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Mozart's Clarinet Quintet

Mozart wrote one of his best-loved chamber works, the Clarinet Quintet in A, for his friend, the basset clarinettist Anton Stadler. Stephen Johnson looks at how the composer explored the sonic depths of the then new instrument.

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20 minutes

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Mon 1 Jul 201320:15
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Concerto no. 23 in A major K.488 for piano and orchestra

    Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner Performer: Malcolm Bilson Performer: English Baroque Soloists

    • ARCHIV.
    • 447 295-2.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Quintet in A major K.581 for clarinet and strings

    Performer: Jack Brymer Performer: Allegri String Quartet

    • PHILIPS.
    • 442-390 2.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Quintet in A major K.581 for clarinet and strings

    Performer: Thea King Performer: Gabrieli String Quartet

    • HYPERION.
    • CDA-30010.

Credit

ComposerWolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Broadcast

  • Mon 1 Jul 201320:15
    BBC Radio 3