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Bassoon Concerto in B-flat major, K. 191

177420 min

This guide follows Mozart’s Bassoon Concerto in B-flat major, K. 191 (1774) in three parts: Allegro (sonata form), Andante ma Adagio and Rondo. Tempo di Menuetto (rondo).

Recording: Theo Plath (bassoon), hr-Sinfonieorchester, Elias Grandy (2020)

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Follow all 32 sections as they play

  1. I · Sonata form
  2. II ma
  3. III. · Rondo
ISonata form0:28–7:50

The orchestra opens alone with a shortened , a of irregular lengths and an arpeggio . The bassoon enters with the 's second and adds a when the . Then the begins, and the swaps the roles of bassoon and orchestra. A , an unaccompanied passage, follows, and the orchestra rounds things off in the .

  1. :
  2. :
II ma 8:17–15:28
III. Rondo15:42–20:19

Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.

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Wolfgang Amadeus MozartConcertosClassical periodB-flat majorSonata formRondo

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