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3 months ago

Mahler: Symphony No. 8, Finale - (London Philharmonic Orchestra, Klaus Tennstedt)

Mahler: Symphony No. 8, Finale - (London Philharmonic Orchestra, Klaus Tennstedt

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frenchbassoon commented:

Gorgeous. With ONE exception... at the five-minute mark, when the organ enters. I wanted that organ to really roar, make the building shake, and it just doesn't. That's the easiest way to ruin this finale.
12:40

3 months ago

F. Berwald - Konzertstück For Bassoon & Orchestra - solo: Janez Pincolic

F. Berwald - Konzertstück For Bassoon & Orchestra - solo: Janez Pincolic

F. Berwald - Konzertstück za fagot in orkester - fagot: Janez Pincolič

F...

trobentabas • 783 views

frenchbassoon commented:

I love this piece so much. I wish I had access to the score; I suspect it's as much of a joy to play as it is to hear.
9:01

3 months ago

Beethoven Symphony no.4 Carlos Kleiber Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra 1.avi

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frenchbassoon commented:

While there may not be much to actually watch at an orchestra concert, I do wish this video wouldn't focus so much on the conductor. This is one of the best orchestras in the world and it'd be nice to actually see them.
2:05

4 months ago

Titanic on Uilleann Pipes

Its me playing the theme of Titanic on uilleann pipes. The pipes are made by Michael Vignoles of Galway. I've played the pipes for 4 months now.

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frenchbassoon commented:

Heartbreaking, as it should be. Thank you.
6:43

6 months ago

Bassoon, Francaix Bassoon Concerto,1) Allegro Moderato, Steve Harriswangler

Francaix Bassoon Concerto, 1) Allegro Moderato, Steve Harriswangler, Bassoon, Yoav Talmi Director, Orquesta Sinfonica de Galicia, Concerto de Nadal...

marydoob • 3,329 views

frenchbassoon commented:

@oshidonimlop Oh yeah. I tried the first movement during my third semester of college. Spent months on it and didn't seem to get anywhere!

Bits of it are easier on the French bassoon, but it's still quite a bear.
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10 months ago

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Concerto pour basson et orchestre - Maurice Allard - I, Allegro

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Concerto pour Basson et Orchestre en Sib majeur K 191

I, Allegro

Maurice Allard, basson

Igor Markevitch, Orchestra Lamoreux

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10 months ago

Jiri Pauer - Concerto per fagotto e orchestra. - I Mov.

Adrian Jojatu - fagotto. Orchestra Sinfonica Giovanile dello Stato del Messico diretta da Luis Manuel García Peña. Sala Felipe Villanueva. Toluca, ...

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frenchbassoon commented:

This is a hard concerto to like, if I'm honest. It's about twice as long as it needs to be and it's too consonant. That said, love to hear such a rare piece, and the playing is gorgeous! Wonderfully energetic, nice and light, something this piece really needs.
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10 months ago

Question for Woodwind Players

A quick tuning question for my fellow woodwind players, in which I plug both the Mountain Home Symphony and the Hot Springs Community Band.

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  @MrPwoltz I assume you mean bringing the pitch 'down to' A-440; my basson is tuned to A-442.
  
  Since posting this video I've had a few rehearsals and a concert with a local community band. Turns out it was just a problem of being out-of-practice with my ear; the French bassoon is very easy to adj...
1:17

11 months ago

Quick Update

Where I've been, what's coming up next.

Kevin Sleno:

http://www.youtube.com/user...

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1 year ago

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

This is the scene when the aliens first land.

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frenchbassoon commented:

@BaronOfBayonne

This scene = unrelated to anything in Avatar = irrelevant comparison = meaningless conclusion. You may as well be comparing The Shining to Godzilla.
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1 year ago

Galileo by Thomas Doss

Georgia Southern University's Wind Symphony April 30, 2010

moconno246 • 2,426 views

frenchbassoon commented:

This was handed out at our community band's last rehearsal to maybe play at an upcoming concert, but I don't know what to think of it. I get that it's a march. I get that the main tune is (intentionally or otherwise) a knockoff of a Christmas carol. But I can't for the life of me figure out wh...
4:59

1 year ago

Weber: Viola de Arco, Andante & Rondo Húngaros (Bashmet) p.2

Weber: Andante & Rondo Húngaro para Viola e Orquestra( Yuri Bashmet)

Pt.2 of 2

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frenchbassoon commented:

@kyleclef

I can't speak for the viola, but the bassoon part *does* have that scale at the end. In any case, it may be hard, but it's so much fun! I'm hoping I can convince the local community band director to do the bassoon/band arrangement of it at some point.
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1 year ago

Mozart - "Haffner" Symphony Finale Bassoon Excerpt

Some fast tonguing from last movement of Mozart's Symphony No. 35

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1 year ago

Olivier Messiaen - Saint François d'Assise - A II S 6

Olivier Messiaen - Saint François d'Assise

José van Dam - Saint François

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1 year ago

German vs. French - Technical Stuff #1 (The Thumbs)

Here, finally, is the redux of my earlier thumb video, Tricksy Left Thumbses. This is much more detailed than the first one, complete with an exam...

