Notice that the bassoonist has no wrapping on his reed. The reed doesn't leak because very good craftsmanship was used and of course the sound and musicianship clearly shows it. Bravo.
@@theexcaliburone5933the bassoonists name is Gustavo Nunez he has a great video on how he makes his reeds. He just uses more wire to secure it, no glue.
When everyone is talking about circular breathing but its such a bad thing to do on bassoon because its screws with our pitch so much. I would know I've played for 20 years and I choose not to circular breath.
there are any bassoonists capable of circular breathing without manipulating the embouchure's control of the reed; if your pitch is suffering from circular breathing, you are storing air too far forward in your cheeks.
I'm not so sure ... I can go a LONG time on one breath. Probably about 2 minutes, especially if isn't the bottom octave. Looks to me just one standard breath. Oboes and bassoon don't need a lot of air, just a lot of control.
He plays beautifully, but I t’s not circular breathing; his cheeks don’t move. That solo is typically played in one breath. Go and see a live performance of Beethoven 6 and see your local pro play the same passage.
Actually Gustavo is probably breathing just after the camera pans away to the conductor.....40 seconds is not possible in a hall that size, or alternatively he circular breaths in the passage.
I didn't start on a French bassoon. Although in Uruguay most bassoon players of my generation started on a French bassoon, I just happened to have started the bassoon after moving to Venezuela, on a German system bassoon.
No, this recording should be from the 5 to 15 years ago, when the Concertgebouw began to stream at decent quality. Nunez wasn't in the orchestra yet in the 80's.
How do we know this? the camera cuts out before we see the entire thing. And the ability to sustain an exhalation for 40 seconds makes you cool? MOVE THE FUCK OVER, ICE T. I CAN EXHALE OVER 40 SECONDS.
