Bassoon & Baton — French May Arts Festival 2026 Mozart I Concerto for Bassoon in B-flat major, K.191 GossecI Symphony in C ...

Much like a Stradivarius is to the violin world, a Heckel is considered one of the gold standards in bassoons. So when Laine Bryce decided to sell her Heckel upon retirement after 26 years of playing ...

Meet the bassoon — a double-reed woodwind instrument with rich tones and intricate fingering. Professor Richard Church introduces young learners to the bassoon and the rest of the woodwind family.

FRANK ZAPPA once wrote, “The bassoon is one of my favorite instruments. It has the medieval aroma -- like the days when everything used to sound like that.... It’s a great noise -- nothing else makes ...

The City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong (CCOHK) is set to present "Bassoon & Baton" on 21 April 2026 at the Hong Kong City Hall Concert Hall. This event, part of the French May Arts Festival 2026, ...

Ask the average person to describe a bassoon and you’re likely to get a blank stare or a wildly incorrect guess. Despite its warm, vibrant sound and critical role in orchestras, the bassoon remains ...

The best Father’s Day for Rufus Olivier Jr. was in 2011, when he and his son, Rufus David Olivier, sat through 5½ hours of “Gotterdammerung” from “The Ring of the Nibelung” at the War Memorial Opera ...

The Hong Kong cultural event scheduled musical performances highlighting the woodwind instrument as part of its annual French ...