Pieces Similar to The Rite of Spring: Introduction (bassoon solo)

Bassoon pieces around level 9 of 10

20th Century

Sonatine: I. Allegro con moto

Alexandre Tansman

Bassoon 8/10

Allegro con motoModerate dynamics

20th Century

Symphony No. 9: IV. Largo (bassoon solo)

Dmitri Shostakovich

Bassoon 8/10

LargoSoft to loud

20th Century

Sarabande et Cortège

Henri Dutilleux

Bassoon 8/10

Slow tempoSoft to loud

20th Century

Ciranda das sete notas

Heitor Villa-Lobos

Bassoon 9/10

Moderate tempoSoft to loud

Baroque

Bassoon Concerto in A minor, RV 497: I. Allegro molto

Antonio Vivaldi

Bassoon 8/10

Allegro moltoModerate dynamicsKey of A minor

Baroque

Bassoon Concerto in E-flat major, RV 483: I. Presto

Antonio Vivaldi

Bassoon 8/10

PrestoModerate dynamicsKey of Eb major

Romantic

Bassoon Sonata, Op. 168: II. Allegro scherzando

Camille Saint-Saëns

Bassoon 8/10

Allegro scherzandoModerate dynamicsKey of E minor

Romantic

Andante e Rondo ungarese, Op. 35

Carl Maria von Weber

Bassoon 8/10

AndanteSoft to loudKey of C minor

Romantic

Bassoon Concerto in F major, Op. 75: I. Allegro ma non troppo

Carl Maria von Weber

Bassoon 8/10

Allegro ma non troppoLoud dynamicsKey of F major

Romantic

Bassoon Concerto in F major, Op. 75: III. Rondo

Carl Maria von Weber

Bassoon 8/10

AllegroModerate dynamicsKey of F major

Romantic

Konzertstück, Op. 2

Franz Berwald

Bassoon 8/10

Allegro non troppoSoft to loudKey of F major

Romantic

Symphonie fantastique: IV. March to the Scaffold (bassoon part)

Hector Berlioz

Bassoon 8/10

Allegretto non troppoLoud dynamicsKey of G minor

Classical

Bassoon Concerto in F major: I. Allegro moderato

Johann Nepomuk Hummel

Bassoon 8/10

Allegro moderatoModerate dynamicsKey of F major

Classical

Bassoon Concerto in F major: III. Rondo

Johann Nepomuk Hummel

Bassoon 8/10

VivaceModerate dynamicsKey of F major

Impressionist

Boléro (bassoon solo)

Maurice Ravel

Bassoon 8/10

Tempo di Bolero moderato assaiSoft dynamicsKey of C major

Classical

The Marriage of Figaro: Overture (bassoon part)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Bassoon 8/10

PrestoModerate dynamicsKey of D major

Classical

Symphony No. 4: IV. Allegro ma non troppo (bassoon solo)

Ludwig van Beethoven

Bassoon 9/10

Allegro ma non troppoModerate dynamicsKey of Bb major