Bolero - The Breaking Winds Bassoon Quartet

The Breaking Winds Bassoon Quartet - Bolero by Maurice Ravel, arr. The BWBQ.
Featured in our upcoming album, A Broken Anthology of Western Music, coming Summer 2022!

[@MichaelFischer-pf7ft]

Which do I like best -- the delightful silliness, the impeccable timing, or the amazing musicianship? Yes.

[@kelvinsmallwood6315]

I'd say, all, especially the silliness parts. Not as easy as it looks.

[@johnduffy6546]

I could not even begin to guess! Great talent and humor all rolled into one...

[@Pants4096]

Yes, indeed! I agree!

[@johnbruno6868]

I'm with you folks!

[@michaelprozonic]

kazoo and bassoon. my life is now complete

[@dandavis4469]

LOL!

[@williamborges3914]

I knew Peter Schickele was a bassoonist. Now, after seeing and hearing you guys, I'm convinced being a bit warped is a prerequisite to taking up the instrument. 😂

[@gordonschenck1672]

Where's the hardart?

[@stephenrichmond917]

​@@gordonschenck1672Same place as the horn.

[@gartnerar]

Bassoon is the hardest wind instrument to play and these ladies are fantastic.

[@stephaniecarrow4898]

Agreed on both points!

[@johnduffy6546]

Amen to that!

[@tjh44961]

As someone that has played all the common modern woodwinds except flute, IMO oboe is the most difficult, then English horn. then bassoon. The hardest part of playing bassoon, I felt, was switching from bass to tenor clef in some of the older pieces of music -- like Ravel's Bolero. The bassoon solo in the Bolero is way up into the treble clef, near the top of a bassoon's range, so it was written in tenor clef to keep it from being notated so high above the staff.

[@BassoonStudio]

Please keep doing what you do. You four are what the bassoon needs in order to survive in the 21st Century

[@familycalendar6853]

I love how they use parts of the bassoon as well as the full bassoon

[@stephaniecarrow4898]

Bolero never sounded so good, so haunting, mysterious and exotic, as here. If it wasn't written for bassoon, it should have been. Wonderful!

[@fred1092]

The bassoon is not normally a lead instrument, but these ladies have managed to take it to new heights doing Ravel's Bolero. Very creative. Bassoons are cool. Thank you, girls. I'm looking forward to more performances. BTW, great name!

[@QA-ut7dd]

As a snare drummer, this is adding fuel to the nightmare fire 🥲

[@Bruce147]

The best thing to happen to bassooning since that second reed. Awesome! Wonderful! Love it!

[@MichaelRowlands123]

Me, an elementary music teacher: “BOOMWHACKERS.”

[@calvind98362]

Wow!! A lot of work went into this little performance! Thanks to all four of you for all the hard work that went into this!! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!

[@moonshiner5412]

That needed to be longer! 5:29 just enough time. I have to wonder why YT waited this long to suggest this. I have been listening to many different music streams over the last 4 years. Glad the algorithm finally worked! You make me laugh at your antics and the music ain't half bad.

[@jimwilson5148]

Thank you! This just gave me hope for the future of the human race!

[@johnduffy6546]

This totally cracked me-up! You ladies are quite hysterical

[@jeffk5802]

Well done! Love the creativity and choreography. Very impressive and a cool take on this piece!!

[@leonelgarcia5060]

And very funny. I loved it! I love bassoon.

[@johnduffy6546]

Just goes to prove that great music doesn't have to be, "stuffy"...This group makes me laugh

[@AndyZach]

I liked your 1812 Overture but this one was so much fun I subscribed.

[@dulcimoo]

So much fun! So Joyful! AMAZING.

[@kelvinsmallwood6315]

By far the best video so far. The music, the choreography, outfits & other amusing things that contribute to the whole.

[@fredwood1490]

Wonderful! Absolutely wonderful!

[@KonfuZer17]

Normally I would not listen to Bolero intentionally--I would, in fact, go out of my way to avoid it--but when I see that it is my favorite bassoon quartet, I did not hesitate and was not disappointed! The music is lovely, the video is lovely, and I LOVE the humor y'all bring to your performances!

[@kamalyousif7793]

One of the hidden instruments in the orchestra, a very beautiful one

[@222mozart]

???

[@alcelaya1365]

I watched the concerto portion of the last Van Cliburn competition and was amazed by how often the oboe played a major part. The Ft Worth Symphony oboist did an amazing job in supporting the entire piece, Orchestra & piano.

[@thomaslee3689]

The bassoon sounds so good without the bass or bell joint! Of course it sounds good with the bass and bell joints too.

[@w6krg]

That was just ..... stunning!

[@misspiggy9867]

Love it. I'm going to tell all my Bassoon students to watch this!

[@DetroitMicroSound]

Such timelessness......... ❤ I'm a double reedmaker for various kinds of bagpipe chanters, and drones. (Boyd Reeds)

[@scottbiggs8894]

Fabulous! Absolutely fabulous! Thank you so very much; you've made youtube and the world a slightly better place--no question about it.

