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Bassoon Duets from Orchestral Excerpts Vol. 1
Composer: Various Arranger: Simpson, Peter
Instrumentation: Duet Instruments: Bassoon
Genre: ClassicalThese duos are designed to provide an enjoyable and pedagogically sound context in the study of orchestral excerpts for bassoon. By learning both parts of the duets, you should develop a better sense of the harmonies and rhythms that are present in other parts of the orchestra. Each piece is designed to have clear beginnings, endings, and transitions so that the arrangement feels like a short piece, rather than a collection of disjointed excerpts. In order to accomplish this, I have added and modified some material based on the original orchestral parts.
Volume 1 contains music that is fairly technically accessible, while Volume 2 is considerably more challenging. If your goal is to use these duos to help familiarize yourself with these excerpts before you have all the technical skills needed, then you may try starting with some of the easier accompaniments or try simplifying some of the solos by changing tempos, octaves, articulations, etc.
Duets included:
Giuseppe Verdi – Quid sum miser from Requiem
Ludwig van Beethoven – Ode to Joy from Symphony No. 9
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Canzona from Symphony No. 4
Johannes Brahms – Violin Concerto Movement II
Paul Dukas – The Sorceror’s Apprentice
Felix Mendelssohn – Symphony No. 4 Movement II
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 6
Gustav Mahler – Symphony No. 1 Movement III
Ludwig van Beethoven – Violin Concerto Movement II
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Waltz from Symphony No. 5
Johannes Brahms – Haydn Variations
Georges Bizet – Les Dragons d’Alcala, Entr’acte from Carmen Act II
Edvard Grieg – In the Hall of the Mountain King from Peer Gynt Suite #1, Op. 46
Jean Sibelius – Andante from Symphony No. 2
Hector Berlioz – March to the Scaffold from Symphonie Fantastique
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Bassoon Duets from Orchestral Excerpts Vol. 2
Composer: Various Arranger: Simpson, Peter
Instrumentation: Duet Instruments: Bassoon
Genre: ClassicalThese duos are designed to provide an enjoyable and pedagogically sound context in the study of orchestral excerpts for bassoon. By learning both parts of the duets, you should develop a better sense of the harmonies and rhythms that are present in other parts of the orchestra. Each piece is designed to have clear beginnings, endings, and transitions so that the arrangement feels like a short piece, rather than a collection of disjointed excerpts. In order to accomplish this, I have added and modified some material based on the original orchestral parts.
Volume 1 contains music that is fairly technically accessible, while Volume 2 is considerably more challenging. If your goal is to use these duos to help familiarize yourself with these excerpts before you have all the technical skills needed, then you may try starting with some of the easier accompaniments or try simplifying some of the solos by changing tempos, octaves, articulations, etc.
Ludwig van Beethoven – Finale from Symphony No. 4
Hector Berlioz – Witches’ Sabbath from Symphonie Fantastique
Edward Elgar – Enigma Variations
Franz Joseph Haydn – Symphony No. 88
W.A. Mozart – Finale from Symphony No. 41
Richard Strauss – Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks
W.A. Mozart – Overture from The Marriage of Figaro
Igor Stravinsky – Gavotta from Pulcinella
P.I. Tchaikovsky – Finale from Symphony No. 6
Igor Stravinsky – The Rite of Spring
Bedrich Smetana – Overture from The Bartered Bride
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov – “Price Kalandar” from Scheherazade
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Bassoonisms
Composer: Buss, Howard J.
