Bassoon

Kalevi Aho writes: "The Contrabassoon Concerto (2005) is the most monumental of my instrumental concertos - in essence it is almost a symphony for contrabassoon and orchestra. The work begins with a broad, contemplative monologue for the soloist in the instrument's lowest register...

Kalevi Aho composed the four-movement Bassoon concerto in 2004. Virtuosity and romantic gestures make the most of the instrument, for which Aho has composed vast chamber music works as well. This product is the solo bassoon part...

Dramatic and intensiv, Kalevi Aho's (b. 1949) Solo V for bassoon (1999) exploits the rich overtones of the instrument, for which Aho has composed also a concerto (2004) and double concerto (2017-2018). Duration: 10' This product is a B4 sized folder with loose pages.

Einojuhani Rautavaara tells about his Sonata for bassoon and piano: "When bassoonist Emanuel Elola asked me in 1965 to write him a piece, I was excited by the task and viewed it as a challenge. Three years later I returned to the piece and wrote a new version...

Bernhard Henrik Crusell (1775-1838) is the best-known Finnish composer of the Classical period. He lived in Stocholm from 1791 onwards and played the clarinet at the Hovkapellet court orchestra. He also gained reputation as a soloist...

The six movements of Kalevi Aho's quintet for bassoon and string quartet (1977) focus on the dual nature of the bassoon - its ability to express both the comic and the tragic. The first two movements display explicit humour and parody but the work moves...

Devil's Gate (Pirunportti) is a mountain pass in Finnish Lapland, a beautifully picturesque spot accessible only by a two- to three-day hike. A deep cleft between two nearly symmetrical fells, the approach to it can be seen from quite some distance, beginning...

Kalevi Aho's Double concerto for two bassoons and orchestra (2016) was premiered in Warsaw, Poland with Bram van Sambeek and Leszek Wachnik as soloists. Performance material is available for hire from the publisher...

Kalevi Aho's Double concerto for two bassoons and orchestra (2016) was premiered in Warsaw, Poland with Bram van Sambeek and Leszek Wachnik as soloists. This product is the solo part (one copy, includes both solo bassoon parts)...

A pioneer of Finnish modern jazz, Heikki Sarmanto (1939-) is renowned for his renderings of jazz numbers. No wonder, therefore, that broken chords and familiar keys resonate and sit well under the hand in the piano part of this Northern Dreams suite...

In Kirmo Lintinen's Rondo burlesque (2007-2008) for bassoon and piano , the qualitative elements of the bar, with their upbeats, accents and GPs, create a refined musical rhetoric and are very much to the fore...

Bernhard Henrik Crusell (1775-1838) is the best-known Finnish composer of the Classical period. He lived in Stocholm from 1791 onwards and played the clarinet at the Hovkapellet court orchestra. He also gained reputation as a soloist...

Short piece written for contraforte and piano. Playable also on contrabassoon. The piece was written for Lewis Lipnick in 2016.

The air is heavy with flashy comments, when the flute, the bassoon and the piano start their debate in “Storm in a Teacup” (2014) by Kirmo Lintinen (b. 1967). Only 4'30'' of length, this virtuosic trio finds the piece after the grand rampage...

The six movements of Kalevi Aho's quintet for bassoon and string quartet (1977) focus on the dual nature of the bassoon - its ability to express both the comic and the tragic. The first two movements display explicit humour and parody but the work moves...

All of Heininen's sonatas have different characters that are informed by the force fields created by classic solos and melodies in orchestral repertoire. There is also a certain encyclopaedic nature to the sonata cycle; many have been composed to various instruments...

All of Heininen's sonatas have different characters that are informed by the force fields created by classic solos and melodies in orchestral repertoire. There is also a certain encyclopaedic nature to the sonata cycle; many have been composed to various instruments...