Bassoon Quintet (Waterhouse)
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| Bassoon Quintet | |
|---|---|
| by Graham Waterhouse | |
 Composer Graham Waterhouse, 2011 | |
| Year | 2003 |
| Period | contemporary |
| Form | quintet |
| Movements | 3 |
| Scoring | bassoon, two violins, viola, cello |
| Premiere | |
| Date | 5 October 2003 |
| Location | Gasteig Munich |
| Conductor | Yaron Traub |
| Performers | Lyndon Watts |
The Bassoon Quintet (German: Fagott-Quintett) is a quintet by Graham Waterhouse, composed in 2003 for bassoon and string quartet.
In 2003 Graham Waterhouse composed the Bassoon Quintet, to be premiered as part of a composer's portrait concert at the Gasteig. On 5 October 2003 music for one to ten players, conducted by Yaron Traub, was performed in the Kleiner Konzertsaal, including the Piccolo Quintet. The bassoon part was first played by Lyndon Watts, the principal bassoonist of the Münchner Philharmoniker, in the presence of bassoonist William Waterhouse, the composer's father. The string quartet was formed by Odette Couch, Kirsty Hilton, Isabel Charisius and the composer.[1]
A revised version was performed in Munich on 14 March 2011 in a chamber concert of the Bavarian Tonkünstlerverband (Musical Artists' Association). The soloist was again Watts, who also premiered Bernd Redmann's Migrant for bassoon and string quartet, and played the first of four quartets for a woodwind instrument and string trio, called "Finnische Quartette", by Jörg Duda. The string players, besides the composer, were members of the Münchner Philharmoniker, Clément Courtin, Namiko Fuse and Konstantin Sellheim.[2]
The quintet is in preparation to be published by Zimmermann. It was played in concerts to celebrate the composer's 50th birthday in Munich[3] and Frankfurt.[4][5]
