Dukas - The Sorcerer's Apprentice (arranged for Reed Quintet)

[@rashakor]

Happy to clearly hear the two big boys (basson and bcl); the arrangement make good use of both and the recording balances well the volume of the 2 basses vs the rest. Interesting choice to have a sax in the middle voice.

[@TheodoreBrown314]

I want to learn to play 2:14 on the bassoon. Maybe I should get a bassoon first......

[@Cur7y_isPro6]

Oh homie you should, as a bassoon player, I can guarantee that this will be the most fun thing you will ever play 😁

[@TheodoreBrown314]

@@Cur7y_isPro6 First step is finding the money for a bassoon 😅. But yeah, still 100% on the bucket list

[@Cur7y_isPro6]

Yea good luck dude, the one I have is like $12,000 but I’m renting it thankfully

[@TheodoreBrown314]

@@Cur7y_isPro6 Probably just going to hope for a used Renard 41. Gotta save for an English Horn first, though (since I'm primarily an Oboist), so that may be a ways out

[@tessharding576]

This was great to listen and follow along with thanks!

[@bransonbankenbush4887]

This song is giving me anxiety, however I still want to play it

[@johns.4708]

Nice arrangement. Well done!

[@Subcontrabassoon]

This looks like a very interesting arrangement! I do have one small suggestion, however. While I fully support renotating the work in 9/8 (as it always should have been), it would be much more legible if the rests were consolidated by beat. For example, instead of an eighth note followed by eight eighth rests, an eighth note + two eighth rests + two dotted-quarter rests.

[@pojoboing]

2:02

[@leviwelsh8884]

I just got a bassoon a couple of months ago and want to learn this song so bad but it’s hard for a beginner like me😂

[@doriancoreyscloset421]

Keep practicing. Tone & technique. You'll have it in no time!

[@M0bbler]

Did you ever fully learn it? Just curious

[@Cur7y_isPro6]

Just keep practicing, as someone who played this for a solo, all I can say is keep practicing it until you master it 😄

[@mymusicaddiction7779]

Hey! I'm a bassoon player and am part of a reed quintet, where would I be able to get this piece of music from to perform with my chamber group!! Many thanks!

[@driftwoodquintet]

Hi! We sell this music on our website: www.driftwoodquintet.com/store

[@ohsuzan]

@@driftwoodquintet do you provide the parts as well as the score> Useless without parts.

[@driftwoodquintet]

@@ohsuzan Hi Susan, you can buy both the parts and the score together on our website. Feel free to shoot us an email if you have any issues. Thanks!

[@ohsuzan]

@@driftwoodquintet I still don't see any reference to "parts" on your sheet music offerings. Only "score". What am I missing?

[@brentbreault7606]

Does anyone know why the bass clarinet is scored below the bassoon?

[@driftwoodquintet]

Hey Brent! That's a great question. Because the reed quintet is such a "new" ensemble, there isn't a standardized score order (eg wind quintet). Honestly, I'll flip-flop which instrument I put at the bottom of the score. For this particular arrangement, I wrote bass clarinet at the bottom simply because for most of the piece, he's playing below the bassoon part. Honestly, I think it just made more sense when I was writing and reading it! - Ben

[@brentbreault7606]

Driftwood Quintet thanks!