Solos for the Bassoon Player

Twelve Solos for the Bassoon player, mainly adapted from Orchestral excerpts in order to give the performer practice at playing these solos in context with proper harmonic backing (Piano accompaniment). Selected and edited by Sol Schoenbach, these pieces range from J.S. Bach's Cello Suite to Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story. The bulk of this music falls under the 'intermediate' (Grade 4-6) category, however the Tchaikovsky and Berstain pieces are somewhat harder.

Content :

• Adagio (Sextet Op.71) [Beethoven, Ludwig Van] Berceuse (The Firebird) [Stravinsky, Igor]
• Bourree I And Ii (Third Cello Suite) [Bach, Johann Sebastian]
• Cool (West Side Story) [Bernstein, Leonard]
• Entr'acte (Carmen) [Bizet, Georges]
• Es Ist Vollbracht (St. John Passion) [Bach, Johann Sebastian]
• First Movement (Symphony No.4 In F Minor Op.36) [Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich]
• Ox-cart (Pictures At An Exhibition) [Mussorgsky, Modest]
• Promenade (Pictures At An Exhibition) [Mussorgsky, Modest]
• Second Movement (Symphony No.4 In F Minor) [Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich]
• The Old Castle (Pictures At An Exhibition) [Mussorgsky, Modest]
• The Sourcerer's Apprentice [Dukas, Paul]
• Una Furtiva Lagrima (L'elisir D' Amore) [Donizetti, Gaetano]
• Valse (Symphony No.5 Op.64) [Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich]