Nate Helgeson, baroque bassoon and its unique characteristics | EMV

Nate Helgeson demonstrates the unique characteristics of the baroque bassoon
Presented by Early Music Vancouver
Nate's bassoon is a Guntram Wolf, Kronach, Germany 2011 after HKICW, ca. 1700
Nate Helgeson is in demand in the United States and abroad as a modern and historical bassoonist. He is a founding member of period instrument ensembles on both coasts, including SacroProfano, Grand Harmonie, and New Vintage Baroque. Nate also appears regularly with many of North America’s premier period ensembles, such as the Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Portland Baroque Orchestra, Mercury Baroque, and the Trinity Baroque Orchestra. On the modern instrument, he has performed throughout the country with a diverse range of ensembles, including the Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra, the Boston Philharmonic, and Callithumpian Consort. Nate is a graduate of the Historical Performance program at the Juilliard School, and holds degrees in modern bassoon performance from the University of Oregon and the New England Conservatory of Music
Featuring Antonio Vivaldi's Bassoon Concerto in B-flat major (“La Notte”), RV 501
Filmed by Collide Entertainment
Mike Southworth, Director
Joanna Dundas, Producer
Aaron Nathanson & Mike Southworth, Camera Operators
Joanna Dundas, Doug Fury & Mike Southworth, Editors
Grant Rowledge, Audio Recording
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00:00 Intro
01:23 Baroque Bassoon vs Modern Bassoon
02:30 The materials of Baroque Bassoon
02:46 Roles of the Baroque Bassoon
03:20 Demonstration of sounds
04:50 Reeds
05:34 What Nate loves the most!

[@wdashwor]

What a wonderful, colorful sound!

[@leylazamora175]

How Fantastic, bravo Nate!!

[@AlDimond]

thanks for explaining the angled tone holes, as a non-bassoon woodwind player i've been looking at these instruments wondering how holes in those positions could possibly produce the range of pitches... i thought it might be something like that, was cool to hear it confirmed! also the playing was beautiful!

[@DwainRichardson]

I didn’t catch the pepper grinder resemblance until I saw the bassoon bell. How amazing!
I’ve been playing the bassoon for the past three years. I learned to play on a modern bassoon. Now that I’m feeling confident with my playing, I’d love to try a baroque bassoon. Something tells me I’ll have fun with it! (-:

[@EarlyMusicVancouver]

You should definitely give the baroque bassoon a try!!

[@barbarablakely9447]

Yes, it looks like a pepper grinder, and his playing is hot stuff!

[@denruby910]

lol nice one!