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, although there are quite a few bassoon concerti from the Classical period. Some contemporary bassoon concerti are scored for solo bassoon and wind or string orchestras.

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 Wilhelm Hertel, Bassoon Concerti in A Minor, B-flat Major and E-flat Major František Jiránek, Bassoon Concerti in G Minor and F Major Antonín Jiránek, Four Bassoon Concerti , Concerto for Two Bassoons in G Major (1751) 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)List of compositions by Johann Christian Bach 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 Walter Gaze Cooper, Concerto (1977) 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);Eckhardt-Gramatté Triple-Concerto Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra, E. 124/125 (1950)Eckhardt-Gramatté Bassoon Concerto 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) Robin Stevens, Concerto (2014-16)'Robin Stevens, Orchestral Music Vol. 1', MusicWeb International, 1 February, 2026 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''.

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