# Bassoon concerto

A bassoon concerto is a concerto for bassoon accompanied by a musical ensemble, typically orchestra. Like bassoon sonatas, bassoon concerti were relatively uncommon until the twentieth century, although there are quite a few bassoon concerti from the Classical period. Some contemporary bassoon concerti are scored for solo bassoon and wind or string orchestras.

## Baroque

* Antonio Vivaldi, 39 Bassoon Concerti, RV 466-504 (RV 468 and 482 incomplete)
* Johann Friedrich Fasch, Concerto in C Major
* Caspar Förster, Concerto
* Johann Gottlieb Graun, Concerto in C Major
* Christoph Graupner, Four Bassoon Concerti in C Major, GWV 301, C Minor, GWV 307, G Major, GWV 328, and B-flat Major, GWV 340
* Johann Wilhelm Hertel, Bassoon Concerti in A Minor, B-flat Major and E-flat Major
* František Jiránek, Bassoon Concerti in G Minor and F Major
* Antonín Jiránek, Four Bassoon Concerti
* Henrik Philip Johnsen, Concerto for Two Bassoons in G Major (1751)
* Johann Melchior Molter, Four Bassoon Concerti (including Concerto in B-flat Major, MWV 6.35)
* Antonín Reichenauer, Three Bassoon Concerti in C Major, F Major, and G Minor
* Michel Corrette, Concerto in D Major Le Phénix for four bassoons and continuo

## Classical

* Carl Philip Emmanuel Bach, Bassoon Concerto in D minor Wq22
* Johann Christian Bach, Two Bassoon Concerti in E flat Major (W C82) and B flat Major (W C83)
* Capel Bond, Bassoon Concerto No. 6 in B flat Major (1766)
* Bernhard Henrik Crusell, Bassoon Concertino in B flat Major
* Franz Danzi, Four Bassoon Concerti in F Major (2), C Major and G Minor
* François Devienne, Five Bassoon Concerti (1785)
* Luigi Gatti, Bassoon Concerto in F Major, L7:e4
* Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Bassoon Concerto in F Major, S. 63/WoO 23
* Leopold Kozeluch, Two Bassoon Concerti in B flat Major, P V:B1 and C Major, P V:C1
* Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Bassoon Concerto (1774)
* Johann Baptist Georg Neruda, Concerto in C Major
* Ignaz Joseph Pleyel, Concerto in B-flat Major B.107
* Johann Heinrich Christian Rinck, Concerto
* Antonio Rosetti, Bassoon Concerti (C69, C73-C75)
* Theodor von Schacht, Concerto
* Carl Stamitz, Bassoon Concerto in F Major
* Johann Baptist Wanhal, Bassoon Concerto in C Major, Concerto for Two Bassoons and Orchestra
* Anselm Viola i Valentí, Concerto in F Major (1791)
* Johann Christoph Vogel, Concerto in C Major

## Romantic

* Ferdinand David, Concertino, Op. 12 (1838)
* Édouard Du Puy, Concerto in C Minor (also, Bassoon Quintet in A Minor, often performed as a concerto)
* Johann Nepomuk Fuchs, Concerto in B flat Major
* Peter Josef von Lindpaintner, Bassoon Concerto in F major, Op. 44
* Ludwig Milde, Concerto in A Minor
* Gioachino Rossini, Bassoon Concerto (attributed to Rossini, authenticity questionable)
* Giuseppe Venturini, Concerto in D Minor (ca. 1898)
* Carl Maria von Weber, Bassoon Concerto in F Major, Op. 75 (1811)
* Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Suite-concertino in F Major, Op. 16 (1932)

