Sonata for Contrabassoon and Piano
by David Baker
Bassoon Solo - Sheet Music

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Contrabassoon, piano - Intermediate-Advanced

SKU: FT.FM681

Composed by David Baker. Score and Parts. Published by Forton Music (FT.FM681).

English.

Written in 2007, this sonata was inspired by playing alongside a series of amazing contra bassoonists; Nick Lander, Alex Moss, Luke Whitehead and Sarah Nixon, who made me realise it's amazing potential as a solo instrument. Whilst the outer movements are jazz (even rock!) based, I decided on a simple folk tune like melody for the slow movement to show off the beautiful lyric voice of the contra, and a rhythmic dance form juxtaposing duplet and triplet rhythms for the ‘scherzo’.