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
 * Henrik Philip Johnsen, 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)
 * 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)
 * 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)
 * Andreas Aigmüller, Concerto, Op. 69 (1995)
 * Raffaele d'Alessandro, 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)
 * Bernard van Beurden, 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)
 * Frits Celis, Concertino, Op. 38 for bassoon, violin, viola and cello (1992)
 * André Chini, Goëlette de jade Concerto for Bassoon and Strings (1999-2000)
 * Dinos Constantinides, Concerto, LRC 154a
 * 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); Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra, E. 124/125 (1950)
 * 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)
 * Merab Gagnidze, Concerto No. 1 (1979), Concerto No. 2 (1997)
 * René Gerber, Concerto (1935–39)
 * Nodar Gigauri, Concerto (1979)
 * Suzanne Giraud, Concerto Crier vers l'horizon (1991)
 * Benjaminas Gorbulskis, 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)
 * Jiří Laburda, 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)
 * Omar Mindorashvili, Concerto (1981)
 * Vytautas Montvila, Concerto (1963)
 * Oskar Morawetz, Concerto (1994)
 * Saburō Moroi, Concerto, Op. 14 (1937) - lost
 * Ray Næssén, 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
 * Amando Blanquer Ponsoda, 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)
 * Stellan Sagvik, 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)
 * Michał Spisak, Concerto (1944)
 * Egīls Straume, 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)
 * Viktor Fortin, 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)
 * 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.