The Clarinet Concerto in A, K622, completed in 1791, the year of Mozart’s death, marked his farewell to instrumental music. It was also the first clarinet concerto to be written by a major composer – ...
If you wanted a piece to display the incredible character of the clarinet, then this is the one. Placid and deeply reflective to begin with, then all of a sudden hugely acrobatic to end, Copland’s ...