Caroline Shaw

I was curious about experimenting with different colors - kind of like having an expanded orchestra. Suddenly, instead of just writing for strings, you can add bassoon and oboe and brass. I like these extreme differences in sounds right next to each other.

American Musician

Alexander McCall Smith

I would never inflict my bassoon on anybody really other than the long suffering audiences that come to the concerts of The Really Terrible Orchestra; which actually is really terrible.

Scottish Writer

Victoria Coren Mitchell

I know schools don't have money for everything, but I wish they could all have a couple of violins for kids to try; a couple of cellos, perhaps a bassoon.

English Writer

James Dyson

At school, I enjoyed playing the bassoon. I was in the orchestra and played the melody when the other boys sang hymns at prayers time.

British Designer

Henry Mancini

Bassoon is not an easy instrument to play and to pick it up and play it like a flute or a saxophone is quite an accomplishment.

American Composer

The bassoon is often used in orchestras, bands, and chamber music, playing harmony and bass lines.

Use in Music

The bassoon is recognizable for its long pipe with a metal bell at the end, and its distinctive, curved mouthpiece.

Physical Appearance

The sound of a bassoon is deep and reedy, making it distinct from brass instruments like the trumpet.

Tonality

 between humans, nature, and culture than with character or plot. These themes manifest in a truly upsetting production which combines harsh music, jerky dancing, and uncanny staging. It opens with dancers awakening to a solo bassoon, playing in an eerily high register.

The ballet that incited...

 He shines lights on them, to see if they'll respond. He holds a hot poker next to them, to see if they move away. He chews tobacco and -- He blows on the earthworms to see if they have a sense of smell. He even plays the bassoon at the earthworms.

A powerful way to...

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