1 (1979), Concerto No. 2 (1997)
  • René Gerber, Concerto (1935–39)
  • , Concerto (1979)
  • Suzanne Giraud, Concerto Crier vers l’horizon (1991)
  • , Concerto (1952); Concertino (1959)
  • Launy Grøndahl, Concerto (1942)
  • Sofia Gubaidulina, Concerto for Bassoon and Low Strings (1975)
  • Bernhard Heiden, Concerto (1990)
  • Kurt Hessenberg, Concertino, Op. 106 (1979)
  • Jacques Hétu, Concerto (1979)
  • Frigyes Hidas, Concerto for Bassoon and Wind Ensemble (1999)
  • Paul Hindemith, Concerto for Bassoon and Trumpet (1949)
  • Peter Hope, Concertino
  • Bertold Hummel, Concerto, Op. 27b (1964/92)
  • Gordon Jacob, Concerto (1947)
  • André Jolivet, Concerto for Bassoon, String Orchestra, Harp and Piano (1951)
  • John Joubert, Concerto, Op. 77 (1973)
  • Raimo Kangro, Concerto, op. 27 (1981)
  • Yuri Kasparov, Concerto (1996)
  • Manfred Kelkel, Concerto, Op. 13 (1965)
  • Lev Knipper, Double Concerto for Trumpet and Bassoon (1968), Concerto for Bassoon and Strings (1970)
  • Rudolf Komorous, Chamber Concerto (1995)
  • Nikolai Korndorf, Concerto Pastorale (1971)
  • Uroš Krek, Concerto
  • Shin’ichirō Ikebe, Concerto “The License of Blaze” (1999 / rev. 2004)
  • , Concerto (1997)
  • Ezra Laderman, Concerto (1954)
  • Marcel Landowski, Concerto for Bassoon and Strings (1957)
  • Lars-Erik Larsson, Concertino, Op. 45, No. 4 (1955)
  • Ernst Mahle, Concertino (1980)
  • Peter Maxwell Davies, Strathclyde Concerto No. 8 (1993)
  • Chiel Meijering, “Neo-Geo” Concerto
  • Francisco Mignone, Concertino (1957)
  • , Concerto (1981)
  • Vytautas Montvila, Concerto (1963)
  • Oskar Morawetz, Concerto (1994)
  • Saburō Moroi, Concerto, Op. 14 (1937) - lost
  • , Concerto for Bassoon and Wind Band
  • Akira Nishimura, Concerto for Bassoon, String and Percussion “Tapas” (1990)
  • Carmelo Pace, Concertino (1987)
  • Andrzej Panufnik, Concerto (1985) (in memory of Jerzy Popiełuszko)
  • Boris Papandopulo, Concerto
  • Jiří Pauer, Concerto (1949)
  • Johnterryl Plumeri, Concerto
  • , Concerto (1977)
  • Stanojlo Rajičić, Concerto (1969)
  • Primož Ramovš, Concerto piccolo
  • Alan Ridout, Concertino
  • Jean Rivier, Concerto (1964)
  • Nino Rota, Concerto (1974–77)
  • Marcel Rubin, Concerto (1978)
  • Harald Sæverud, Concerto, Op. 44 (1964)
  • , Svensk (ångermanländsk) Concertino, Op. 114e (1982)
  • Friedrich Schenker, Concerto (1970)
  • Gunther Schuller, Concerto “Eine Kleine Fagottmusik” (1985)
  • Antonio Scontrino, Concerto (1920)
  • Lucijan Marija Škerjanc, Concerto (1952)
  • Thomas Sleeper, Concerto (1993)
  • , Concerto (1944)
  • , Concerto (1985)
  • Stjepan Šulek, Concerto (1958)
  • Henri Tomasi, Concerto (1961)
  • Yuzo Toyama, Concerto for Bassoon, Strings and Percussion (1982)
  • Marc Vaubourgoin, Concerto (1968)
  • Enn Vetemaa, Concertino (1993)
  • Arthur Weisberg, Concerto (1998)
  • Alec Wilder, Air for Bassoon and Strings (1945)
  • John Williams, The Five Sacred Trees (1995)
  • Guy Woolfenden, Concerto (1999)
  • Takashi Yoshimatsu, Concerto “Unicorn Circuit” (1988)
  • León Zuckert, Concerto (1976)
  • Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, Concerto (1992)

21st century#

  • Kalevi Aho, Concerto (2004)
  • Mark Alburger, Concerto, Op. 120 (2004); Triple Concerto, Op. 201 (bn, cbn, hp, 2012)
  • Tzvi Avni, Concerto (2002)
  • Ioseb Bardanashvili, Artiton (2010)
  • Judith Bingham, Concerto Leonardo for Bassoon and Thirteen Strings (2012)
  • Howard Blake, Concerto, op. 607 (2009)
  • Howard J. Buss, Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra (2022)
  • David Chesky, Concerto (2006)
  • Jack Curtis Dubowsky, Concerto (2005)
  • Eric Ewazen, Concerto for Bassoon and Wind Ensemble (2002)
  • , Concertino for Bassoon and Wind Ensemble (2002)
  • Sean Friar, Concerto for Bassoon and Wind Ensemble (2023)
  • Dai Fujikura, Concerto (2012)
  • Michael Gandolfi, Concerto (2009)
  • Gregor Huebner, African Visions, Op. 23 for Bassoon and String Orchestra (2004)
  • Jouni Kaipainen, Concerto, Op. 74 (2005)
  • Tõnu Kõrvits, Teispool Päikesevälju (Beyond the Solar Fields) (2004); Concerto Vihma laulud vikerkaarele (Rain’s Songs to the Rainbow) (2016)
  • Ülo Krigul, Concerto Goin (2014)
  • Marjan Mozetich, Concerto for Bassoon and Strings with Marimba (2003)
  • Nico Muhly, Reliable Sources, Concerto for Bassoon and Wind Ensemble / Orchestral Winds (2018)
  • Marc Neikrug, Concerto (2013)
  • Jean-Louis Petit, Les Paradis Se Rencontrent, Ils Ne Se Fabriquent Pas Concertino for Bassoon and Mandolin Orchestra with Contrabass (2002), Concertino for Bassoon and Orchestra
  • Gene Pritsker, Concerto No. 1 Essentially Tragic for Amplified Bassoon and Chamber Orchestra (2001), Concerto No. 2 Breath of Rhetoric (2013)
  • Wolfgang Rihm, Psalmus for bassoon and orchestra (2007)
  • Christopher Rouse, Concerto (2018)
  • Eino Tamberg, Concerto, Op. 108 (2000)
  • Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate, Ghost of the White Deer: Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra (2020)
  • Christopher Theofanidis, Concerto (1997-2002)
  • Augusta Read Thomas, Concertino (2013)
  • Joan Tower, Red Maple for Bassoon and Strings (2013)
  • Erkki-Sven Tüür, Concerto (2003)
  • Gwyneth Walker, Concerto (2000) Other notable pieces for bassoon and orchestra include Berwald’s Konzertstück, Elgar’s Romance, Villa-Lobos’s Ciranda Das Sete Notas, and Weber’s Andante e Rondo Ongarese.

See also#

  • Bassoon
  • Bassoon sonata
  • Bass oboe concerto
  • Clarinet concerto
  • English horn concerto
  • Oboe concerto
  • List of concert works for saxophone