About This Song
About "Sonate pour basson et piano, Op. 168: III. Adagio" by Annie D'Arco
Saint-Saëns strips the bassoon of its comic mask, revealing a hollow, reedy ache. Over D'Arco's piano, the Adagio breathes like a candle guttering in a draft—serene on the surface, yet shadowed by a quiet, formal grief that never quite resolves.