Stephen Basson - Principal, Milwaukee (Wis.) Symphony. 12/71. Haydn Sinfonia Concertante, with Stephen Colburn, oboe; Edward Mumm, violin; and Harry Sturm, cello. With Milwaukee Symphony. Note the family name of this fine bassoonist!
Cornelia Biggers - free- lance professional contrabassoonist. Tampa, Florida. 2/72. Ruth Gipps "Leviathan" solo for contra and orchestra. American premiere (with piano) Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
Artemus Edwards - bassoonist-teacher, Albuquerque, New Mexico. As guest bassoon lecturer, Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind. 6/71. Mozart Sonata for Bassoon and Cello, K.292, with Gary Karr, noted bass virtuoso playing cello part in correct octave (Bazelaire version). Rave review.
William Jones - Univ. of Wisconsin (Madison, Wis.). 11/ 71. Randall Snyder Concerto for Bassoon, winds, strings and percussion (1971).
Valentine Kennedy - Contra, London Philharmonic. 1/72. Ruth Gipps "Leviathan" solo for contra and orchestra, written expressly for Mr. Kennedy. Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, with the Chanticleer Orchestra.
Chicago Symphony Bassoon Section - Willard Elliot, John Raitt, Wilbur Simpson and Burl Lane. 6/72. Karl-Heinz Koper Concerto for Bassoon Quartet and Orchestra. A very excellent work. Philadelphia Orchestra section will also perform the work next season. (Composer: 3001 Isernhagen NB/Hannover, Schneekoppenweg 12, W. Germany)
Frederick Mueller - Bassoonist-teacher, Morehead State University, Morehead, Kentucky. 12/71. Earl Hatch Pliatan - "Echoes of the Gamelan", solo for bassoon and percussion ensemble.
Roland Small - Principal, Vancouver (Canada) Symphony. 4/72. Vivaldi Concerto F. VIII No. 7, with Baroque Strings of Vancouver.
Kenneth Wagner - Second Bassoon, Vancouver Symphony. 12/71. Vivaldi Concerto F. VIII, No. 5, with Baroque Strings at Vancouver.
Milan Turkovic - Vienna, Austria bassoonist, guest lecturer at Indiana University. 11/72. Chamber concert with Otto Eiffert, Principal Bassoonist, and other members of the Cincinnati Orchestra woodwind section. Beethoven Sextet, Op. 71 and Mozart Serenade in E-Flat K. 375. 12/ 71. Recital with Ray Still, solo oboe of the Chicago Symphony, at Northwestern University. Bassoon works included Telemann Sonata in F. Hindemith Sonata and Poulenc Trio for oboe, bassoon and piano (Lawrence Davis). "Outstanding performance": Alan Stout, Northwestern Univ. composer-in-residence.
Leo Van de Moortel - Principal, Belgian National Orchestra. (see Announcements, Ed.) 1/72. A new concerto by 80-yrs.-old Marinus de Jong, Op. 146. "A nice work melodic" - Leonard Sharrow, from Brussels.