Adagio for bassoon and piano by Bernhard Heiden (1910-2000)- German-American composer, faculty at Indiana University. A beautiful edition of this lyrical work taken from Heiden's 1949
By Heinrich Baermann and arranged for Solo Clarinet and Clarinet Choir by K. Tod Kerstetter.
This transcription of the simple, elegant, and haunting slow movement from Beethoven's seventh symphony adapts the full symphonic work for a large double reed ensemble, suitable for symposiums and
America the Beautiful is an American patriotic song. The lyrics were written by Katharine Lee Bates, and the music was composed by Samuel A. Ward who was both church organist and choirmaster at
Based on the hymn GOD OF LOVE, this hymn tune adaptation was written for the fantastic flute section during my time teaching at Tabor College. This offering was a featured chamber work on the 2013 spring
Blades of Grass was inspired by the poem Grass by Carl Sandburg (1878-1967):
"Pile the bodies high at Austerliz and Waterloo, Shovel them under and let me work-I am the grass; I cover all.
Roesgen-Champion's Concerto No. 2 for Alto Saxophone, Bassoon, and Harpsichord (or Piano) is unique in the chamber music literature. (Despite the work's title, efforts to locate the Concerto
This is a delicate and quiet investigation by Miss Muse. She is extremely careful snooping around. Someone has been murdered. She looks out the window. Amazing how the children go on their merry way, as if
The Nutcracker Suite for Bassoons! Contains: Overture, March, Dance de la Fee-Dragee, Trepak, Arabian Dance, Chinese Dance, Dance of the Merlitons, Waltz of the Flowers.
Der Leiermann, translated as "The Hurdy-Gurdy Player," is the final song from Franz Schubert's song cycle Winterreise, a work that follows the protagonist as he visits sites of a past