Comedy & the Bassoon with Hayley Pullen
The bassoon is often portrayed as a jokey, clownish curmudgeon and the butt of musical jokes, but can an instrument be inherently funny? Prominent composers of the past had different opinions of what the bassoon represented from the grotesque to the sublime, so why does the depth and pathos of the bassoon’s voice frequently get overlooked? This lecture recital with Hayley Pullen (Bassoon, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment) will touch on different aspects of the bassoon (the sound, the shape, the history) and explore the qualities which have stereotyped it as the comedian of the orchestra.
There is no interval during this event. Estimated finishing time is 6:00pm.
Tickets
General Admission costs £5.00. Current Royal Holloway students and staff tickets are FREE. Children 16 and under are FREE.
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