Links
Bassoon Links
Over a period of time wandering the World Wide Web I have stumbled across or have been sent some wild and wonderful bassoon related links. Some of the most useful are listed below. Please email me if you have found other exciting links as this will help all things bassoon related work their way up the search engines. As Google is busy indexing pages all the time it is also good to search on "bassoon" for yourself and delve into the results. "bassoon reeds weather change effect" was a very fruitful search for me recently. Sadly the UK bassoon world is somewhat behind in putting information on the web so many of these links take you off over the pond and to Europe. Hopefully this will be rectified over the next year as more UK players realise the value of the Internet in connecting people. International Double Reed Society Have a question about bassoons, oboes, reeds? The most comprehensive resource and forum we have. Join in! British Double Reed Society Our own UK double reed help. There is a new website just launched! CHRISTIAN DAVIDSSON'S site Christian Davidsson's site (bassoonist in Royal Opera Stockholm) contains one of the most sensible articles I have seen on reed adjusting and also a set of midi files of bassoon repertoire. The midi files sound horrible if just played through Sibelius or similar, but I have been editing them in Logic Pro and Reason 3 to get a nice piano sound and some dynamics and rubato. This could make a very useful "music minus one" CD if I can find the time to do this! Also his site links to lots of other useful resources for bassoon. Barrick Stees, Bassoon Very useful site with detailed reed making tips from Barrick Stees, Assistant Principal Bassoonist of the Cleveland Orchestra. He teaches at the Cleveland Institute of Music and the University of Akron. I have followed his reed making methods for a year and have found his advice not only very useful but also to contain tips that I have not seen anywhere else. In fact the reeds I made following his methods to the letter (rather than later ones where I watered it all down and took shortcuts) have lasted me many months. Bassoon Resource Site Fantastic collection of music, fingerings, information for the bassoonist collected and and compiled by Icel A. Kendrick, professional bassoonist for 30 years Tips and TricksUseful tips and tricks from Meyrick Alexander and Nick Reader - short video clips of them being interviewed on a variety of orchestral issues! Andrew Stowell Andrew is the second bassoon at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden and has dozens and dozens of useful tips on his site from a long career in the pit. Jesse Read Wonderful player of both modern and period instrument bassoons with great recordings. Check out the Devienne Sonatas on Electra Records. Available on Emusic tinyurl.com/5e62h3 Bram van Sambeek First bassoon in the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra with a great site and links to videos and performaces |