Love this performance and this piece. Bassoon is the hardest woodwind instrument to play - I speak as a flautist - the rest of us do not have to do so much work to just play in tune. You would not guess it when you listen to him play. Such joyful playing, really cheered me up, and I learned a lot just from listening to this one performance.

MrCSRT8

1y↑5

When I heard it on the radio the other morning, I said to myself "why thats the happiest bassoon!"

cl50247

4y↑154

Mozart's small size orchestra of the 1700s is just enough for the stage!

Howard Wayne

4y↑3

I totally agree !

José Lopes

3y↑13

Congratulations to the outstanding bassoon and orchestra interpretations. The music is sublime. Viva Mozart and the superb masterpiece.

MrCSRT8

1y↑2

Viva Mozart!

Will Morris

3y↑14

I play bassoon and have played this concerto and this is an outstanding performance. Theo has my respect for playing even the parts that aren't part of the solo. Also I loved his long interpretation of the cadenza at the end of the first movement. All topped off by probably the best stage presence I've ever seen from a bassoonist. Overall what an excellent interpretation. Cheers

Oved

4y↑27

The sound of the bassoon touches my heart.... and especially my ears.

Bob Hourigan

4y↑7

Many thanks to Theo Plath and the orchestra for their great performance . Bravos all round!!!

Arcana

4y↑41

A fascinating instrument. High quality performance

The Jils

"FASCINATING"? ...that's the nicer word for it!

Karan Singh

4y↑84

0:27 1st movement
8:17 2nd movement
15:40 3rd movement

dan 17000

2y↑1

It's in the description

Maria Pspadopulou

4y↑24

Thank you for your wonderful concerts! You brighten our weekend with the glorious music of Mozart! I hope you will be able to play again soon to full houses! ❤️💐👏👏👏👏👏

Derek Hayes

4y↑17

Thank you Theo and all for this uplifting performance. May I complement the horn players: Mozart’s genius to take them high and out of the bassoon register is great, but as an amateur horn player I get the jitters just to think about the horn parts lol. Brilliant all round. Best wishes to all. Correction: ‘compliment’

guadalra

3y↑2

Can't get enough !,absolutely Sensational.

Zita Hristova

3y↑4

Екселентно съвършенство на техника, тон и темпо...! Поразителен изпълнител ! В нетърпеливо очакване на нови записи! Браво Тео!👍🇧🇬👍

kaden cagle

4y↑86

Never really heard a bassoon before this, and let me tell you this is the perfect introduction. The guy playing the bassoon has an amazing stage presence, and from what I assume some perfection on the bassoon.

Ashton Lyons

4y↑8

Yes he’s fantastic! The Mozart concerto is the perfect introduction for virgin ears.

Douglas Mosier

4y↑6

and how old is he? 15??

Eyeship

4y↑6

@Douglas Mosier 26 lmao

Ian W.

3y↑5

You should hear The Rite of Spring. Starts off with a bassoon solo.

Liz Nock

3y↑8

@Ian W. The bassoon solo all bassoonists fear. It is incredibly high and hard to play from a cold start.

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Jimmy Wilhelmssohn

4y↑18

Oh, you wonderful musicians! Thank you. I played trumpet in high school band, always envied those who played the double-reed instruments. Blessings be upon all of you for your precious gift of this Mozart Concerto in this time of plague and sadness.

Alexandre Costa

4y↑13

Touches my heart to see all musicians fighting back the pandemia and offering us the supreme joy of music and most of all, the "divine" Amadeus. Thank you, thank you. And other Thank you.

David Moss

3y↑9

Very talented bassoonist!

Jannis Opel

4y↑99

I can't get over how cool this concerto is. Bassoon shredding for the win.

DieFlabbergast

4y↑1

"cool"? "shredding"?! "for the win"??! This is serious music -- art music! It's not a bloody rap concert! Grow up.

Daniel Liu

4y↑23

DieFlabbergast I think you should just appreciate the fact that young people enjoy classical music instead of focusing on their choice of words... Slang is slang and even though perhaps you wouldn’t use it, it doesn’t mean they meant any harm with it. I’d take it as a compliment if my playing was described as cool and I was shredding.

Gamma Foxlore

4y↑11

@DieFlabbergast By the way the term Shredding comes from rock, and metal.
Let him enjoy this music.....the term shredding is quaintly, quite appropriate for virtuosity.