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  frenchbassoon commented:
  
  @Bassoonandsax I'd heard this, myself, but I'm not sure if I believe it, given how difficult the bottom fifth still is to play pianissimo without the pitch going through the roof. Then again, as I've never played a pre-whisper bassoon, I can't really speak for the improvement.
10:34

1 year ago

Dionysiaques

De Philips Harmonie olv Matty Cilissen speelt Dionysiaques van Florent Smitt.

Opname: Voorjaarsconcert 18 april 2010 Muziekcentrum Frits Philips Ei...

juudruud • 7,017 views

frenchbassoon commented:

But I want to see the band musicians. I don't want to watch the conductor from the side. He's annoying.
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1 year ago

Christian Lindberg

Christian Lindberg as an Actor and amazing Trombonist in a sample from Trombone Concerto no.1 - The Return of Kit Bones by Fredrik Hogberg

peshkin • 133,062 views

frenchbassoon commented:

This. Is. So. Cool.

Where can I hear the rest of this????
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1 year ago

SeeingvsBelievingPremiere3

Never go visiting a cave in the dead of night! Things happen!

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frenchbassoon commented:

"The closer we get underground, the closer we are to finding what the truth is."

For instance, that Hot Springs is a hot spring.
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1 year ago

Bassoon, Jolivet Bassoon Concerto, 1AB, Steve Harriswangler.wmv

André Jolivet Bassoon Concerto 1AB, Steve Harriswangler Bassoon, Orquesta Sinfonica de Galicia, Lothar Zagrosek Director. Recorded February 10, 201...

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1 year ago

Rautavaara bassoon sonata excerpt

Just a quicky to let you know I'm still here. I'm currently working on a few new videos, including a (badly needed) redux of the left-thumb video....

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  @keeppeacer I have two big problem notes: top-line A and the G right above it. I have a very hard time stabilizing it without adding the right thumb for the A and the left thumb for the G. I don't mind this on sustained notes, but if I'm playing anything technical, like the Bertoli sonata I'm c...
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1 year ago

Charles Ives: Symphony No. 2 {5/5}

V. Allegro

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  Dum deedledumdee dum deedledumdee SPLAT.
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1 year ago

Berio Sequenza XII (1/2)

Martin Kuuskmann performs "sequenza XII for bassoon solo" by Luciano Berio.

Martin Kuuskmann and friends concert at Lohisoitto Festival, Finland, ...

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1 year ago

SUDDEN TORNADO DURING FOOTBALL MATCH

CHECK THIS OUT I BET U HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS ITS UNREAL

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frenchbassoon commented:

So me and my buds were out kicking the ball around when suddenly a dust devil.
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1 year ago

Il Signore Fagotto - Maxime Aulio

Excerpt of "Il Signore Fagotto", Op.4 by Maxime Aulio, composer.

Concerto for bassoon and wind orchestra.

Ensemble Instrumental de l'Ariège, under ...

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1 year ago

Michal Spisak (1914-1965) - Duetto Concertante (1956) for Viola and Bassoon

IV. Allegro

Shih-Han Chiu, bassoon • Alexander Vittal, viola

Shih-Han Chiu DMA recital, 6 April 2011, University of Colorado at Boulder, College of...

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1 year ago

Super Mario Bassoon quartet

by Oberlin bassoon quartet

The order of music is:1 Super mario3(FC)2nd stage;2,super mario world (sfc) ground stage;3:super peach mini game selecti...

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1 year ago

Bertoli: Sonata I a fagotto solo

Dulciana: Paolo Tognon

Liuto: Pierluigi Polato

Quoniam

consort di fagotti rinascimentali

www.quoniamdolcesuono.eu

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  I love these sonatas so much. Please record them all!
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1 year ago

Bertoli bassoon sonata excerpt

Another quick one to let you know I'm still around. I'm currently working on some new videos, including a (badly needed) redux of the left-thumb v...

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1 year ago

Violins & Orchestra Instruments : Strange Instruments in an Orchestra

Strange instruments that might be found in an orchestra include the contra-bassoon, the contra-bass clarinet and the serpent. Learn about unique or...

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frenchbassoon commented:

Whether an instrument is "brass" or "woodwind" has nothing to do with what it's made of. :C

About All French, All the Time!

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Nov 27, 2011

Date Joined

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About this user

The purpose of this channel is to promote the French bassoon, a wonderful, once-ubiquitous instrument which is slowly going extinct.

For ten years I played, with considerable success, the German-system bassoon--a Fox Renard 240--and was on my way to a performance degree. Unfortunately, my mental health deteriorated very rapidly as my then-undiagnosed bipolar disorder worsened, and I soon had to drop out and sell my Fox.

The next summer I got a chance to try the French bassoon for the first time. I had long been interested in it, but never had I actually played one. I fell in love. And now, finally, a year later, after two years of not playing, I have a bassoon once again: a 1981 Selmer. I'm going French and I'm not going back.

Go French!

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