Gabriel Pierné - Solo de concert for bassoon and piano Op. 35 (audio + sheet music)

The Solo de concert for bassoon and piano was commissioned by the Paris Conservatoire for their 1898 bassoon competition. It is in three sections - a dramatic opening section followed by a lyrical, cantabile middle section and concluding with a brilliant coda. A varied piece essential to the repertoire of aspiring bassoonists, it contains many characteristics typical of the French style, such as significant tempo changes and performance directions, flourishes of semiquavers, chromaticism and many alterations in dynamics.
(Musicweb International, Edition Silver Trust, Ackerman Music)
Please take note that the audio AND the sheet music ARE NOT mine. Change the quality to a minimum of 480p if the video is blurry.
Original audio: • Gabriel Pierne - Solo ...
(Performance by: Kyu Sun Pyo at the bassoon, accompanied by Jae Won Kim)
Original sheet music: www.imslp.org/wiki/Solo_de_concert,_Op.35_(Piern%C3%A9,_Gabriel)

[@XavierMacX]

Pierné does not have any bad chamber music. Wonderful performance, as well.

[@abbysubler7784]

i loved this piece so much i had to transcribe it for horn so i could have it for myself :) thanks for posting!

[@ocyspxedis9105]

I played this on bassoon a few months ago! so glad you noticed his work too...

[@EmilianoManna]

Extremely witty, as always with Pierné

[@PabloAguirreCompositor]

maravilloso

[@RedZed1974]

charming!

[@林免-y9r]

I am 12years old﹐I live in Taiwan，I practice this song now

[@evadjs]

How is it going now?

[@veronikachizhevskaya9128]

I also play bassoon, but really easy stuff. I would like to play like him one day.

[@forlandm]

This one is easier than it looks - it's more about expression than virtuosity (but you might need a good accompanyist at the piano). When auditioning for our university orchestra I chose this piece, while the competing player had prepared Weber's Bassoon Concerto. I won, although she was technically really good, but a bit soulless.

[@theycallmemilan]

@@forlandmCongratulations!! I like this piece too. Not horrible note wise, but adding character is another step.

[@spicywatermelon343]

Nice

[@PieInTheSky9]

Man, that's some awkward piano writing (as in looks like it would be awkward to play). Very lovely piece though!

[@theycallmemilan]

That’s some awkward bassoon part as well, but I love playing it.

@@theycallmemilan Actually for bassoon not even that difficult compared to other pieces, great piece for beginners

[@theycallmemilan]

@ I wouldn’t call it a beginner’s piece. Maybe upper intermediate. It’s true that it doesn’t involve any double tonguing, and there’s not a lot of 16 notes runs. Playing the notes is one thing. Which most beginners can’t do because it’s written in 3 different clefs, and it also goes up to D5. After that, the contrasting styles, rhythms and tempos need to be concentrated on. They’re very different, and they’re are some awkward bassoon parts in this. This piece really shows off what the bassoon can do. So I do highly recommend it. That’s awesome that you compose music☺️

@@theycallmemilan very well said, I agree with everything. I ment like a beginner music conservatory student👍🏽

[@theycallmemilan]

@ Oh ok gotcha! It depends on the player for sure. This wasn’t my hardest piece I ever played, it it is one of my favourites☺️.

[@lucpraslan]

Why all those rubatos? They're not marked in the score.

[@embux]

More interesting that way

[@iangreer4585]

Because sheet music is not Gospel

[@sharpthunder8904]

Does anyone know where I can get the sheet music for this? I tried using the link but it says it’s no longer available

[@thenameisgsarci]

Sorry about that one, please check the link again. You will need to copy-paste it, though.

[@oscarbasza]

Love this piece and the color of the bassoon. I recently wrote a bassoon piece myself - check it out if have some time :)

[@willhassan9493]

im playing this piece as eighth grader

[@KG-ud9ki]

How did it go?

[@brynjarhoff-lr6hw]

Great bassoonist but Piernis not a topp music piece from Pierne.

[@RibMusTorg1852]

not interesting, only random scales and harmony((( simple bassoon music

[@theycallmemilan]

I wouldn’t call that simple at all. Matter of fact, it’s not.