Ashton Lyons

@DieFlabbergast lmao b8

Beethoven lad

2y↑1

@DieFlabbergast cry harder (from a pianist here)

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dan 17000

2y↑10

This man trills like a machine! With great taste and musicality, I am speechless!

Constant questioning

1y↑2

Absolutely agree
A wonder to behold
Fluid, effortless, legato, articulation, dexterity of the highest order
Such freedom and ease makes the technical difficulties seamless for the grateful listener
Like silk
Bravissimo !

Daniel Joseph

28w

The word I would use to describe this performance is astounding.

Hautboi Sixx

4y↑9

.. beautiful performance .. beautiful soloist in ALL respects .. nice orchestra playing .. one of the best performances i've heard on non period instruments .. bravo, bravo, bravo .. excellent, excellent, excellent .. thank you, thank you, thank you ! ..

Vini_amp

2y↑5

wow! just amazing, such a warm sound coming out of the bassoon
this helped me play it, thank you
❤

dan 17000

Did you learn to play this concerto??
how is it going?

Thomas Kohler

4y↑6

Mr. Plath is a fine young bassoon artist. His performance is mesmerizing. This is the first time I have heard this wonderful orchestra. Frankfurt is one blessed city to have an orchestra of this quality. I grew up with Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra, and I think this is one fine performance.

Job Hartgers

3y↑5

BRAVA!! Love this Basson concert, love the sound of a Basson. Wonderful, the soloist and the orchestra and conductor!

JumpingTomato

3y↑9

Absolutely beautiful! Thank you so much!

Müjdad ASURER

3y↑7

An amazing performance. I've heard all the instruments very clearly and the soloist is also extremely dominant to the concerto. Congrats young man.

marcelouz1

4y↑15

Beautiful! concert l and incredible sound , it seems to me that also the space among the musicians, give Mozart's MUSIC a new acustical and great dimenssion despite that it was written for chamber orchestras at that time. BRAVO! FRANKFURT RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA.

anjuliet martinez

2y↑4

Amazing performance Theo P. And the whole Orquesta

Giovanni Borja-Todd

4y↑70

Anyone who can play this on a Bassoon is insane , very beautiful piece .

Mitchell Margraf

4y↑6

Guess what I can play:)

Howard Wayne

4y↑6

It's crazy good isn't it????!!!!

Wijaya

3y↑1

@Mitchell Margraf not the bassoon..

Beethoven lad

@Wijaya emotional da-Mage!

MrCSRT8

1y↑1

Yess!

Michael Grieve

2y↑7

Like the French Horn the Bassoon is not heard enough as a soloist, so this refreshing playing from the soloist and one of Germany's many fine provincial orchestras is much welcomed.

paxmaac1

4y↑7

Bravisimo! I love your orchestra so much. And bravo for keeping up the live music during the days of covid and thank you.

Bruce Goodman

3y↑10

We all love piano and violin concerto s, but how lovely to hear the bassoon centre stage. Why weren't there more compositions?

Tanc94

3y↑8

There are many, but you have to look for them!
Try searching the Concertos from Jolivet, Rota, Tomasi, Weber, Villa Lobos, Rossini, Hummel, Bitsch, Berwald, just citing a few!

Jeffrey Solow

2y↑3

And don’t forget Vivaldi’s several dozen!

ClassicusHomo

2y↑2

Maybe because Mozart died too early.😢

The Jils

1y↑1

@ClassicusHomo You're probably right! Mozart just loved the bassoon and wrote extensively for it, especially in his major works. When it came time for him to write a wind concerto, guess which instrument he wrote for first...yep, you guessed it...this bassoon concerto is the first wind concerto he wrote.

Vazir Mukhtar

4y↑5

Большое спасибо за чудный концерт. Очень приятно узнать, что великое искусство живет не только в Берлине но и в Франкфурте. Желаю здоровья и долгой продуктивной жизни музыкантам и всем, кто способствует такие выступления. Браво, Франкфурт!

Constant questioning

🙏🏼

Michael Grieve

2y↑3

Staggeringly brilliant Theo - you shine here and another one of Germany's brilliant provincial orchestras to accompany you. Loved your short video introducing yourself -please come to Australia some time.

