In the first, the bassoon provides an accompaniment to a two-part version of the theme on violins alone. The Andante is a rather plaintive theme in C minor, followed by three variations. Weber’s modifications for the bassoon version are mainly in the solo part, but the character of the work remains essentially the same. It is in fact a reworking of an earlier composition-it began life as a viola solo with orchestra, written for the composer’s brother. The Andante e Rondo Ungarese, Op 35 was written in response to the success of his Bassoon Concerto Op 75, and was requested by the bassoonist in the Munich Orchestra, Georg Friedrich Brandt. The two compositions for bassoon and orchestra by Carl Maria von Weber stand out in a century when very little bassoon solo repertoire emerged, unlike the eighteenth or twentieth centuries. Andante and Rondo Ungarese, for bassoon & orchestra in C minor, J.
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