While there are many bassoon concertos out there, orchestras like the Stockton Symphony don’t often feature them on their concert schedule, choosing instead to spotlight instruments like violins, ...

Guest conductor Jun Märkl will lead the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra in a program featuring ASO Principal Bassoon Carl Nitchie at center stage for Mozart's Bassoon Concerto in B-Flat Major. Also on the ...

Bassoonist Megan Schlie, 17, performs Carl Maria von Weber's Bassoon Concerto in F Major, 1st mvt. Megan has been playing bassoon since the sixth grade, when her band teacher asked for a volunteer to ...

We all enjoy whistling, but this guy whistling Mozart's Bassoon Concerto is next level... Who doesn't love to whistle? Whistle on your way to work, whistle in the car, whistle in the shower ...

Other than the tenor saxophone, the bassoon is perhaps the only instrument of its register that receives much solo exposure. Renowned for its unique timbre and a range that stretches up into the high ...

Catherine Van Handel is bringing sexy back to the bassoon. In the liner notes for her new CD, scheduled for release Jan. 31, the Milwaukee Symphony's principal bassoonist writes, "Each of the pieces I ...

Composer David Ludwig wrote "Pictures from the Floating World," a bassoon concerto for Philadelphia Orchestra musician Daniel Matsukawa. (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY) The Philadelphia Orchestra’s principal ...

The Redlands Symphony Orchestra will present “The Wondrous Bassoon,” a concert featuring Estonian-born bassoonist Martin Kuuskmann and the orchestra’s string players, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 5, in ...

The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra presents Beethoven's Third Symphony, "Eroica," and the East-Coast premiere of Christopher Rouse's Bassoon Concerto, March 26-29 in Newark, Red Bank and Morristown.

Gustavo Núñez is principal bassoon of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, and on the evidence of the concertante pieces on this disc, he's a player of jaw-dropping agility and effortlessly suave tone.

We all enjoy whistling, but this guy whistling Mozart's Bassoon Concerto is next level... Who doesn't love to whistle? Whistle on your way to work, whistle in the car, whistle in the shower ...