Artful Dodger

4y↑11

A lovely recording of all too infrequently heard gem

Alessandro Fiore

3y↑6

This musician is really great, lovely playing and very beatiful musicality

xjAlbert

4y↑5

Ein Edelstein! A gem! Una gemma! Une gemme! ¡Una gema!
The performance and the piece are priceless. Thank you for performing K. 191 and sharing it with the world during quarantine.

The Jils

4y↑10

There is certain depth of sound clarity that is achieved when the instrumentalists are distance-spaced like this. It brings out individual timbre and sonorities of instruments that otherwise can get muddled with compact ensemble playing. Of course, much of this is due to the electronics of mixer control.

Radvilė Prascevičiūtė

3y↑4

Amazing!!! 😍 Bravo! 👏

Michèle Alba

40w↑4

Merveilleux Mozart, comme toujours, merveilleux soliste, merveilleux musiciens !! Un très grand merci à tous ces extraordinaires artistes ! Des moments de toute beauté !

Ein wunderbares Werk des genialen MOZART ! Einmal mehr ! Ein sehr begabter junger Solist, hervorragende Musiker ; man kann diesen grossen Künstlern für solche Momente nur dankbar sein ! Bravo, bravo und wiederum bravo !!!

Santiago José Perdomo Casablanca

4y↑6

Que la música clásica se conserve por siempre.

Paul Wilson

4y↑6

Played wonderfully with great verve and good sense as well !

Philippe Boisson

1y↑1

Mozart, est un miracle
C'est toujours merveilleux
Bref Mozart, c'est du Mozart.

Felipe Destefano

4y↑4

Fantastischer Ton. Chapeau, Theo.

中島健蔵

3y↑4

Enchanted by the beautiful tone !

Fart55z

3y↑2

Чудо! Великолепно!

Rodrigo Rodrigues

4y↑7

Bravíssimo!! This orchestra are be very important in this moment. So many information and videos to show that is possible playing during quarentin.

The Stranger

4y↑6

Impeccable performance being that there is no audience what is the rush the tempo is exactly were it must be . it sounds better when there is no pressure rushing the stream it flows as it should as gentle as the stream.

saveone

4y↑13

Covid cannot stop music from playing. Thank you for this wonderful performance.

Alexandre TUNG

4y↑6

amazing performance ❤️

Zev Zions

4y↑6

Beautiful. Great control of the dynamics.

Joao Carlos Fogaca

3y↑2

Magnífico , precisamos melodias pra alegrar o mundo........

Beethoven lad

2y↑4

i recognized mister theo multiple times when he played meldelhsohns 5 and schuberts 2! primar and welldone! from one musician to another
edit: he changed his haircut apparently

Fernando Reina Gaviria

4y↑3

Mozart constituye la puerta grande para llegar a escuchar formalmente los conciertos de musica culta. Éxitos a la orquesta. Brillante direccion.

Serkan Alagök

3y↑3

Beautiful performance👏🏻

Eno Elbika Mahodim

4y↑6

Ahhhh I like it 😍😍
I hope one day I can play bassoon 😍
Love from Indonesia ❤🇲🇨🇲🇨

Peter Borrows

3y↑3

A superb performance by all, thank you

Solace Lonzrick

4y↑4

A super bassoonist! Whoa. The cadenza was thoughtful and displays his connection to the piece.

Constant questioning

Entirely agree
Outstanding cadenza, organically connected
Such technical proficiency, freedom and effortless expressiveness
A wonderful to behold
Wonderful clear dynamic orchestral support combines seamlessly
MERCI !

Beethoven lad

2y↑4

5:38 Legit thats fucking impressive man!
6:17 I take that back this solos even more impressive. Thats hard to do on the piano and is probably even more hard on the bassoon and he seems to do it without a sweat! He must've practiced 40 hrs a day😁
More impressive parts 7:05

shoshanna fachima

2y↑1

Bravo bravissimo🎵👏🎶❤️

Wijaya

3y↑10

Finally, a piece for a rare instrument player to show off their skill.

FLAVIO EL NACIONALISTA ARGENTINO

4y↑2

Excelente el solista con maestría en todo el conjunto!!!

notaire2

4y↑34

Lebhafte und wunderschöne Aufführung dieses fein komponierten Konzerts mit ein bisschen humorvollem und echt bezauberndem Ton der genialen Solofagotts sowie gut harmonisierten und perfekt entsprechenden Tönen anderer Instrumente. Der zweite Satz klingt besonders schön und auch friedlich. Der geniale Dirigent leitet das kompakte und ausgezeichnete Orchester im gut phrasierten Tempo und mit sorgfältig kontrollierter Dynamik. Einfach wunderbar!

