Chamber Music | Clarinet Magic

Clarinet Magic

Carl Maria von Weber - 200th anniversary of his death

Hába Quartett
Tomaž Močilnik | clarinet

Carl Maria von Weber | Clarinet Quintet in B flat major Op. 34
Joseph Haydn | String Quartet Op. 76 No. 2 Hob. III:76 ("Fifths Quartet")
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Clarinet Quintet in A major KV 581

No other composer enriched the early clarinet repertoire with more outstanding works than Carl Maria von Weber, who died 200 years ago - with the possible exception of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the husband of Weber's cousin Constanze. The season opener of the chamber music series at the hr-Sendesaal in Frankfurt makes the musical case for this claim. Both of these related giants of music history were inspired to write for this richly voiced woodwind instrument - including the quintets for clarinet and string quartet heard here - by the foremost virtuosos of their day: Mozart by his friend Anton Stadler, Weber by his friend Heinrich Baermann. As principal clarinettist of the hr-Sinfonieorchester, Tomaž Močilnik is the natural choice for these chamber gems, joined by the Hába Quartett, who round out the programme with a late string quartet by Joseph Haydn.

Concert duration: approx. 120 minutes - including interval