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Gabriel Pierné

Solo de concert for bassoon and Piano, Op. 35  Play

Peter Kolkay Bassoon
Alexandra Nguyen Piano

Recorded on 09/07/2004, uploaded on 01/16/2009

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Solo de concert, Op. 35       Gabriel Pierné

Gabriel Pierné's Solo de concert was written in 1898 as the concours solo for the Paris Conservatoire.  These concours solos were, and still are, used as the yearly examination pieces to test the students' progress in their chosen course of study.  Pierné himself attended the Paris Conservatoire, studying organ with Franck and composition with Massenet.  His Solo de concert is representative of these turn-of-the-century display pieces in its melodic interest and technical virtuosity.  Two contrasting themes, one assertive and one lyrical, are put through various transformations and culminate in a jaunty closing section with an energetic conclusion.  Peter Kolkay

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