## 20th century

* Dieter Acker, Concerto (1979, rev. 1980)
* Murray Adaskin, Concerto (1960)
* Andreas Aigmüller, Concerto, Op. 69 (1995)
* Raffaele d'Alessandro, Concerto, Op. 75 (1956)
* David Amram, Concerto (1970)
* Jurriaan Andriessen, Concertino for Bassoon and Double Woodwind Quintet (1962)
* Tony Aubin, Concerto della Brughiera (1965)
* Conrad Baden, Concerto, Op. 126 (1980)
* Henk Badings, Concerto for Bassoon, Contrabassoon and Wind Orchestra (1964)
* Andrei Balanchivadze, Concertino (1954)
* Richard Rodney Bennett, Concerto (1994)
* Alain Bernaud, Concertino da Camera (1962; completed 2012)
* Bernard van Beurden, Concerto for Bassoon and Wind Ensemble
* Judith Bingham, Concerto (1998)
* Marcel Bitsch, Concertino for Bassoon and Orchestra (1948)
* Daniel Börtz, Concerto for Bassoon and Band (1978–79)
* Eugène Bozza, Concertino for Bassoon and Chamber Orchestra, Op. 49 (1946)
* Colin Brumby, Concerto
* Victor Bruns, Four Bassoon Concerti, Op. 5 (1933), Op. 15 (1946), Op. 41 (1966) and Op. 83 (1986), and Contrabassoon Concerto, Op. 98 (1992)
* Glenn Buhr, Concerto (1996)
* Frits Celis, Concertino, Op. 38 for bassoon, violin, viola and cello (1992)
* André Chini, Goëlette de jade Concerto for Bassoon and Strings (1999-2000)
* Dinos Constantinides, Concerto, LRC 154a
* Andrzej Dobrowolski, Concerto (1953)
* Franco Donatoni, Concerto (1952)
* Pierre Max Dubois, Concerto Ironico (1968)
* Sophie Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatté, Triple-Concerto for Trumpet, Clarinet, Bassoon, Strings and Timpani, E. 123 (1949); Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra, E. 124/125 (1950)
* Helmut Eder, Concerto, Op. 49
* Anders Eliasson, Concerto (1982)
* Jindřich Feld, Concerto (1953)
* John Fernström, Concerto, Op. 80 (1945)
* Eric Fogg, Concerto (1931)
* Bjørn Fongaard, Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra, Op. 120, No. 12; Concerto for Bassoon and Tape, Op. 131, No. 10
* Jean Françaix, Concerto for Bassoon and 11 String Instruments (1979)
* Anis Fuleihan, Concertino (1965)
* Merab Gagnidze, Concerto No. 1 (1979), Concerto No. 2 (1997)
* René Gerber, Concerto (1935–39)
* Nodar Gigauri, Concerto (1979)
* Suzanne Giraud, Concerto Crier vers l'horizon (1991)
* Benjaminas Gorbulskis, Concerto (1952); Concertino (1959)
* Launy Grøndahl, Concerto (1942)
* Sofia Gubaidulina, Concerto for Bassoon and Low Strings (1975)
* Bernhard Heiden, Concerto (1990)
* Kurt Hessenberg, Concertino, Op. 106 (1979)
* Jacques Hétu, Concerto (1979)
* Frigyes Hidas, Concerto for Bassoon and Wind Ensemble (1999)
* Paul Hindemith, Concerto for Bassoon and Trumpet (1949)
* Peter Hope, Concertino
* Bertold Hummel, Concerto, Op. 27b (1964/92)
* Gordon Jacob, Concerto (1947)
* André Jolivet, Concerto for Bassoon, String Orchestra, Harp and Piano (1951)
* John Joubert, Concerto, Op. 77 (1973)
* Raimo Kangro, Concerto, op. 27 (1981)
* Yuri Kasparov, Concerto (1996)
* Manfred Kelkel, Concerto, Op. 13 (1965)
* Lev Knipper, Double Concerto for Trumpet and Bassoon (1968), Concerto for Bassoon and Strings (1970)
* Rudolf Komorous, Chamber Concerto (1995)
* Nikolai Korndorf, Concerto Pastorale (1971)
* Uroš Krek, Concerto
* Shin'ichirō Ikebe, Concerto "The License of Blaze" (1999 / rev. 2004)
* Jiří Laburda, Concerto (1997)
* Ezra Laderman, Concerto (1954)
* Marcel Landowski, Concerto for Bassoon and Strings (1957)
* Lars-Erik Larsson, Concertino, Op. 45, No. 4 (1955)
* Ernst Mahle, Concertino (1980)
* Peter Maxwell Davies, Strathclyde Concerto No. 8 (1993)
* Chiel Meijering, "Neo-Geo" Concerto
* Francisco Mignone, Concertino (1957)
* Omar Mindorashvili, Concerto (1981)
* Vytautas Montvila, Concerto (1963)
* Oskar Morawetz, Concerto (1994)
* Saburō Moroi, Concerto, Op. 14 (1937) - lost
* Ray Næssén, Concerto for Bassoon and Wind Band
* Akira Nishimura, Concerto for Bassoon, String and Percussion "Tapas" (1990)
* Carmelo Pace, Concertino (1987)
* Andrzej Panufnik, Concerto (1985) (in memory of Jerzy Popiełuszko)
* Boris Papandopulo, Concerto
* Jiří Pauer, Concerto (1949)
* Johnterryl Plumeri, Concerto
* Amando Blanquer Ponsoda, Concerto (1977)
* Stanojlo Rajičić, Concerto (1969)
* Primož Ramovš, Concerto piccolo
* Alan Ridout, Concertino
* Jean Rivier, Concerto (1964)
* Nino Rota, Concerto (1974–77)
* Marcel Rubin, Concerto (1978)
* Harald Sæverud, Concerto, Op. 44 (1964)
* Stellan Sagvik, Svensk (ångermanländsk) Concertino, Op. 114e (1982)
* Friedrich Schenker, Concerto (1970)
* Gunther Schuller, Concerto "Eine Kleine Fagottmusik" (1985)
* Antonio Scontrino, Concerto (1920)
* Lucijan Marija Škerjanc, Concerto (1952)
* Thomas Sleeper, Concerto (1993)
* Michał Spisak, Concerto (1944)
* Egīls Straume, Concerto (1985)
* Stjepan Šulek, Concerto (1958)
* Henri Tomasi, Concerto (1961)
* Yuzo Toyama, Concerto for Bassoon, Strings and Percussion (1982)
* Marc Vaubourgoin, Concerto (1968)
* Enn Vetemaa, Concertino (1993)
* Arthur Weisberg, Concerto (1998)
* Alec Wilder, Air for Bassoon and Strings (1945)
* John Williams, The Five Sacred Trees (1995)
* Guy Woolfenden, Concerto (1999)
* Takashi Yoshimatsu, Concerto "Unicorn Circuit" (1988)
* León Zuckert, Concerto (1976)
* Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, Concerto (1992)