[@adamhenderly1602]

Quite entertaining just like the song itself. Outstanding performance I give you each a superior rating.

[@mellissadalby1402]

Very creatively reimagined. I like how different parts of the instrument were used in unuaual ways to execute the vbarious voices in the piece. Double reeds are so hard. Respect. (and here I am learning violin...) I keep looking for the disclaimer "No Bassoons were harmed in the making of this video".

[@jamesdearman814]

how fun can they be - this is great!

[@jenniferpowers758]

I played bassoon through high school and college. Played in a bassoon quartet but nothing like these ladies. Our piece was called 4 Bedposts.

[@barbaraseville4139]

So many ways to play this instrument! Three cheers to the bocalist!

[@Rick-ut3ep]

This is a lot fun

[@minotaurbison]

you deserve more credit than you are getting for your talent... this is only the 4th video of yours I've seen and my mind is made up, I'm watching them all... liked, subbed and bell rung... keep up the good work and may the lords of YT give you a better place in the Algorithm

[@danielcannon9893]

Love it!

[@andrewplowman1002]

Amazing rendition

[@robappeldorn2162]

They are impossibly good!

[@lindsaysmith2453]

GREAT .. wonderful musicians

[@fcsolis]

What a great show. Thanks!

[@igorlaniella465]

I surprised myself lonely clapping in front of your video. Brilliant! Another masterpiece to your collection. (Rite, fellowship...)

[@Altoclarinets]

finally a video that treats bolero with the exact amount of reverence and gravity it deserves as the most boring goddamn piece in classical music

[@jmer9126]

HAHAHAHA 😄

[@kelvinsmallwood6315]

You need to see it danced to.

[@barbarahill4125]

Delightful

[@head5616]

Imaginative, good, and fun! Well done ladies!!

[@TheMichael_Ng]

Amazing!

[@robinharwood5044]

All your eskrima training came in handy for this one.

[@Drew.Joseph]

That was... different. I like

[@CharlieStuff407]

Brilliant! I give it a 10!!! ;-)

[@Aerospace_Education]

Why did I watch this? Why do I like it so much?

[@cheese3881]

Yesn't

[@barbaraseville4139]

A: laudable curiosity B: Excellent taste in music

[@Kaygovegan]

This is amazing

[@etanesnil7072]

i love this!!!

[@soundshift833]

Loved it. Nicely transcribed. Wish Sol could have heard this, he would of been a big fan of this group.

[@daviddarrall9384]

Different and very catchy! 😊 ❤ UK.

[@stevesewall]

Good in every way

[@familycalendar6853]

INCREDIBLE!

[@reedr7142]

This reminds me of the Muppets episode that covered this song. Fantastic.

[@user-dj8gy7ky2y]

Lovely 😍 🎉

[@222mozart]

suuper!

[@ameyring]

I'm disappointed this doesn't get more views. Keep up the nice playing and humor!

[@whitecrow1949]

Delightful 😊

[@sedonaernest3851]

this is camp 😂❤

[@johnsonhunglo1993]

Do the 'Masters' do school tours? If not, they should!!!! Duncanville ISD, hurry!!!

[@douggeyer416]

Long way from K David Van Hoesen and George Goslee and Willard Elliot. Thank goodness. Keep going!!

[@peteranderson3390]

I thought the William Tell overture on bassoon was good, but this is better, this is bloody wonderful, and you look like you're having so much fun. I love this, I really do. Thankyou girls.

[@michaelpowe7966]

Two reeds to bind them - the mightiest woodwind of them all.

[@davidbaxter4910]

IT'S GOOD.

[@martacliment7497]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@jasonsullivann]

nice kazoos

[@OLI-ODDITORIUM]

😍😍😍😍

[@Keithphotorama]

Awesome. I wonder what those tubes are that the two ladies were banging?

[@cheese3881]

Boomwackers

[@fenrislyulf8861]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I LOVE THIS!

[@robioptic]

Neat ! :)

[@mariacholi3054]

Wow! Twoset should react to this!

[@TimTheTerrible]

This sounds weirdly like the music from Microsoft's Age of Empires, but I suspect the arrowhead is on the other end of the line.

[@elgooges]

Aren't those kazoos? I often kazoo when I am blue 🔵

[@RedwoodRhiadra]

Those are indeed kazoos.

[@cbwilson2398]

Just one comment on the umbrellas--synthesisa!

[@dylanpritchard4981]

Interesting

[@johnperkins1301]

Beautiful. Lovely. Talented. But…by the name, thought they were going to introduce fart noises into the overture. Clearly I’m too low brow.

[@ronaldo2101]

😂😂

[@peteranderson3390]

Bloody wonderful girls.

[@dandavis4469]

Great ladies,. I needed that whimsy.I just watched trump be rude and mean and typically monstrous and stupid to insult some black female reporters. It was so disgusting and shameful that I need a day off now!

[@davidbaxter4910]

IT'S GOOD.

[@user-lf6xm9cw4y]

😂😂😂