Tristan Migoski's senior honors bassoon recital

Abstract

With the help of Dr. Keith Sweger, Professor of Bassoon at Ball State University, I put together a bassoon recital featuring works by Carl Maria von Weber, Ludwig van Beethoven, and Malcolm Arnold. The program included a bassoon concerto with a pianist playing a reduction of the orchestra part, a duet for bassoon and clarinet, and a piece for woodwind quintet. Audience members were able to read program notes providing background information on each of the pieces featured on the program. Here I detail the challenges I faced over the course of preparing each piece and how changing historical musical styles and the development of the bassoon shaped each of the pieces I performed.