In Donizetti's The Elixir of Love, the aria "Una furtiva lagrima" opens with a solo by this instrument, and Mozart's only concerto for it is in B-flat major.
In Donizetti's The Elixir of Love, the aria "Una furtiva lagrima" opens with a solo by this instrument, and Mozart's only concerto for it is in B-flat major. This instrument has the first full statement of the main melody of The Sorcerer's Apprentice by Paul Dukas. Tchaikovsky's "Pathetique" Symphony and Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring both open with solos for this instrument, and in Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf it represents the grandfather. For 10 points, name this double-reed instrument whose "contra" variety is the lowest-pitched woodwind in the standard symphony orchestra.
In Donizetti's The Elixir of Love, the aria "Una furtiva lagrima" opens with a solo by this instrument, and Mozart's only concerto for it is in B-flat major.
bassoon