Instrumentation: Quartet Instruments: Bassoon
Genre: ContemporaryThe titles of its 3 movements, "Basslets," "Moonstruck," and "Festoons," are derived in part from the spelling of the word “bassoon.” In addition to musically capturing qualities of the subjects of the titles, they also explore musical characteristics unique to the bassoon. Basslets are tiny, elegant and colorful tropical fish that when observed in large groups create a mesmerizing effect as they flit about. The word “moonstruck” refers to the condition of being out of character due to being in love. Festoons are decorative garlands of flowers, ribbons, lights, or other objects hung in a draped fashion. Score and parts are included. Learn MoreUpdate Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.From $20.00
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Battle of Jericho
Composer: Traditional Arranger: Johnson, Daniel
Instrumentation: Trio Instruments: Alto Sax, Tenor Sax
Genre: JazzThis version of "Battle of Jericho" for Saxophone Trio is set in a swing style and is playable by any level group. Learn MoreUpdate Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.As low as $15.00
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Be Thou My Vision
Composer: Traditional Arranger: Stanton, Robert
Instrumentation: Trio Instruments: Bassoon, English Horn, Oboe
Genre: HymnOboe, English Horn and Bassoon Learn MoreFrom $12.00
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Be Thou My Vision
Composer: Traditional Arranger: Wall, Robert
Instrumentation: Solo Instruments: Clarinet
Genre: HymnFor Clarinet and Piano, this is an easy version of the classic hymn "Be Thou My Vision". Learn MoreUpdate Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.As low as $15.00
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Beale Street Blues
Composer: Handy, W.C. Arranger: Gale, Jack
Instrumentation: Quartet Instruments: Alto Sax, Baritone Sax, Soprano Sax, Tenor SaxSATB or AATB Learn MoreAs low as $17.00
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Beale Street Blues
Composer: Handy, W.C. Arranger: Gale, Jack
Instrumentation: Quartet Instruments: Clarinet3 Clarinets and Bass Clarinet (alternate Alto Clarinet included for Clarinet 3) Learn MoreUpdate Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.As low as $17.00
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Beautiful Ohio Blues, The
Composer: Traditional Arranger: Lovrien, David
Instrumentation: Quartet Instruments: Alto Sax, Baritone Sax, Soprano Sax, Tenor Sax
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Before Night Falls
Composer: Liang, Wan-Yun
Instrumentation: Duet Instruments: Clarinet, Flute, Piano
Genre: ContemporaryFlute, Clarinet and Piano; Commissioned by Yuensuo Yang for Trio 2:1 Learn MoreUpdate Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.From $20.00
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Between the Shade and Shadows
Composer: Friedland, Zach
Instrumentation: Duet Instruments: Clarinet, Flute
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Black Notes
Composer: Browning, Zack
Instrumentation: Solo and Piano Instruments: Alto Sax, Piano
Genre: Contemporarywith Piano: Written for Joe Lulloff and inspired by jazz saxophonist Rahsaan Roland Kirk’s composition Blacknuss. In the introduction to Blacknuss Kirk states "there are 52 white notes and 36 black notes on the piano. We're going to play the black notes only, if you don't mind." The opposition suggested between black and white notes is expanded to include static and dynamic elements, consonant and dissonant harmonies, and pattered and non-patterned events. The title also refers to the middle section's exclusive use of the black notes of the piano. Vigorous swing rhythms contrast with sections of haunting beauty. Learn MoreUpdate Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.From $17.00
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Black Pearls
Composer: Gomez, Alice
Instrumentation: Solo Instruments: Flute
Genre: Contemporaryunaccompanied
Black Pearls presents the feelings of anxiety and sorrow that I had after reading The Pearl by American author, John Steinbeck.
The story features a poor Mexican pearl diver, Kino, and his wife and son. One day Kino’s son, Coyotito, became very ill from a scorpion sting. Kino rushed his son to the doctor, however, the doctor would not treat Coyotito because the family had no money. Kino had discovered a very large black pearl, and had hoped to sell it for money to pay the doctor. Little did he know that possessing the enormous black pearl would cause him so much trouble.
Steinbeck’s story explores man’s nature, as well as greed and evil.
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Bling!
Composer: Denham, Robert
Instrumentation: Trio Instruments: Bassoon, Clarinet, Oboe
Genre: ContemporaryComposed for the Vientos Trio, this is a perfect piece for a college recital. It is both fun for the players and audience pleasing.
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Blood Vapour
Composer: Boots, Cornelius
Instrumentation: Quartet Instruments: Alto Flute, Bass Flute, Flute
Genre: Contemporary2 Flutes, Alto Flute and Bass Flute
The fourth part of the Chthonic Flute Suite commissioned by Areon Flutes in 2012. This suite has two main inspirations: ideologically it draws guidance from the book The Dream and the Underworld (1979)by James Hillman (1926-2011) and musically it explores the textural possibilities of a flute ensemble within the context of the “heavy chamber music” style I have developed with Edmund Welles: the bass clarinet quartet since 1996.
