Bassoon Recital: Geoghegan, Karen - Hummel, J. / Weber, C. M. / Berwald, F. / Jacobi, C. / Elgar, E. / Gershwin, G.

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Bassoon Concerto in F major, WoO 23, S63 (more info)
Performed by: Opera North Orchestra Russian State Symphony Orchestra Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia
Composed by: Johann Nepomuk Hummel Dag Jensen
Conducted by: Diego Dini-Ciacci Valery Polyansky Werner Andreas Albert Benjamin Wallfisch
Valeri Popov, bassoon
Claudio Gonella, bassoon
Karen Geoghegan, bassoon


1.   I. Allegro moderato - 10:46
2.   II. Romanza: Andantino e cantabile - 6:22
3.   III. Rondo: Vivace - 6:31


Andante e Rondo ungarese, Op. 35, J. 158 (more info)
Performed by: Opera North Orchestra Russian State Symphony Orchestra Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Neville Marriner Carl Maria von Weber
Conducted by: Valery Polyansky Benjamin Wallfisch
Valeri Popov, bassoon
Karen Geoghegan, bassoon
Milan Turkovic, bassoon
Recording date: 9, 10 January 2008


4.   Andante - - 3:53
5.   Rondo: Adagio - 5:14


Konsertstycke (more info)
Performed by: Opera North Orchestra Gavle Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Franz Berwald
Conducted by: Petri Sakari Benjamin Wallfisch
Karen Geoghegan, bassoon
Patrik Hakansson, bassoon


6.   (Allegro) - - 5:22
7.   Andante - - 3:41
8.   Tempo primo - 2:06


Introduction and Polonaise, Op. 9 (arr. for orchestra) (more info)
Performed by: Opera North Orchestra
Composed by: Carl Jacobi
Conducted by: Benjamin Wallfisch
Karen Geoghegan, bassoon
Recording date: 9, 10 January 2008


9.   Introduction: Adagio - - 1:32
10.   Polonaise - 7:28


Romance, Op. 62 (more info)
Performed by: Opera North Orchestra New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Edward Elgar
Conducted by: James Judd Benjamin Wallfisch
Preman Tilson, bassoon
Karen Geoghegan, bassoon
Recording date: 6-8 April 2004


11.   Romance, Op. 62 - 5:13


Porgy and Bess, Act I: Summertime (arr. D. Arnold) (more info)
Performed by: Opera North Orchestra
Composed by: George Gershwin
Conducted by: Benjamin Wallfisch
Karen Geoghegan, bassoon
David Arnold,
Recording date: 9, 10 January 2008


12.   Porgy and Bess, Act I: Summertime (arr. for bassoon and orchestra) - 4:36

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