Heliodoro Arango T.

2y↑2

Sensitivo y hermoso
El genio de Salzburgo una vez más magníficamente interpretado

PokeDa Blade

2y↑1

Sehr wunderbar

David Hawkins

3y↑4

Wonderful bassoonist, and a terrific orchestra!

Pedro Alberto Sierra Espinoza

4y↑2

Gran Solista, hermoso sonido y musicalidad superior FELICITACIONES

Peter Lee

4y↑9

0:28 I. Allegro
8:18 II. Andante ma Adagio
15:41 III. Rondo: tempo di menuetto

Expedito Dealmeida

3y↑4

Excellent!🇧🇷🇺🇸✨✨✨✨🙌🏼👏👏👏👏👏😍

Gustavo Cagliolo

3y↑2

Magnífico!!! Gracias hr sinfonie orchester. (Argentina)

Fabio Esteban Palumbo

2y↑2

Me gustó mucho y siendo aficionado, valoro esta música que me llena y conecta mucho conmigo

Pedro Veiga Araujo

3y↑1

Ô ótimo o que seria o nosso planeta sem a música!

Fabien Tremblay

4y↑2

La distanciation n'a pas entravé l'excellente performance !

Tio Adhitama

3y↑3

love your cadenza !

Brian Williams_ブライアン・ウィリアムズ

4y↑129

Is it just me, or does the orchestra sound noticeably better spaced out like this? Every instrument seems to come through so much more clearly when they are not all bunched up together.
That said, I have to admit to being bummed out out yet again by the realities of coronavirus life. AND at the same time, inspired by the resilience and determination people are displaying in the face of it.

Oh yeah . . . damn fine basoonist, and so nice to hear the lovely sound of this unique instrument in a lead role!

paxmaac1

4y↑16

They do sound really vibrant in all these videos with the distanced layout. I'd be curious to see if it's from the engineers or how it sounds it live.

Dee DeCorte

4y↑1

That's the way it should be. I played in Lansing Symphony for 1 1/2 years. We were all crammed in together until these concerto's. I asked for the spotlight be focused right on me because of my stage fright.

Linus Björnstam

3y↑2

The orchestra always sound amazing. First of all it is a top class orchestra, and secondly they work in a radio house. Recording is something they are very good at.

Charles Kinzer

3y↑2

I wonder if the acoustics of the room change, perhaps for the better, with all those soft audience bodies with soft clothing absent.

cmcas

2y↑5

@Charles Kinzer I'm a symphony musician. Let me tell you, it really does change the sound. Also when we are in concerto the tuxedo changes slightly the sound perception you recieve from your instrument. In this recording I hear a lot of echo, possibly due to the fact that the hall is empty.

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Edith Eichert

4y↑4

Just beautiful!

Andrew LeBlanc

1y↑1

this is my favorite recording of this concerto

Ilde Bonelli

4y↑26

Beatiful sound tecnique great soloist......compliment

Cozette Cecconie

4y↑3

You can’t hear me, but I’m clapping!!! Incredible

Constant questioning

😅👍👉👏

Free Soul

4y↑677

Finally a concert without coughs

Hilâl Bulut

4y↑13

ahahahhaha absolutely

K t Wu

4y↑10

cough cough

Gabriel Groisman

4y↑17

and without cell phones rings!!

The Jils

4y↑11

I just coughed...at home. If you want, in the future we as audience and the instrumentalists can do a ZOOM live stream video bomb to get those subtle nuances of extraneous audience....BELCH (whoops! just finished my beer)... noises, if that is your pleasure. Would love to chat further, but...my cell phone is ringing (Beethoven's Fifth ring tone now playing)...

Duncan Wall

4y↑7

ironically in the middle of a pandemic of a cough-causing disease is the only time this is possible

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Mostafa Ragab

4y↑21

Really grateful for the joy you gave me
The lmmortal Mozart

MrCSRT8

1y↑1

Immortal!

Ilde Bonelli

4y↑7

Beatiful Mozart... thanks for this performance....

Fagottmusik

4y↑8

Bravo Theo Plath! Ihr macht mit eurem Orchester das Beste aus dieser Krise!