The quartet is divided into three sections: Thymos—Phrenes—Chthonios.
Thymos means “blood vapour” and is one of the elements that souls of the dead in the underworld completely lack, therefore they crave it and seek it out; they also lack “breath consciousness” or phrenes.
The term “chthonic” [thon-ik] generally means “underworld.” However, Hillman thoroughly elaborates that its true meaning extends “below the earth and beyond it” (p.36) into invisible, non-physical and far distant psychic realms as opposed to being limited to a “primitive earthiness” that limits us to the physical and fertile “underground.” Hillman weaves a captivating and expanded perspective on “chthonic” and the deeper mysteries of the invisible, drawing from such sources as Greek and Egyptian mythology, Freud, Nietzsche, and more. “The underworld is a realm of only psyche, a purely psychical world…underworld is the mythological style of describing a psychological cosmos. Put more bluntly: underworld is psyche.” (p.46)
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Blues Ranger, The
Composer: Oxford, Josh
Instrumentation: Solo Instruments: Bass Clarinet
Genre: Contemporaryunaccompanied
Josh Oxford writes, “When I was in elementary school, I was a big fan of the television show Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers. Part of the show’s theme (‘Go go power rangers’) is embedded a few times in the piece and serves as the basis for a lot of the material. The piece prominently features the blues scale and the octatonic scale, often seamlessly moving from one scale to the other.”
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Bombur's Dream
Composer: Joyce, Brian
Instrumentation: Solo and Piano Instruments: Oboe, Piano
Genre: ContemporaryFor Oboe and Piano, "Bombur's Dream" is a three movement work that is a wonderful recital piece.
Program notes from the composer:For those who may need to brush up on their dwarf-lore, Bombur was one of thirteen dwarves featured in J. R. R. Tolkien’s book, The Hobbit. Along with the title character, Bilbo Baggins, and Gandalf the wizard, Bombur and the other dwarves set out on a long and dangerous quest to recover a vast treasure which had been stolen by the dragon Smaug. Along the way, Bombur stumbled into an enchanted river and promptly fell into a deep sleep from which he could not be awakened for several days. This meant that his friends had to carry him along with all their gear. (It should be noted that Bombur had what we might call a keen appreciation for fine cuisine; because of his resulting avoirdupois he was not an easy burden to bear.)
Eventually Bombur awoke but, according to Tolkien, when he learned that there was nothing to eat, he sat down on the ground and wept. “Why did I ever wake up?” he cried. “I was having the most beautiful dreams!”
The first movement of this piece has to do with Bombur’s lovely dreams and the second with his sorrow upon awakening. The third movement, “King Under the Mountain” is a cortège for the dwarves’ officious leader, Thorin Oakenshield. Bombur’s Dream is dedicated to the composer’s wife, the oboist Susan Joyce.
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Bonbons
Composer: Vogel, Roger C.
Instrumentation: Trio Instruments: Alto Flute, Flute
Genre: ContemporaryA Bonbon is a candy treat, or something that is pleasing. These 5 short character pieces are treats for the ear. The titles are: Reflections, Butterflies, On Tiptoes, A Little Blues, and Dances. The movements may be performed individually or in any grouping. Learn MoreUpdate Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.From $30.00
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Bottom Line, The
Composer: Grant, Jerry
Instrumentation: Solo and Electronics Instruments: Electronics, Tenor Sax
Genre: Contemporarywith downloadable backing track
This Fusion jazz/rock work is a 21st century “ Pachebel’s Canon”. A five measure bass ostinato continues while added melodic lines evolve over the top. The bass line repeats for the first 1 ½ minutes as well as throughout the piece with developing jazz/rock counterpoint that creates a fun performing experience. Performance MP3 and accompaniment MP3 are included. Jerry Grant’s improvised solo is transcribed or create your own with the chords on top.
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Brazilian Folk Song (Na Bahia Tem)
Composer: Traditional Arranger: Morgan, Paul
Instrumentation: Mixed Ensemble Instruments: Flute
Genre: Folk musicPicc, 3 Flts, Alto Flt, String Bass and Piano Learn MoreUpdate Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.As low as $20.00