Word: sogg
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Works of Purcell, Saint--Saens, Hindemith, Jacobi, and Arban--Norman Birge, trumpet; David Sogg, bassoon; and Peter Lurye, plano; Cabot Living Room., South House...
...your head, can you name two or three of the world's greatest bassoon players? Nor can I: the unfortunate bassoon has in recent times been much neglected as a solo instrument. David Sogg's performance of Mozart's B flat major concerto, K. 191, showed that this neglect is unwarranted, while providing a welcome respite for a musical world saturated with concerti for piano or for violin. It is unfortunate that more people did not take advantage of this nearly unique opportunity to hear an excellent bassoonist in a solo context...
These qualities that make Mozart so universally appealing are also responsible for his difficulty to perform. Happily, though, David Sogg is an extraordinarily gifted musician. His tone is clear and pure, his technique marvelous. Few regard the bassoon as an exceptionally agile instrument, but Sogg demonstrated that it can be precisely that. The rapid passagework and the herioc leaps between the uppermost and lowermost registers were rendered with astounding lucidity. More importantly, his fine sense for the subtle lyricism of Mozart was obvious, especially in the second movement, and throughout the piece he allowed the music to express itself with...
...soloist and his orchestra successfully and the overall effect was quite enchanting. Unfortunately, Lurye did not always restrain his musicians sufficiently. They occasionally covered the sound of the bassoon, which with its low pitch and delicate tone was all too vulnerable to such attacks. Despite this serious problem, Sogg stole the show in the end, and had to return to the stage several times to acknowledge the enthusiastic and well-deserved applause...
...DAVID M. SOGG...