MEugenia RL

3y↑7

Este concierto siempre me ha fascinado. El fagot suele ser un instrumento de viento subvalorado y su sonido es tan hermoso, además de muy difícil de tocar. Bravo Theo Plath ! . Nuestra realidad actual , sin público físico, pero con miles que apreciamos el gran trabajo de los músicos por este medio. Gracias por seguir adelante , ya volveremos a reunirnos . Mozart siempre ...............

Gaetano Cosentino

3y↑2

La musica di Mozart e' glucosio per l'orecchio e l'intelletto dell'ascoltatore !

Ferdinand Beckerbub

3y↑3

Herrliche Musik sehr schön und delikat vorgetragen. Habt ganz vielen Dank dafür! Ich genieße die Musik am heimischen Fernseher im gemütlichen Wohnzimmer - mit einem Gläschen Wein auf dem Tisch :-)

Binod Singh

3y↑2

1st movement 0:27
2nd. Movement. 8:17
3rd movement 15:40

edward montoya

2y↑1

Incredible sound. As good as Frank.

Eduard Qualls

3y↑4

Eine ja wunderbare Aufführung: Orchester und Solist insbesondere.

Lily Gleason

3y↑7

Status: obsessed with Theo Plath. He made this so lighthearted and funnnnn

ClassicusHomo

😇 Same!

Constant questioning

Precisely
The panache bien of technical mastery

Scoot toujours prêt

3y↑2

Great version

ana lucia moraes Oliveira

2y↑4

Es gefällt mir richtig gut!

hermann prey

1y↑2

Beautiful

Willian Aleman

3y↑3

Bravo! Bravissimo!

Oliver Cassis

3y↑3

Da hat das vermaledeite Corona doch was positives gebracht... Diese Aufnahme ist exzellent. Kein Räuspern, Hüsteln oder sonstige Störgeräusche.
Und wie schon andernorts erwähnt ist die Aufnahmequalität, die Dynamik und die Differenzierbarkeit auf höchstem Niveau.
Und natürlich, schlussendlich am wichtigsten, ein sehr gutes Orchester und ein sehr überzeugender Solist. Dies wird noch jahrelang Online-Hörer erfreuen.
Herzlichen Dank...

Himari T

4y↑6

i really liked the moment at the focus of the camera drew back from the solo player to the hands of the conductor. natural change of point of view.

Beethoven lad

2y↑1

1:38 The bassoon part begins here

EmpyreanLightASMR

2y↑2

I'll be honest, I didn't know you could play a bassoon like a saxophone until right now. I thought it was always placed on the ground lol

Will Morris

2y↑2

There's actually devices that bassoonists use to help play standing. Theo is using a balance hangar which is the metal thing that attaches his neck strap to the bassoon, it allows the strap to connect closer to the center of gravity of the bassoon. Also he has a hand rest which helps maintain the posture of the right hand

Seraphin

42w↑1

You‘re not supposed to place the bassoon on the ground at all while playing since you can‘t reach the keys and holes that way, only the contrabassoon is played while placed on the ground. For the bassoon you either use a neck hanger like here or something similar to one or if you’re sitting down there‘s also a sitting harness you can use to avoid straining your back. Most just use a neck hanger or back harness while sitting as well though.

EmpyreanLightASMR

42w

@Seraphin Ahhhh ok thank you!!! I was just at the orchestra and forgot to look harder. But neck strap makes perfect sense

Seraphin

42w

@EmpyreanLightASMR glad I could help! I‘ve been playing bassoon for a while now (not exactly well but not too badly) and I‘ve met a lot of people who didn’t even know the instrument at all so it makes sense non-bassoonists wouldn’t know the specifics of how it‘s held. It’s like that knowledge is helpful outside very specific circumstances after all ^^‘

Jacopo Francescato

2y↑1

Great sound

Darrell Jacobi

4y↑4

Kinda sad....such an amazing performance....no audience.....I know, I get it too........still sad. I miss going to the symphony, maybe again some day! :) Thank you for this performance....it lifts my spirit though these times!

クリウムレイ

2y↑1

音色が物凄く透き通っていて、綺麗です！
お手本とさせて頂きます！🙇

Wagner Nery

3y↑2

Bravo!!!

Frederico Toscano

1y↑2

Mozart forever ❤

Boburmirzo Sultonov-Bassoonist

3y↑3

Very good 👍👍👍bravo

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