Bassoon Sonata: Charles Koechlin (w/ score)

Piece: Sonate pour Basson et Piano Composer: Charles Koechlin (1867-1950) Soloist: Zeynep Köylüoglu Pianist: Tobias Bredohl Movement 1 (Andante moderato - Allegretto scherzando) 0:00 Movement 2 (Nocturne) 2:59 Movement 3 (Final) 6:27 Charles Koechlin was born in 1867 to a large family which lived in Alsace, a French region bordering Switzerland and Germany. Though he was raised in Paris, Koechlin always claimed his Alsatian heritage as a defining characteristic that set him apart from his Parisian peers. Koechlin’s provincial heritage may have created a barrier between the composer and the modernist movement of the ‘20s. The lifestyle of Parisian elites was one of cocktails and foxtrots, while Koechlin was hardworking and practical. He is quoted numerous times throughout his life saying he composed for his own pleasure and not for the people. “I do not write for a public, just as I do not breathe or walk for a public… I write in order to share my thoughts and to