Bassoon Quintet. bassoon and string quartet. Partition et parties.

The Munich-based British composer Graham Waterhouse is the son of the famous bassoonist William Waterhouse. So it is not surprising that he puts this instrument in the center of a larger composition. The work was premiered in Munich in 2003 by the bassoonist Lyndon Watts, to whom it is dedicated. The composition combines traditional elements with impressive new techniques. In the middle movement Armenian songs are cited, the composer heard in Jerusalem.
Lyndon Watts performed the quintet with great success at the congress of the "International Double Reed Society" in New York in September 2014. Instrumentation : bassoon and string quartet

Das Fagott ist der Mittelpunkt dieser Komposition, die traditionelle Elemente mit markanten neuen Techniken verbindet. Lyndon Watts führte das Quintett 2014 mit großem Erfolg beim Kongress der "International Double Reed Society" in New York auf. Besetzung : bassoon and string quartet