Pieces Similar to Peter and the Wolf: The Grandfather

Bassoon pieces around level 4 of 10

Baroque

Cello Sonata in E minor, Op. 1 No. 2: I. Adagio (arr. for bassoon)

Benedetto Marcello

Bassoon 3/10

AdagioSoft dynamicsKey of E minor

Romantic

Peer Gynt: In the Hall of the Mountain King (bassoon opening)

Edvard Grieg

Bassoon 4/10

Alla marcia e molto marcatoSoft dynamicsKey of B minor

Baroque

Bassoon Sonata No. 1 in A minor: I. Cantabile

Johann Ernst Galliard

Bassoon 4/10

CantabileSoft dynamicsKey of A minor

Baroque

Bassoon Concerto in E minor, RV 484: II. Andante

Antonio Vivaldi

Bassoon 5/10

AndanteSoft dynamicsKey of E minor

Romantic

L'elisir d'amore: Una furtiva lagrima (bassoon solo)

Gaetano Donizetti

Bassoon 5/10

LarghettoSoft dynamicsKey of Bb minor

Baroque

Bassoon Sonata in F minor, TWV 41:f1: I. Triste

Georg Philipp Telemann

Bassoon 5/10

TristeSoft dynamicsKey of F minor

Romantic

Carmen: Entr'acte to Act II (bassoon duet)

Georges Bizet

Bassoon 5/10

Allegro moderatoModerate dynamicsKey of G minor

Baroque

Bassoon Sonata in C major: I. Largo

Johann Friedrich Fasch

Bassoon 5/10

LargoSoft dynamicsKey of C major

Romantic

Symphony No. 4: II. Andantino in modo di canzona (bassoon solo)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Bassoon 5/10

Andantino in modo di canzonaSoft dynamicsKey of Bb minor

Romantic

Symphony No. 6 "Pathétique": I. Adagio (bassoon solo)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Bassoon 5/10

AdagioSoft dynamics

Classical

Bassoon Concerto in B-flat major, K. 191: II. Andante ma adagio

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Bassoon 5/10

Andante ma adagioSoft dynamicsKey of F major

Baroque

Bassoon Concerto in B-flat major "La notte", RV 501: I. Largo

Antonio Vivaldi

Bassoon 6/10

LargoSoft dynamicsKey of Bb major

Romantic

Bassoon Concerto in F major, Op. 75: II. Adagio

Carl Maria von Weber

Bassoon 6/10

AdagioSoft dynamicsKey of Bb major

Classical

Bassoon Concerto in F major: I. Allegro maestoso

Carl Stamitz

Bassoon 6/10

Allegro maestosoModerate dynamicsKey of F major

Romantic

Romance, Op. 62

Edward Elgar

Bassoon 6/10

AndanteSoft dynamicsKey of D minor

Baroque

Bassoon Sonata in F minor, TWV 41:f1: II. Allegro

Georg Philipp Telemann

Bassoon 6/10

AllegroModerate dynamicsKey of F minor

Baroque

Bassoon Sonata in F minor, TWV 41:f1: IV. Vivace

Georg Philipp Telemann

Bassoon 6/10

VivaceModerate dynamicsKey of F minor

Romantic

Requiem: Quid sum miser (bassoon solo)

Giuseppe Verdi

Bassoon 6/10

AdagioSoft dynamicsKey of G minor

20th Century

The Firebird: Berceuse (bassoon solo)

Igor Stravinsky

Bassoon 6/10

AndanteSoft dynamicsKey of Eb minor

Classical

Bassoon Concerto in B-flat major: I. Allegro

Johann Christian Bach

Bassoon 6/10

AllegroModerate dynamicsKey of Bb major

Classical

Bassoon Concerto in F major: II. Romanza

Johann Nepomuk Hummel

Bassoon 6/10

Andantino e cantabileSoft dynamicsKey of Bb major

Baroque

Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: I. Prélude (arr. for bassoon)

Johann Sebastian Bach

Bassoon 6/10

Moderate tempoModerate dynamicsKey of G major

Classical

Symphony No. 9: IV. "Ode to Joy" theme (bassoon countermelody)

Ludwig van Beethoven

Bassoon 6/10

Allegro assaiSoft dynamicsKey of D major

20th Century

Bassoon Sonata: I. Leicht bewegt

Paul Hindemith

Bassoon 6/10

Leicht bewegtSoft dynamics

Classical

Sonata for Bassoon and Cello in B-flat major, K. 292: I. Allegro

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Bassoon 6/10

AllegroModerate dynamicsKey of Bb major