In the scherzo of Beethoven's ninth symphony, the "Ritmo di tre battute" sections begin with these instruments playing the main theme.
In the middle section of Beethoven's Consecration of the House overture, these instruments play quick C- major scales under trumpet fanfares. In the scherzo of Beethoven's ninth symphony, the "Ritmo di tre battute" sections begin with these instruments playing the main theme. In the last movement of Beethoven's fourth symphony, right before the recapitulation, one of them has a very difficult solo playing the main theme. In the first movement of Beethoven's fifth symphony, during the recapitulation, a pair of them in unison plays the second theme, and, in the third movement, during the recapitulation, one of them doubles pizzicato cellos. The second orchestral statement of the "Ode to Joy" theme includes one of these instruments playing a countermelody. Mozart wrote an early B-flat major concerto for this instrument, and one of them doubles the strings at the beginning of the overture to The Marriage of Figaro. For 10 points, Haydn represented a fart using what a low double-reed instrument?
In the middle section of Beethoven's Consecration of the House overture, these instruments play quick C- major scales under trumpet fanfares.
bassoons