MOODS IN BLUE (2001)
for bassoon & piano
Doblinger Music Publishers (catalog # 05 562)
3/4/2002 at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, CA by
David Breidenthal - bassoon and Gloria Cheng - piano
David Breidenthal, Principal Bassoonist of the Los Angeles Philharmonic
David Breidenthal, BASSOON POWER, Crystal Records CD 842 (under its working title MOODY BLUES)
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Listen to Moods in Blue:
Excerpt 1 and Excerpt 2
More information about the recording of Moods in Blue on the album BASSOON POWER
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Reviews:
“ … a magnificent piece of music and a wonderful showcase for a bassoon soloist.”
Ensemble (GERMANY)
“ … a sparkling gem from the very talented Gernot Wolfgang … Like other Wolfgang works, this one also relies heavily on the style and gestures of jazz and popular-oriented music. It’s a real beauty of a work – difficult, but extremely accessible, even on first listening.”
Ronald Klimko, The Double Reed
“One of the most substantial and fully realized entries is Moody Blues [a.k.a. Moods in Blue], by the Austrian- born Gernot Wolfgang … Of all the pieces included here, Moody Blues is perhaps the one that uses the bassoon-and-piano medium with the greatest naturalness and ease. The result is a 12-minute work that embraces blues and jazz elements as well as more abstract, angular materials, smoothly integrating them into a single fluent, well-shaped movement … ”
Walter Simmons, Fanfare