I recently attended the Double Reed Day Concert presented by the UNL School of Music. This particular concert had only faculty. The two primary instruments used were oboe and bassoon with accompaniment provided by a harpsichord and piano. There was almost never a time where an instrument was resting in a piece; each voice started and ended at the same time. Most of the performed pieces were fairly old and it was very apparent as the style of playing gave a certain “old” feeling which will be explained later. The first piece was called Trio Sonata No. 6 in D Major, HWV 385 by George Friedrich Handel and contained two oboes, a bassoon, and a harpsichord. The first movement, Adagio, was played at approximately 90 beats per minute and was in quadruple meter. There wasn’t much variation in dynamics as forte (mezzo forte for bassoon) maintained through the entirety of the movement. The oboes had the melody and played in a homophonic manner (also conjunct with a few ascending and descending scales) with one or two passages of “call and response” with each other or with the accompaniment. The main melody included many sets of one note held for three beats followed a “swung” pair of eighth notes. It seemed like the bassoon served as secondary accompaniment (harpsichord being the primary.) While listening to the movement I remember having images in my mind about medieval times and a king drinking tea with the rest of his royal court. These images were facilitated by the sound of the harpsichord. The second movement appropriately titled Allegro, was much quicker than the first; approximately 115 beats per minute. The timbre and meter were the same as the first movement. The oboes played different parts for the majority of the piece, but there were occasional unison parts. The bassoon provided secondary accompaniment again. A major difference was the feeling