Curtals, Dulcians, Fagotts and Bassoons

Synopsis

Curtels, Dulcians, Fagots and Bassoons

Lucie Skeaping looks at how the bassoon developed from its forerunner - the curtel, dulcian or bajon, with the help of experts Maggie Kilbey and Andrew Watts. The programme includes music by Schütz, Salazar, Bertoli, Padilla, Handel, Vivaldi and Telemann.

Producer: Les Pratt
BBC Manchester

Playlist:

Vivaldi – Concerto for bassoon in A minor RV.499
Tamás Benkócs (bassoon)
Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia
Conducted by Béla Drahos
NAXOS 8.557829
Track 12

Giovanni Antonio Bertoli – Sonata prima per fagotto solo
Paolo Tognon (bassoon)
SCIUT SOL SCDS 1001
Track 2

Biagio Marini – Sonata ottava per doi fagotti Op.8
Paolo Tognon & Stefano Somalvico Berquier (bassoons)
NALESSO RECORDS NR 007
Track 1

Schütz – Invenerunt me custodes civitatis (Sinfoniae Sacrae Op.6)
Concerto Palatino
ACCENT ACC 9178
Disc 1 Track 9

Juan Garcia de Salazar – Veni, sponsa Christi (Complete Vespers of Our Lady)
Capilla Peñaflorida / Ministriles de Marsias
Directed by Josep Cabré
NAXOS 8.555907
Track 20

Juan Gutierrez de Padilla – Xácara: A la xácara xacarilla (excerpt)
The Harp Consort
Directed by Andrew Lawrence-King
HARMONIA MUNDI HMX 2907293
Track 7

Antonio Bertali – Sonata for 2 violins and bassoon in G major
Ensemble Echo du Danube
Directed by Christian Zincke
NAXOS 8.557679
Track 8

J.S. Bach – B Minor Mass (Quoniam tu solus sanctus)
Hanno Müller-Brachmann
Collegium Vocale Ghent
Conducted by Philippe Herreweghe
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 901614-15
CD1 Track 11

Handel – Saul (“Infernal spirits; Why hast thou forced me”)
Philip Salmon (witch) / Richard Savage (Samuel)
English Baroque Soloists
Conducted by John Eliot Gardiner
PHILIPS 426 265-2
CD 3 Tracks 2-3

Rameau – Les Indes Galantes (Prologue: Menuet 2)
Les arts Florissants
Conducted by William Christie
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 901367.69
CD1 Track 6

Devienne – Sonata for bassoon & continuo Op.24 No.4 (3rd movement)
Danny Bond (bassoon)
Richte van der Meer (cello) / Robert Kohnen (harpsichord)
ACCENT ACC 9290 D
Track 12

Broadcasts

1. Sat 30 Aug 2008
   13:00
   BBC Radio 3
2. Sun 7 Sep 2008
   00:00
   BBC Radio 3