This list contains a selection of New Zealand works for bassoon, including solos, concertos and chamber music with prominent bassoon parts.
Most works have online score and audio samples. Those marked with * have full length audio or video available for free streaming on our website.
Bassoon - solo or with piano
Edwin Carr: Three Pieces*
for solo bassoon 4’
Ross Harris: In Memory G.B.*
or bassoon and piano 5’
Gao Ping: Legend*
for bassoon and piano 13’
Alex Taylor: loose knots*
for solo bassoon 5’
Gillian Whitehead: Ngā hā o neherā*
for solo bassoon 16’
Karlo Margetic: Double
for solo bassoon 7’
Jack Speirs: Birthday Music for Sheila
for solo bassoon 5’
Bassoon with electronics
John Elmsly: Hall of Mirrors*
for bassoon and electronics 11'
Hermione Johnson: Body and Soul*
for amplified dulcian 4'
Jeremy Mayall: The Effect of Bundled Sticks on Sound*
for amplified bassoon and live electronics 5’
John Rimmer: Composition 7*
for bassoon, piano and electronic sounds 10'
Bassoon (and Contrabassoon) concertos
Michael Norris: Heavy Traffic*
for contrabassoon and orchestra 12’
Alex Taylor: Bassoon Concerto*
for bassoon and chamber orchestra 27’
David Hamilton: Danielle’s Bassoon
for bassoon and string orchestra 4’
Martin Lodge: Winterlight
for bassoon and orchestra 11’
Chamber music with featured bassoon(s)
Alex Taylor: quasi concertino*
for bassoon and string trio 8'30''
Anthony Watson: Three Bagatelles*
for bassoon and string trio 6'
Chris Watson: double duo*
for bassoon and string trio 6'
Colin Decio: Chorale for Three Bassoons 6'
Natalie Hunt: Muchacho
for two bassoons 4'
Anthony Ritchie: Rites of Passage
for bassoon and string quintet 12'