A solo for this instrument opens the aria "Una furtiva lagrima" in The Elixir of Love.
The largo of Shostakovich's 9th symphony begins with trombones and tuba introducing a solo for this instrument, and although it's not a viola, Carl Maria von Weber's Andante and Hungarian Rondo is for this instrument. In Carl Orff's Carmina Burana, this instrument begins on a high D and ends with a low C before a swan sings about being roasted. A solo for this instrument opens the aria "Una furtiva lagrima" in The Elixir of Love. The second movement of Bartók's Concerto for Orchestra begins with a duet of these instruments, separated by a sixth, imitating a kolo. A concerto in B-flat major by Mozart is one piece in its repertoire. This instrument plays the ad lib. opening melody C with fermata, B with mordent, G, E, C, B in The Rite of Spring before other woodwinds join in. For 10 points, identify this double-reed instrument that plays at a lower register than the oboe.
The largo of Shostakovich's 9th symphony begins with trombones and tuba introducing a solo for this instrument, and although it's not a viola, Carl Maria von Weber's Andante and Hungarian Rondo is for this instrument.
bassoon