Bassoon quartet: a contra, two bassoons and a mini bassoon!

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  • Опубліковано 25 сер 2024
  • Bassoon quartet: a contra, two bassoons and a mini bassoon - all played by one person (Polly Horton)! The piece Polly is playing is Mahler 1 (Movement 3) with the Amati contrabassoon playing the part of the double bass, the Puchner Model 23 playing the timpani's part, a Heckel 7000 playing 1st bassoon and the mini #bassoon playing the oboe's part! All arranged by Michael Gibbs. Enjoy!

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  • @RDS_Armwrestling
    @RDS_Armwrestling 3 роки тому +28

    I'm sure someone else has pointed out that this piece has some fairly strong minor key "Frére Jacques" vibes

    • @aro4457
      @aro4457 3 роки тому +9

      Yep, that’s one of the themes that Mahler was inspired by in this movement

    • @timothytikker1147
      @timothytikker1147 6 місяців тому

      @@aro4457... as in, his 1st Symphony.

  • @starthornfromscratch2718
    @starthornfromscratch2718 7 місяців тому +2

    Wow, hearing music like this makes me so glad to be a bassoonist. :')

  • @profProsky
    @profProsky 2 роки тому +3

    Mahler would proud! An Impressed oboist.

  • @patadamson4005
    @patadamson4005 4 роки тому +9

    That was fantastic

  • @bencur7176
    @bencur7176 4 роки тому +3

    Absolutely wonderful!

  • @michaelshelley1289
    @michaelshelley1289 3 роки тому +4

    mini bassoon??? might as well use an oboe!!! (love the two instruments btw....) the bassoon is an inCREDIBLE instrument!!!!

  • @eliasalves8059
    @eliasalves8059 Рік тому

    Wonderful sound, robust and very tuned, I loved it!

  • @cesarchicas891
    @cesarchicas891 4 роки тому +5

    Long live bassoon (and also oboe all woodwinds are welcome )

  • @n2music174
    @n2music174 5 місяців тому

    First time I've seen anybody play an Octopus !

  • @sifridbassoon
    @sifridbassoon Рік тому +1

    oooh....this makes me want to arrange something for two oboes, EH, bass oboe, alto bassoon, two regular bassoons, and contrabassoon. The possibilities are mindblowing.

  • @edwincancelii2917
    @edwincancelii2917 3 роки тому +5

    Nice mini bassoon. That could possibly a tenoroon or an alto bassoon.

    • @kppage8843
      @kppage8843 3 роки тому +3

      Do believe it’d be considered an alto bassoon (altoon?) in this case.

    • @DieFlabbergast
      @DieFlabbergast 7 місяців тому

      @@kppage8843 Possibly a Loony Toon?

    • @organist1982
      @organist1982 6 місяців тому

      @@DieFlabbergast 😂🤣

  • @debug8377
    @debug8377 4 місяці тому

    petition to call the mini bassoon the tenoroon

  • @jeweleratlarge
    @jeweleratlarge 3 роки тому

    That was cool

  • @FirstLast-wg1gs
    @FirstLast-wg1gs 4 роки тому

    Wow!

  • @abdulk3488
    @abdulk3488 3 роки тому

    Nice

  • @incogitatus
    @incogitatus 4 роки тому +13

    I think I'll buy my daughter a mini bassoon for her 7th birthday (which is in 5 years). Good idea, yes?

    • @thejils1669
      @thejils1669 4 роки тому +11

      Naw...go hog wild: get her the contra; let her grow into it.

    • @lightisbetterthanlight566
      @lightisbetterthanlight566 4 роки тому +3

      The Jils well considering the fact that contras cost $8000< , that’s not really a good idea. If you have the funds, sure, but not for most people.

    • @thejils1669
      @thejils1669 4 роки тому +4

      @@lightisbetterthanlight566 speaking of light, lighten up, will ya! my comment was meant to be taken as a "light" hearted joke...I think even Mr. Incogitatus, the original poster, recognized my attempt at sardonic humor with my comment....the contra is one of those instruments that you just DON'T grow into...even as with the bassoon, the contra takes an incredible amount of breath control to sound even halfway decent: even if in most cases you are doubling the bass line, to be heard (and felt) during these passages with any semblance of musicality is no small feat...giving this instrument to a child that hasn't even reached junior high school yet would be a very frustrating experience...incidentally, even a marginal, new Amati contra costs around $9000 USD (they actually sound fairly decent and professional contra players buy them for back-up)...phenomenal new contras from Fox and Mollenhauer can cost well above $27,000...and brand new creme de la creme contras from the legendary Heckel company are in the stratosphere cost-wise...now do you see why my comment was to be taken more as a tongue in cheek flippant piece of advice?

    • @dimitrishostakovich2223
      @dimitrishostakovich2223 2 роки тому

      @@thejils1669 Could you yourself lighten up? yes their reply was harsh but you didnt have to go full essay on them. You give me the chills Jils :(

    • @thejils1669
      @thejils1669 2 роки тому +1

      @@dimitrishostakovich2223 Really? That was only the first chapter of my tome...

  • @merryfolk2849
    @merryfolk2849 2 роки тому

    I fucking love this

  • @cesarchicas891
    @cesarchicas891 4 роки тому +1

    I play bassoon I just had a winter concert

  • @juandelavega192
    @juandelavega192 4 роки тому +8

    damn girl you like bassoon

  • @therealhelmholtz
    @therealhelmholtz 3 роки тому +2

    Hail Nevada, Hail Nevada,
    12 times 3, 36,
    On the day of Halloween, year of 1864,
    That's the day it was born.

  • @ericoschmitt
    @ericoschmitt 3 роки тому

    I thought the mini bassoon was supposed to be called english horn lol