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Mozart's Clarinet Concerto

In 1791, the clarinet was still a work-in-progress; it hadn't fully been accepted as a member of the orchestra. Mozart's Clarinet Concerto helped change that. On Wednesday's Performance Today, we'll hear it from a concert in Zurich, Switzerland.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Five Minuets, K. 461; No. 1 in C & No. 2 in E flat
Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra; Hans Graf, conductor
Dances & Minuets
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Enrique Granados (arr. Brian Smith): Spanish Dance No. 2, Orientale
Georgia Guitar Quartet
Pensacola Christian College, The Crowne Centre, Pensacola, FL

The Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is Andy Zerman from New York, NY

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Clarinet Concerto, K. 622
Jorg Widmann, clarinet and conductor; Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra
Tonhalle, Zurich, Switzerland

Hour 2

Mikhail Glinka: Nocturne "Parting" Alexei Lubimov, piano
Der Bote - Elegies for Piano
ECM 1771

Heinrich Bach: Sonata "a Cinque" in C for two violins, two violas and basso continuo
Concerto Copenhagen; Lars Ulrik Mortensen, conductor
Garrison Church, Copenhagen, Denmark

Heinrich Bach: Sonata "a Cinque" No. 2 in F for two violins, two violas and bass continuo
Concerto Copenhagen; Lars Ulrik Mortensen, conductor
Garrison Church, Copenhagen, Denmark

Mikhail Glinka (arr. Mily Balakirev): The Lark
Emmanuel Ceysson, harp
The Chamber Music Society of Palm Beach, The Mar-a-Lago Club, Palm Beach, FL

Johannes Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat, Op. 83: Movements 2-4
Yefim Bronfman, piano; San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA

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