Dmytro Kyryliv's "Molfar" for bassoon and piano from the romantic swells to

from the romantic swells to the bravado of the hero’s theme

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yet simple enough to act as a canvas on which a skilled performer can paint their musical expressivity

a culmination of centuries of increasingly complex polyphonic writing in the Renaissance

and transforms via a virtuosic bassoon cadenza into the frenzied lilting rhythms of the second half

Dmytro Kyryliv's "Molfar" for bassoon and piano from the romantic swells toThis is a quirky and challenging work for bassoon and piano written by emerging young talent Dmytro Kyryliv. It begins with a slow and mysterious melody, and transforms via a virtuosic bassoon cadenza into the frenzied lilting rhythms of the second half. Bassoonist and Ukrainian music scholar Zachary Senick ( ) helped bring this new edition to life, which includes fingerings for multiphonics used in the piece. The piece takes inspiration from