Honey-Coloured Cow
Laurence Perkins (bassoon)
This is an altogether entertaining album, where everything from Perkins’s thoughtful programming to his spirited performances and perceptive programme notes feel rooted in a terrific enthusiasm...
Honey-Coloured Cow
Laurence Perkins (bassoon)
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This is an altogether entertaining album, where everything from Perkins’s thoughtful programming to his spirited performances and perceptive programme notes feel rooted in a terrific enthusiasm...
About
From TV theme tunes to a folk-inspired 'circle dance on seven notes' by VillaLobos, Laurence Perkins aided by a wide variety of accompanists presents another pleasing miscellany of composers and works (no fewer than fourteen of each) demonstrating the many moods and expressive potential of the bassoon
Contents and tracklist
- Laurence Perkins (bassoon), Amy Thompson (bassoon), Catriona McDermid (bassoon)
- Recorded: 2022-04-22
- Recording Venue: Concert Hall, Wyastone Estate, Monmouth
- Laurence Perkins (bassoon), John Flinders (piano)
- Recorded: 2022-04-22
- Recording Venue: Concert Hall, Wyastone Estate, Monmouth
- Laurence Perkins (bassoon), Eira Lynn Jones (harp)
- Recorded: 2020-01-16
- Recording Venue: Concert Hall, Wyastone Estate, Monmouth
- Carducci Quartet (stringquartet), Laurence Perkins (bassoon), Matthew Denton (violin), Michelle Fleming (violin), Eoin Schmidt-Martin (viola), Emma Denton (cello)
- Recorded: 2020-01-16
- Recording Venue: Concert Hall, Wyastone Estate, Monmouth
- Laurence Perkins (bassoon), John Flinders (piano)
- Recorded: 2022-04-22
- Recording Venue: Concert Hall, Wyastone Estate, Monmouth
- Laurence Perkins (bassoon), Catriona McDermid (bassoon), Matthew Kitteringham (bassoon), Amy Thompson (bassoon)
- Recorded: 2022-04-22
- Recording Venue: Concert Hall, Wyastone Estate, Monmouth
- Laurence Perkins (bassoon), John Flinders (piano)
- Recorded: 2022-04-22
- Recording Venue: Concert Hall, Wyastone Estate, Monmouth
- Laurence Perkins (bassoon)
- Recorded: 2022-04-22
- Recording Venue: Concert Hall, Wyastone Estate, Monmouth
- Laurence Perkins (bassoon), John Flinders (piano)
- Recorded: 2022-04-22
- Recording Venue: Concert Hall, Wyastone Estate, Monmouth
- Laurence Perkins (bassoon), Catriona McDermid (bassoon), Amy Thompson (bassoon), Matthew Kitteringham (bassoon)
- Recorded: 2022-04-22
- Recording Venue: Concert Hall, Wyastone Estate, Monmouth
- Laurence Perkins (bassoon), Catriona McDermid (bassoon), Amy Thompson (bassoon), Matthew Kitteringham (contrabassoon)
- Recorded: 2022-04-22
- Recording Venue: Concert Hall, Wyastone Estate, Monmouth
- Laurence Perkins (bassoon), Catriona McDermid (bassoon), Amy Thompson (bassoon), Matthew Kitteringham (bassoon)
- Recorded: 2022-04-22
- Recording Venue: Concert Hall, Wyastone Estate, Monmouth
- Laurence Perkins (bassoon), John Flinders (piano)
- Recorded: 2022-04-22
- Recording Venue: Concert Hall, Wyastone Estate, Monmouth
- Laurence Perkins (bassoon)
- City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
- William Goodchild
- Recorded: 2019-09-03
- Recording Venue: CBSO Centre, Birmingham
Awards and reviews
July 2025
This is an altogether entertaining album, where everything from Perkins’s thoughtful programming to his spirited performances and perceptive programme notes feel rooted in a terrific enthusiasm for the instrument.
July 2025
An entertaining and enlightening recital, planned with insight and executed with aplomb.
