Sample Programs

Dyad’s Favorites

A mixture of classical, contemporary, and our own arrangements, with a set of nostalgic encores.

Ernest Bloch Prayer from “Jewish Life No. 1” 

Bruce Babcock Of Two Minds  

Camille Saint-Saens Danse macabre, Op. 40 

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Suite from The Marriage of Figaro 

I. Voi che sapete

II. Non piu andrai

III. Se vuol ballare

Reena Esmail Nadiya 

Niccoló Paganini Duetto No. 3 for Violin and Bassoon 

     I. Allegro con brio poco scherzando

     II. Petite Romance

     III. Polacchina

Irving Berlin Blue Skies 

The Beatles Here Comes the Sun 


Just the Classics

Familiar, soulful, and humorous classical favorites ranging from Baroque to Romantic, 

Ernest Bloch Prayer from “Jewish Life No. 1” 

Ludwig van Beethoven  Duo in C major woO27

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Suite from The Marriage of Figaro 

I. Voi che sapete

II. Non piu andrai

III. Se vuol ballare

Camille Saint-Saens Danse macabre, Op. 40 

Johann Sebastian Bach, Selections from the Two-Part Inventions

Niccoló Paganini Duetto No. 3 for Violin and Bassoon 

     I. Allegro con brio poco scherzando

     II. Petite Romance

     III. Polacchina


New Music for Bassoon and Violin

A program of engaging and listenable 21st century works, mostly commissioned or premiered by Dyad. These works have stylistic roots in jazz, film music, Hindustani music, and Americana.

Bruce Babcock Of Two Minds (2021)

David Stern Duet for Violin and Bassoon (2016)

Reena Esmail Nadiya (2016)

Molly Joyce Duality (2022)

Rachel Epperly Webbed (2017)

Gernot Wolfgang Encounters (2009)

Stephen Spies Play (2018)