Scherzo for bassoon and chamber orchestra (op. 13e, 1957)
Instrumentation
Bassoon and chamber orchestra (1.1.2.1-1.1.0.0-percussion, harp, strings)
Duration: 4 minutes
First Performance
13. September 1957,
Freiburg, (Erstaufnahme, Aufnahme erhalten Band-Nr. KO-528)
Helmut Böker | Kleines Unterhaltungsorchester des SWF | Willi Stech
Autograph
Title: Scherzo for bassoon + small orchestra - Length: 41 pages - Date: 7 May 1957 - Location: Bavarian State Library, Munich
Publisher
Schott Music score: rental material, piano reduction: FAG 35 / ISMN: 979-0-001-19228-6
op. 13e
Behr, Wolfgang Martin: Das kleine Unterhaltungsorchester des Südwestfunks unter der Leitung von Willi Stech. Untersuchungen zur Aufgabe und Bedeutung eines Rundfunkorchesters (1992). Printed: Baden-Baden 1994 (= Südwestfunk, Schriftenreihe Rundfunkgeschichte, Vol. 3).
The Scherzo for bassoon and chamber orchestra op. 13e was commissioned by the small entertainment orchestra Südwestfunk Baden-Baden in 1957. Hummel wrote the solo part of the short concert piece with the
Allegro molto, Hummel practically wrote the solo part for the orchestra's 1st bassoonist Helmut Böker. Virtuosic and smart, it does full justice to the given title.