Morgan Hayes - Shatner's Bassoon

Press Review

Morgan Hayes's Shatner's Bassoon, based on the satirist Chris Morris's infamous spoof about a time-warping drug, was equally absorbing: it really did seem to expand and elongate a single musical moment through several different dimensions.

Richard Morrison, The Times, 9 June 2009

Yet another treat is Morgan Hayes’s Shatner’s Bassoon. Like Holt and others, Hayes takes advantage of the Endymion lineup to field an unusual ensemble: no bassoon (the title comes from a satirical tv sketch), but clarinet, trumpet, trombone, violin, double bass and soloesque piano. Manoeuvrings through an omnipresent idea—present even when it is absent, present in its absence—play tricks with time, and the piece is intricately, quickwittedly composed.

Paul Griffiths, http://disgwylfa.com/