Bassoon

Bassoon player Eli Holmes and pianist Liam Wooding at the Wakatipu Music Festival. Audio

Performed as an encore by Ingrid Hagan with Ashley Brown at the Auckland Philharmonia's Great Classics Series concert, Auckland Town Hall, 16 July 2020. Audio

Written when Mozart was just 18, the concerto exhibits the bassoon's lyrical and acrobatic abilities. Performed by Robert Weeks and the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Miguel… Audio

David Angus, the Principal Contrabassoon with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, shows us his new toy ... a contraforte. Video

We speak with cherished Italian woodwind Maestri Alfredo Bernardini  and Alberto Grazzi from Italy’s Ensemble Zefiro, and composer Gao Ping and counter tenor Xiao Ma, who are about to premiere their…

The extraordinary colours of 17th and 18th century woodwind instruments have lent Italy’s Ensemble Zefiro a cult following. Audio

The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo is the famous display of military bands on the esplanade of Edinburgh Castle, that hundreds of thousands of people see come to see every year. In 2016 Charlotte… Audio