## 21st century

* Kalevi Aho, Concerto (2004)
* Mark Alburger, Concerto, Op. 120 (2004); Triple Concerto, Op. 201 (bn, cbn, hp, 2012)
* Tzvi Avni, Concerto (2002)
* Ioseb Bardanashvili, Artiton (2010)
* Judith Bingham, Concerto Leonardo for Bassoon and Thirteen Strings (2012)
* Howard Blake, Concerto, op. 607 (2009)
* Howard J. Buss, Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra (2022)
* David Chesky, Concerto (2006)
* Jack Curtis Dubowsky, Concerto (2005)
* Eric Ewazen, Concerto for Bassoon and Wind Ensemble (2002)
* Viktor Fortin, Concertino for Bassoon and Wind Ensemble (2002)
* Sean Friar, Concerto for Bassoon and Wind Ensemble (2023)
* Dai Fujikura, Concerto (2012)
* Michael Gandolfi, Concerto (2009)
* Gregor Huebner, African Visions, Op. 23 for Bassoon and String Orchestra (2004)
* Jouni Kaipainen, Concerto, Op. 74 (2005)
* Tõnu Kõrvits, Teispool Päikesevälju (Beyond the Solar Fields) (2004); Concerto Vihma laulud vikerkaarele (Rain's Songs to the Rainbow) (2016)
* Ülo Krigul, Concerto Goin' (2014)
* Marjan Mozetich, Concerto for Bassoon and Strings with Marimba (2003)
* Nico Muhly, Reliable Sources, Concerto for Bassoon and Wind Ensemble / Orchestral Winds (2018)
* Marc Neikrug, Concerto (2013)
* Jean-Louis Petit, Les Paradis Se Rencontrent, Ils Ne Se Fabriquent Pas Concertino for Bassoon and Mandolin Orchestra with Contrabass (2002), Concertino for Bassoon and Orchestra
* Gene Pritsker, Concerto No. 1 Essentially Tragic for Amplified Bassoon and Chamber Orchestra (2001), Concerto No. 2 Breath of Rhetoric (2013)
* Wolfgang Rihm, Psalmus for bassoon and orchestra (2007)
* Christopher Rouse, Concerto (2018)
* Eino Tamberg, Concerto, Op. 108 (2000)
* Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate, Ghost of the White Deer: Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra (2020)
* Christopher Theofanidis, Concerto (1997-2002)
* Augusta Read Thomas, Concertino (2013)
* Joan Tower, Red Maple for Bassoon and Strings (2013)
* Erkki-Sven Tüür, Concerto (2003)
* Gwyneth Walker, Concerto (2000)
Other notable pieces for bassoon and orchestra include Berwald's Konzertstück, Elgar's Romance, Villa-Lobos's Ciranda Das Sete Notas, and Weber's Andante e Rondo Ongarese.