Nancy is a wonderful bassoonist in our beloved Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra! I started bassoon in second grade and when I was in high school I was fortunate enough to take lessons from Mark Pancerev (RIP) of the Pittsburgh Symphony. He taught me so much. I continue to play bassoon to this day at 62 years of age. It is a wonderful instrument!
This series of videos is just wonderful! So much information for people of all ages and levels of musical experience. Even knowing about all these instruments, with the exception of the cimbasso (watch the tuba video), I am learning so much!
Nancy - a friend of mine (who has passed away) was a very fine bassoonist, teacher and researcher named Ron Klimko - who incidentally also served as President of the Double Reed Society - told me that on the initial London tour where the Rite of Spring was first performed in England, one of the critics’ reviews in the newspaper the next day started his review out by saying that the opening *flute* solo was “hauntingly beautiful” - but went down from there. Yes, it was pointed out to him that it was actually a bassoon not a flute. This seems to somewhat contradict your comment about the reason Stravinsky had a bassoon solo that was intended to be abrasive. Perhaps the London bassoonist had a nice playable range so it’s sounded like a wooden flute.
With the exception of some (not all) bass clarinets, the bassoon is the only standard instrument in an orchestra where you use all ten fingers to operate it.
Please. Excuse me. Congratulations Mrs. Nancy Goeres. I liked your sound, your timbre is wonderful and your interpretation is fantastic. Greetings from BRZ. Thank you very much.
i LOVE the bassoon...it was one of 2 instruments i didn't know how to play...bought one...(it was a wooden one) taught myself how to play it...it was wonderful!!! btw...the other instrument i don't know how to play is the trombone (yes..i know the 7 positions...but don't know what i'm doing) lol
Very interesting at 4:30. How the Rite of Spring solo, with the evolution of the level of play, is no longer played possibly as intended by the composer ( with a disturbing sound)
No mention of The Sorcerer's Apprentice or the beautiful use of the bassoon in Beethoven's 9th. But there are many examples of fine bassoon passages in Western classical music.
The person in my high school who was most knowledgeable about classical music was a bassoonist. In professional life he married an opera/lieder singer and became a conductor.
A wonderful idea as an introduction to the bassoon. I’m curious, the bassoon seems to be plastic or is a very dark finish on a wooden instrument? If so, what make and model?
@@nightlife9907 because, like a bag piper once explained to me when I asked that very question- any such "student" instruments would be cheaply and poorly made and not work the same, if you have a serious interest in an instrument find a teacher and take a few lessons and use theirs then and see if that's for you, if it is, then you can explore buying a good used instrument to start with, and later you can buy a new one if you like. Even so, used instruments are not cheap, from Ebay; Josef Puchner Bassoon - Cooper Model 6085 Condition: Used Ended: Feb 01, 2017 , 2:15AM Price: US $15,000
