Kees Olthuis - Introduction and Allegro for bassoon, contrabassoon and string quintet

Kees Olthuis (1940-2019)
Introductie en Allegro : voor fagot, contrafagot, 2 violen, altviool, violoncello en contrabas (2006)
Matthias Racz, bassoon
Hans Agreda, contrafagot
members of the Tonhalle Orchester Zürich
Conductor: Paulo Muñoz-Toledo
dedicated to Cor and Guus Dral

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Most enjoyable composition but strange choice of instrumentation as the contra bassoon and bassoon tend to cancel each other out. Presumably the composer wanted the lower registers of the contra, but the bassoon itself has such a wide range anyway.