Oh! Darling
C$20.00
By Lennon & McCartney. A classic blues for four bassoons, this is one of my very first arrangements. As recorded on BassOOnatics!. Set of digital PDF's of score and parts.
SHEET MUSIC for BASSOON ENSEMBLE
Youkali
C$20.00
By Kurt Weill. Arranged for four bassoons by Fraser Jackson, as recorded on BassOOnatics!. Set of digital score and parts.
Suite from The Tempest
C$20.00
By Jean Sibelius. Four movements arranged for three bassoons and contrabassoon by Fraser Jackson. As recorded by The Caliban Quartet on BassOOnatics! Set of digital score and parts.
I'm in the Mood for Love
C$15.00
Based on a piano solo by Art Tatum, arranged for four bassoons by Fraser Jackson. As recorded by The Caliban Quartet on BassOOnatics!. Set of digital score and parts.
Tango Suite (1984)
C$40.00
Astor Piazzolla's Suite of 3 tangos, originally written for two guitars, is arranged here by Fraser Jackson. The first two tangos were recorded by The Caliban Quartet on BassOOnatics! and Feast. The whole suite has been recorded by other groups. The arrangement is out of print and only available here as a set of digital score and parts.
Caravan
C$20.00
Duke Ellington's famous jazz standard, arranged for four bassoons by Fraser Jackson. As recorded by The Caliban Quartet on BassOOnatics!. Set of digital score and parts.
The Penguin
C$10.00
By Raymond Scott. Another quirky, groovy little piece by Scott. Performed but not recorded by The Caliban Quartet. Works well with or without drum set. Price includes digital score and parts.
Siberian Sleighride
C$10.00
Raymond Scott's slidy little tune arranged for four bassoons with percussion and guitar by Fraser Jackson. (Works fine without the percussion and guitar.) As recorded on Caliban Does Christmas. Price includes set of digital score and parts.
Sleigh Ride
C$10.00
Leroy Anderson's classic Christmas tune, arranged by Fraser Jackson for four bassoons and percussion with optional ukulele. (It would work with guitar, too.) As recorded on Caliban Does Christmas. Price includes set of digital score and parts.
Are you looking for other sheet music from the Caliban repertoire? For the following titles by Fraser Jackson, please contact Trevco Music: I Got Rhythm (Gershwin), Powerhouse and Dinner Music for a Pack of Hungry Cannibals (Raymond Scott), A Nutcracker Digest (Tchaikovsky etc) Day Tripper (Lennon & McCartney) Organ Concerto (Michel Corrette). For Bassoonist's Holiday, please order from Alfred Music. For arrangements by Michael Sweeney, click here. For arrangements by Bill Douglas, click here.
Hungarian Rondo
C$10.00
The classic showpiece by Carl Maria von Weber arranged to feature the bassoon with the accompaniment of flute and clarinet. Shorter than the original, this makes a great bassoon demo on a school or community concert. Show them what a bassoon can do! Price includes digital set of score and parts.
Beethoven 5!
C$10.00
The iconic first movement of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, arranged by Fraser Jackson for flute, clarinet and bassoon. Makes a great feature on a school or community concert. Price includes complete digital set of score and parts.
SHEET MUSIC FOR LARGER ENSEMBLES
Ravel Piano Concerto in G (reduced)
C$40.00
Maurice Ravel's beloved Piano Concerto in G arranged by Fraser Jackson for solo piano with chamber ensemble of 9 players: violin, contrabass, flute and piccolo, clarinets in Eb, Bb and A, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, 2 percussionists. Designed to use the same ensemble as Stravinsky's L'Histoire du Soldat plus flute and one more percussionist. Solo
Maurice Ravel's beloved Piano Concerto in G arranged by Fraser Jackson for solo piano with chamber ensemble of 9 players: violin, contrabass, flute and piccolo, clarinets in Eb, Bb and A, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, 2 percussionists. Designed to use the same ensemble as Stravinsky's L'Histoire du Soldat plus flute and one more percussionist. Solo piano part is unchanged from the original. A blast to play! Not for sale in the USA. Price includes set of digital score and parts.
