Andante e Rondo Ungarese

The 'Andante e Rondo Ungarese', was written in response to the success of Carl Maria von Weber's 'Bassoon Concerto' and was requested by the bassoonist in the Munich Orchestra, Georg Friedrich Brandt. It is in fact a reworking of an earlier composition by Weber - it began life as a viola solo with orchestra, written in 1809 for his brother Fritz. Weber's modifications for the bassoon version are mainly in the solo part, but the character of the work remains essentially the same. Dutch arranger Jos van de Braak transcribed the 'Andante e Rondo Ungarese' for Bassoon with accompaniment of a Symphonic Band.