Instrumental concertos with orchestral accompaniment hold a special place in the oeuvre of Jirí Pauer (1919-2007). Apart from his Violin Concerto (1959) he wrote three more compositions of the type for wind instruments. The Bassoon Concerto (1949) Oboe Concerto (1954) and Horn Concerto (1957) were all inspired by superb Czech wind soloists motivated by the lack of new repertoire for the respective instruments.