The Breaking Winds: Famous Bassoon Quartets Through the Ages

The Breaking Winds Bassoon Quartet performs a new transcription of the Bubonic Bassoon Quartet's Famous Bassoon Quartets Through the Ages. Added arrangements and text were done by Kara LaMoure and Eryn Bauer. Narrating is the venerable John Hunt, our professor.

Sorry guys, you'll have to turn the volume way up for this one! In case you don't catch it, the selections are:
Caveman Music, the first bassoon quartet
The Didgerissoon, the first bassoon
Gregorian Chant
Handel- Reed Water Music
Haydn- Surprise Bassoon Quartet
Mozart- The Magic Bassoon
Rossini- The Bassoonist of Seville
Beethoven- Moonlight Bassoonata
Mendelssohn- Song Without Bassoons
Debussy- Clair Bassoon
Stravinsky- The Rite of Spring
Six Carminitives, a contemporary work

We are based at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY. Members are Lauren Yu, Kara LaMoure, Eryn Bauer, and Brittany Harrington.

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[makvodenicar]

hahaha... Americans..

[foxzen9]

Six Carminitives was just wonderful!!

[zdavidjoke]

I think I like "Bassoonlight Sonata" better, myself :) But fabulous.

[benchanlol]

@Aquacoon nope, you just have to be familiar with famous musical pieces / composers.

[jagatinho]

That was great :)

[Aquacoon]

I suppose I have to play the Bassoon to understand the humor here...

[TheJmacaroni]

High E

[heydiddlefiddle]

Nice rendition! I like this - Deena (of 'The British Bassoon Corporation'.)

[Fordwh44]

haha great job, as a fellow bassoonist (from FSU) and fan of the BBQ, mucho props

[dirknaderpwnsu]

This is amazing!!

Bassoonists reliving classical music history...gotta love it

i wish i was there!!!!