The bassoon has a deep and mellow sound, but also slightly nasal, just like the oboe. Air blown into a bassoon has a long way to travel: in a regular bassoon, it moves two-and-a-half metres before a note can emerge. In a contrabassoon, which is even bigger, the air has to travel five metres! A contrabassoon can play incredibly dark notes, so low that they almost growl.
Terry Gilkyson The Bare Necessities from The Jungle Book, arr E. Nyström
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart from Bassoon Concerto in B flat major, arr Jens-Christoph Lemke
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Overture to The Marriage of Figaro, arr Jens-Christoph Lemke
Jerry Herman The Best of Times from La Cage Aux Folles, arr Mats Nilsson
Sergey Prokofiev from Peter and the Wolf, arr Jens-Christoph Lemke
Igor Stravinsky Berceuse from The Firebird, arr Jens-Christoph Lemke