Ravel Piano Concerto (reduced) with Printed Score
C$65.00
Fraser Jackson's arrangement for 9 players plus solo piano. This option includes a printed and bound score plus a set of digital parts. Not for sale in the USA.
Franck: Variations symphoniques
C$25.00
César Franck's magnificent work for solo piano and orchestra is arranged here by Fraser Jackson for solo piano with the accompaniment of 10 players: woodwind quintet plus string quintet. The solo piano part is unchanged from the original. Price includes set of digital score and parts.
Physical Albums
Home Suite Home: CD
C$18.00
A beautiful collection of short pieces for bassoon and piano based on front porch concerts given during the Covid-19 lockdown. Includes pieces for solo bassoon, solo piano, contrabassoon, and even a few dashes of violin, cello and clarinet.
BassOOnatics!: CD
C$12.00
The original Caliban Quartet with their first and maybe their greatest CD. Recorded in just three sessions, this CD ranks as the best-selling bassoon CD of all time, a remarkable feat for the young Calibans! A classic album, part of the record library of any serious or not so serious bassoonist. Re-released by BIS Northern Lights, this CD is known
The original Caliban Quartet with their first and maybe their greatest CD. Recorded in just three sessions, this CD ranks as the best-selling bassoon CD of all time, a remarkable feat for the young Calibans! A classic album, part of the record library of any serious or not so serious bassoonist. Re-released by BIS Northern Lights, this CD is known around the world for its versatility and its sheer music-making.
Feast with Bill Douglas & Friends: CD
C$12.00
The Caliban Quartet's second album, this was released in 2001 and features pianist and composer Bill Douglas performing some of his joyful classics like Feast, Banana, and Funk for Spain. Also featured are gorgeous original compositions by Marjan Mozetich and Mathieu Lussier, and toe-tapping arrangements by Fraser Jackson and Chris Millard. Also
The Caliban Quartet's second album, this was released in 2001 and features pianist and composer Bill Douglas performing some of his joyful classics like Feast, Banana, and Funk for Spain. Also featured are gorgeous original compositions by Marjan Mozetich and Mathieu Lussier, and toe-tapping arrangements by Fraser Jackson and Chris Millard. Also contributing are Celtic singer Kate Crossan and drummer Mark Duggan.
Caliban Does Christmas: CD
C$14.00
Without a doubt the greatest bassoon-centred Christmas CD ever made! The Caliban Quartet spares no expense in bringing you delightful and wacky holiday music, great singers, superb guest musicians, and their usual brilliant playing from start to finish!
Michel Corrette: Les Délices de la Solitude: CD
C$12.00
Gorgeous music by the French, late-Baroque composer Michel Corrette (1707-1795): the six bassoon sonatas of "Les Délices de la Solitude" plus "Le Phénix" for four bassoons, and a modern arrangement of his Organ Concerto No.1. Played brilliantly and stylishly on modern instruments by Musica Franca: Nadina Mackie Jackson on solo bassoon with members
Gorgeous music by the French, late-Baroque composer Michel Corrette (1707-1795): the six bassoon sonatas of "Les Délices de la Solitude" plus "Le Phénix" for four bassoons, and a modern arrangement of his Organ Concerto No.1. Played brilliantly and stylishly on modern instruments by Musica Franca: Nadina Mackie Jackson on solo bassoon with members of The Caliban Quartet and others as the continuo group. Your chance to hear the contrabassoon as the ultimate continuo instrument!
Boismortier: Sonatas for Two Bassoons and Continuo: CD
C$12.00
A gorgeous example of stylish baroque playing on modern instruments, this album features Mathieu Lussier playing 9 sonatas by Joseph Bodin de Boismortier accompanied by a sumptuous continuo group that includes Nadina Mackie Jackson, bassoon, and Fraser Jackson, contrabassoon. Full of life and invention, this is a recording to savour for years!
Chiaroscuro: Vivaldi: CD
C$5.00
Former Caliban Quartet member Mathieu Lussier plays five concerti by Antonio Vivaldi with the baroque ensemble Arion and flutist Claire Guimond.