TITLE: CONCERTO FOR BASSOON AND ORCHESTRA
COMPOSER / AUTHOR: PAUER, JIRÍ

SCORING: BASSOON, ORCHESTRA
INSTRUMENTATION IN DETAIL: BASSOON, ORCHESTRA
FOREWORD / INTRODUCTION: ŠINDELÁR, ONDREJ
ARRANGER: PAUER, JIRÍ
PRODUCT FORMAT: PIANO REDUCTION, PART (1)
SCORING: BASSOON, PIANO
REMARK: REPLACES H02544
REMARKS ON THE EDITION: PIANO REDUCTION BY THE AUTHOR. BASSOON PART REVISED BY ONDREJ ŠINDELÁR
DURATION (APPROX.): 00:26:00
PUBLISHER: BÄRENREITER
BINDING: STAPLED
PRINT RUN: 1ST PRINTING 2020

DESCRIPTION:
-THE CONCERTO FOR BASSOON WAS THE FIRST SOLO WIND CONCERTO PENNED BY THE MAJOR CZECH COMPOSER JIRÍ PAUER (1919-2007). IT WAS COMPOSED IN 1949 AND AFTER SOME RE-WORKING THE FINAL VERSION WAS PREMIERED IN 1952 BY CZECH BASSOONIST KAREL BIDLO AND THE CZECH PHILHARMONIC.

-ALTHOUGH TECHNICALLY VERY DEMANDING, THE CONCERTO IS WRITTEN WITH A DETAILED KNOWLEDGE OF THE BASSOON`S CHARACTER AND POSSIBILITIES, MAKING FULL USE OF THE INSTRUMENT`S WIDE RANGE OF EXPRESSION. THIS EDITION ADOPTS THE MUSICAL TEXT OF THE FIRST PRINT FROM 1967 (SUPRAPHON), THE SOLO PART HAS BEEN REVISED.