GORDON JACOB
Front cover of Bassoon ConcertoCD - 'The Edge of Space', containing Bassoon ConcertoCD containing Bassoon ConcertoCD: Gordon Jacob - Music for BassoonClassics for Wind Ensemble & Symphony Volume Four: Festive Escapades

Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra
For bassoon solo, percussion and strings

Also piano arrangement by the composer

DATE WRITTEN  

1947

DEDICATED TO  

Archie Camden

FIRST PERFORMANCE  

20 August 1947, Royal Albert Hall
Archie Camden with BBC Orchestra, conductor Sir Adrian Boult

HEAR EXCERPTS
1st Movement
2nd Movement
3rd Movement

RECORDINGS
Arkivmusic, Arkivmusic, email
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CD held by BMIC, email performers: Robert Thompson (bassoon), LSO, conductor Geoffrey Simon; recorded at All Saint's, Tooting, London on 21 December 1980. Quote catalogue No.CHAN 9278, BMIC catalogue No.793
Gordon Jacob - Music for Bassoon, at Amazon
Classics for Wind Ensemble & Symphony Volume Four: Festive Escapades, at Amazon

SHEET MUSIC/SCORE AVAILABLE FROM
Emerson online shop
Purchase from Stainer & Bell (for bassoon and piano), email
Hire from Stainer & Bell: Score & Parts - Rental Ref. HL112; Bassoon and piano - Rental Ref. 2625, email
Full score and piano score held by BMIC, email, quote shelfmark D

 

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