Class 1 Ravel Alborada, Stravinsky Rite of Spring, Tchaikovsky 5
Class 2 Britten Young Person’s Guide, Ravel Rhapsodie Espagnole, Strauss Don Quixote
Class 3 Telemann Sonata in F minor
1- Mozart Bassoon Concerto
2- Figaro, Till Eulenspiegel, Beethoven 4, mvt. 4, Pulcinella-Tocatta
3- Shostakovich 9, Tchaikovsky 4, mvt. 2, Pulcinella-Variation 2a
- Beethoven Violin Concerto (Stadio)
- Donizetti Una furtive lagrima from L’elisir d’amore (Stadio)
- Mozart Symphony No. 41 (Stadio)
- Ravel Bolero (Stadio)
- Ravel Piano Concerto in G (attached)
- Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade (Stadio)
- Rossini Cavatina Figaro from Il barbiere di Siviglia (Stadio)
- Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6, mvts. I and IV (attached)
- Wagner Tannhäuser Overture (Stadio)
- Weber Bassoon Concerto (attached if desired)
Loren/Lenny
1——Scales, Chords, Patterns, and Sequences—including Major and Minor Scales and Chords, Diminished 7ths and Whole Tone Scales.
Repertoire to include : Bach Suite in C major—Overture , Stadio ———– Beethoven Consecration of the House Overture——Stadio———Beethoven Piano Quintet 2nd Movement—Stadio Stravinsky Pulcinella Suite — Scherzino and Allegro and Variation 2 , Stadio————Ravel Piano Concerto in G, last movement ————Debussy Fete from Nuages and Fete ——Sibelius Sym. #2 1st movement , Letter H——to measure 212
2——Bassoons in Unison and in Octaves———Repertoire to include: Mozart “Figaro” Overture and” Magic Flute Overture” Stadio————Tch. 6th Sym. last movement—Beginning to 2 measures before letter C——————Berlioz “Roman Carnival Overture” 5th bar of 15 to #16——Bizet Carmen En’tract to Act 2—————Sibelius Sym. #2 Second Movement
3———Playing alone and Developing Discriminating Memory——Carl Nielsen WW Quintet——Beginning and the Bassoon Variation —————Stravinsky Rite of Spring , beginning Stadio———Rimsky Korsakov Scheherazade Solo and Cadenzas Stadio——— Eliott Carter 8 Etudes and Fantasy———Movement 2
4————Bassoon in Pairs—————Ravel Rhapsody Espangol Cadenzas Stadio————Stravinsky Song of the Nightingale Stadio—————Debussy Nuages Beginning for 2 bassoons
5———Focusing on the Upper Register———Practicing Upper Register Long Tones for Control and Endurance
Ravel “Bolero” Stadio——Shostakovich “9th Bassoon” Solo before last movement———Wagner ” Die Meistersinger” Moderato in 3/4 (quarter note ==88) Stadio, Poulenc Sexter—solo in first movement
6————Reflecting on the Previous classes: Vivaldi Concerto in e minor 1st movement—————Osborne Rhapsody (ORDER FROM T.D. at http://www.themusicsource.org/)
