Anna Cooper

This beautifully fluid aria comes from Act 2 of Mozart's rather spooky opera Don Giovanni, and is sung by Donna Elvira, complaining that Don Giovanni has betrayed her, but also pitying him. The almost...

Possibly the most memorable dance from Swan Lake, this version of the Dance of the Cygnets gives the waddling tune to the flute and clarinet while the bassoon takes over in the off-beat middle section...

Possibly the most memorable dance from Swan Lake, this version of the Dance of the Cygnets gives the waddling tune to the flute and clarinet while the bassoon takes over in the off-beat middle section...

The famous song from Bizet's opera.

The famous song from Bizet's opera.

The Bassoons feature in this march from Carmen, with an optional easier oboe part.

The Bassoons feature in this march from Carmen, with an optional easier oboe part.

Bizet's seductive Habanera, also used in the stairlift scene in the film 'Up'!

Bizet's seductive Habanera, also used in the stairlift scene in the film 'Up'!

This rousing march is scored for anything from 3 to 300 players of mixed abilities!

This rousing march is scored for anything from 3 to 300 players of mixed abilities!

This smaller scoring of Beethoven's rousing march has additional easier parts for oboe and bassoon, and mini-bassoon/tenoroon parts included.

This smaller scoring of Beethoven's rousing march has additional easier parts for oboe and bassoon, and mini-bassoon/tenoroon parts included.

An easier version of Beethoven's exhuberant march, without grace notes, and with tenoroon/mini-bassoon parts.

An easier version of Beethoven's exhuberant march, without grace notes, and with tenoroon/mini-bassoon parts.

This prelude is taken from book 2 of Bach's 48 Preludes and Fugues known as The Well-Tempered Clavier, compiled 20 years after the first book. It has two contrasting themes, a lively fanfare in compou...

This prelude is taken from book 2 of Bach's 48 Preludes and Fugues known as The Well-Tempered Clavier, compiled 20 years after the first book. It has two contrasting themes, a lively fanfare in compou...

Composed in 1917, these two songs 'To be Sung of a Summer Night on the Water' were originally for wordless chorus, but work beautifully, in a slightly more robust way, for double reeds. The first is a...

Composed in 1917, these two songs 'To be Sung of a Summer Night on the Water' were originally for wordless chorus, but work beautifully, in a slightly more robust way, for double reeds. The first is a...

Dvorak's famous G minor Slavonic Dance, from the first set which brought him to prominence in 1878 is arranged here for massed double reeds with optional percussion. The lively melodies race around th...

Dvorak's famous G minor Slavonic Dance, from the first set which brought him to prominence in 1878 is arranged here for massed double reeds with optional percussion. The lively melodies race around th...

The third movement of Debussy's Petite Suite for piano duet is reworked here for advanced double  reeds. This arrangement was inspired by the orchestral version which starts with the two oboes' plaint...

The third movement of Debussy's Petite Suite for piano duet is reworked here for advanced double  reeds. This arrangement was inspired by the orchestral version which starts with the two oboes' plaint...

Masques et Bergamasques is a four movement suite in a neoclassical style, taken from a short operatic divertissement commissioned by the Prince of Monaco for the Monte Carlo Theatre in 1918. Only the...

Masques et Bergamasques is a four movement suite in a neoclassical style, taken from a short operatic divertissement commissioned by the Prince of Monaco for the Monte Carlo Theatre in 1918. Only the...