The Two Contras
My friend Andrea and I decided to prepare a duo contrabassoon recital, just for fun. It’s rare to have two contrabassoons in one place, let alone on stage by themselves. Our repertoire consisted mainly of works that had been arranged for two or three bassoons, but our first piece — Dorff’s Sonatina d’Amore — was actually written for two contras. We each did some solo work, as well — a Galliard bassoon sonata for Andrea and two Puccini tenor arias for me. Thanks to Garry Kling for making such an excellent recording of the recital. In addition to listening to the mp3s, you can view the original program (as a pdf) and poster.
| Sonatina d’Amore | Daniel Dorff | |
| Allegro cantabile | (b. 1956) | |
| Allegro, merrily rollicking | ||
| Molto Allegro, leggiero con spirito | ||
| Andrea Clark and Dave Wells, contrabassoons | ||
| Sonata No. 1 | John Ernest Galliard | |
| Cantabile | (1678−1749) | |
| Spiritoso e staccato, a tempo moderato | ||
| Largo e staccato | ||
| Hornpipe a l’Inglese | ||
| Vivace | ||
| Andrea Clark, contrabassoon Scott Gendel, piano |
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| Selections from The Barber of Seville | Gioacchino Rossini | |
| “Numero quindici a mano manca” | (1792−1868) | |
| “Largo al factotum” | arr. François Gebauer | |
| Dave Wells and Andrea Clark, contrabassoons | ||
| “E lucevan le stelle” from Tosca | Giacomo Puccini | |
| “Nessun Dorma” from Turandot | (1858−1924) | |
| arr. John Mortimer | ||
| Dave Wells, contrabassoon Ellen Fast, piano |
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| Selections from The Barber of Seville | Gioacchino Rossini | |
| “Zitti zitti, piano piano” | (1792−1868) | |
| “Una voce poco fa” | arr. François Gebauer | |
| Andrea Clark and Dave Wells, contrabassoons | ||
| Selections from Der Freischütz | Carl Maria von Weber | |
| Marcia | (1786−1826) | |
| Volkslied | arr. anonymous | |
| “Hier im ird’schen Jammertal” | ||
| Jägerchor | ||
| Andrea Clark and Dave Wells, contrabassoons Katie Koralesky, bass |
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| Flight of the Bumblebee | Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakoff | |
| (1844−1908) | ||
| arr. Alan Hawkins | ||
| Dave Wells and Andrea Clark, contrabassoons | ||
