This instrument introduces the full main theme representing the walking brooms in The Sorcerer's Apprentice.
The third movement rondo of a trio sonata for this instrument, oboe, and piano was modeled after Saint-Saens's second piano concerto; that work was composed by Francis Poulenc. John Williams wrote a concerto called The Five Sacred Trees for Judith LeClair, who is currently the New York Phil's principal chair for this instrument. A lengthy melody by this instrument can be heard in the entirety of the fourth movement of Shostakovich's Ninth Symphony, and this instrument first plays the main melody of (*) "The Story of the Kalendar Prince" from Scheherazade. This instrument introduces the full main theme representing the walking brooms in The Sorcerer's Apprentice. For 10 points, name this double-reed woodwind instrument that plays an unusually high solo at the beginning of The Rite of Spring.
The third movement rondo of a trio sonata for this instrument, oboe, and piano was modeled after Saint-Saens's second piano concerto; that work was composed by Francis Poulenc.
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