Are we absolutely certain that is supposed to be a high E at 1:55? To be sure, it's highly expressive as the ninth of that D minor sonority, and comes naturally out of the line that precedes it. But....there is no change of clef in the score, and a jump down to the lower D would make sense musically, even if it's far less expressively striking. Bassoonists: is there a switch to treble clef in the bassoon part?
Not much to say about this music and playing. Seems to me that this bassoonist have a register who have the same sound from bottom to the topp!!! Fantastic!!! Thats I miss in most of bassoon players.
Excellent observation. The French bassoon (which Hardy is playing in this recording) is better for playing high notes than the German bassoon (I think because of the narrower bore). On a German bassoon it's basically impossible have the same timbre in your high register as in the middle/low register which is probably what you are hearing in most bassoonist.
ah, so you go through my literature because this one sounds like Berg, 7 Early Songs 1. Nacht. On other hand it's a bit like Peter gone mad with his wolf in the woods with too many of those little red-capped mushrooms. Beautiful piece but very difficult. Some things a bassoon can do that few other instruments can and this must be one of them. Ending is similar to the Mussorgsky Kinderlieder with the black bug. Nice piece, but am too old now. good encore piece.
take in a lot of reed, protrude your bottom lip a little forward. Sometimes it's simply not possible for a reed to play f5 if it's too thin in the back of the reed.
Nice piece
There once lived a man in the castle, and a strange man was he. Kinda reminds me Menotti's bassoon writing.
Marvellous piece!
Are we absolutely certain that is supposed to be a high E at 1:55? To be sure, it's highly expressive as the ninth of that D minor sonority, and comes naturally out of the line that precedes it. But....there is no change of clef in the score, and a jump down to the lower D would make sense musically, even if it's far less expressively striking. Bassoonists: is there a switch to treble clef in the bassoon part?
Not much to say about this music and playing. Seems to me that this bassoonist have a register who have the same sound from bottom to the topp!!! Fantastic!!! Thats I miss in most of bassoon players.
Excellent observation. The French bassoon (which Hardy is playing in this recording) is better for playing high notes than the German bassoon (I think because of the narrower bore). On a German bassoon it's basically impossible have the same timbre in your high register as in the middle/low register which is probably what you are hearing in most bassoonist.
probably has more to do with the instrument than the bassoonist. Every instrument has its assets and flaws.
6:44 high F!!! 初めて見た
ah, so you go through my literature because this one sounds like Berg, 7 Early Songs 1. Nacht. On other hand it's a bit like Peter gone mad with his wolf in the woods with too many of those little red-capped mushrooms. Beautiful piece but very difficult. Some things a bassoon can do that few other instruments can and this must be one of them. Ending is similar to the Mussorgsky Kinderlieder with the black bug. Nice piece, but am too old now. good encore piece.
How did you reach the high f? Im playing this myself currently and am struggling to get to that f smoothly.
take in a lot of reed, protrude your bottom lip a little forward. Sometimes it's simply not possible for a reed to play f5 if it's too thin in the back of the reed.
Julien Hardy is a french bassoonist and the french bassoon is much easier to play in that high register
There’s a jaunty fugato at 4:09 that makes me very happy :)
Well duh! Since when would a jaunty fugato _not_ make someone happy?
this is so sick omg