Klarinet Archive - Posting 000638.txt from 1998/07

From: <Maestro645@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: Brahms' cl works
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1998 23:59:32 -0400

In a message dated 7/20/98 8:45:14 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
EbKlarinet@-----.com (Elise) writes:

<< Hi all! Thank God Brahms wrote his clarinet works at the end of his
life--that's why they're so deep, so profound. He brought his years of
compostitional craft to bear on these wonderful four works, just like Mozart
did with the Concerto. Just compare the Mozart bassoon concerto, K. 191, an
early work, with the clarinet concerto, K. 622, a very late work, and you'll
see what I mean.
>>

Good point, Elise! Even though the clarinet concerto is much more mature than
the bassoon concerto, you have to admit even the bassoon concerto, although
very youthful, is still very masterfully created. The genius never changed,
just the maturity level.
Chris Hoffman

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