Bassoon and Contrabassoon - David Newman Instrumentation Series

This time David Newman explains the role of the Bassoon and Contrabassoon in film music in comparison to concert music.
This is the Orchestral Tools Instrumentation Series. Together with composer legend David Newman we will give you a closer look at the instruments of a symphonic orchestra. We will talk about the components of the instrument, its role in the orchestra and the common playing techniques. Episode XII - The Bassoon and Contrabassoon
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[@kovinac]

Player is Barbara Kierig from Konzerthaus Orchestra Berlin.

[@floofytown]

Can somebody (...hello Orchestral Tools) please give this player the credit and recognition she deserves?

[@rlambe20]

I was told (from the Bassoonists United Facebook Group) that this is Barbara Kierig from Konzerthaus Orchestra Berlin

[@juanruizbandoux9010]

Nice playing of the bassoonist, and they don’t even wrote her name

[@defman9414]

Ridiculous tone. Fantastic player.

[@BugMed]

The score for The Hateful Eight heavily features the contrabassoon. It is at the forefront of most of the film. I will never understand why the trumpet player got a credit but the bassoonist did not. One of my favorite uses of a bassoon in modern film scoring.

[@user-eu7lk7lg8m]

Fantastic player! Bravissimo!!!

[@wdashwor]

Beautiful playing! The name of the player should be given.

[@aleksandrkarlshoffer-ruden6291]

Thank You David for info 🎹🎼🎻🎶🎶🎶🎺🎷

[@jammusique]

"The upper range of the Contrebasson is almost never used"? Why not reference Stravinsky Sacre where he puts the Contra's above the bassons ?

[@maxalaintwo3578]

Stravinsky smoking that good stuff. Mans is crazy

[@stell4rt]

If he says almost never used and you try to make a point with stravinsky I'm not sure you'll go anywhere. He is always the reason why people say almost.

[@jaredevans4831]

Awesome

[@41Fingers]

excellent

[@jammusique]

Doesn't a Basson have the low B-flat?

[@justinpierce7712]

Yes

[@chip73731]

Yeah it does have the low Bb

[@ashleythorpe7933]

Occasionally a low A (with an A bell)

[@supergut1990]

Who is she?

[@JerryShelby]

Chih-Yu Lai That’s the question. They didn’t even write her name in the description. Horribly selfish!

[@alexandrakellermann2933]

💖💜💖💜💖💜💖Bassoons

[@thewoodcollection6261]

Who’s the bassoonist?

[@JureJerebic]

The king instrument of quirky

[@kallitv680]

5:11 which peace is she playing

[@MsShelie]

Beautiful playing! What's the piece in 5:33?

[@totuprimo3569]

Excerpt from Tchaikovsky's 4th Symphony

[@MsShelie]

@@totuprimo3569 Thank you!

[@DFdezdeMarticorenaGallego]

@@totuprimo3569 2nd movement! Andante a modo di canzona!

[@JerryShelby]

What is the piece at 1:14?

[@rayrios3898]

Mozart bassoon concerto

[@JerryShelby]

Ray Rios Thank you very much 🎩

[@turnersugg]

What’s the piece at 4:51?

[@deshontemcleod2036]

Peter and the Wolf

[@xv12commander]

5:05 Grand inquisitor?

[@elleboman8465]

Wonderfully played by the bassoonist (for some reason unnamed and uncredited?!), but why didn't you run your script by her to check for errors and misunderstandings? 2:07 No, the opening of the reed is shaped sort-of like a squinting eye and is typically a couple of millimeters wide in the middle. Some people use tighter reeds but never as tight as that, as you need to be able to get a lot of air through it at various degrees of air/lip pressure. 2:58 The etymology actually has nothing to do with the English word "bass", but rather goes back to the late Latin word _bucina,_ meaning trumpet or horn (related to the modern German word for trombone, "Posaune"). 4:20 As others have pointed out, you're missing the bottom B flat. This is both the easiest error to correct - _any_ double-checking against a reliable source would have sufficed - and the most critical error to make in an educational video about bassoon instrumentation ...

[@AnnoraEksteen]

Oi nee. Bly dís al eeue terug verby.

[@johnwetherill229]

Beautiful playing. Shameful not to give her credit.

[@MusicalPlayground717]

Great video, but CREDIT THE PLAYER!

[@Harako15]

The guy calling the reed a mouthpiece makes me cringe big time

[@MrJFDI]

Fantastic playing, terrible narrating. The player's tone is anything other than nasal in the upper registers.

[@callmeBe]

Kind of a silly program here. If this was serious, the musical notes would be presented in the video as the performer played. That would be much more help than the generalities presented in the narration.