Klarinet Archive - Posting 000668.txt from 1998/07

From: "Kevin Fay (LCA)" <kevinfay@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Re: Brahms' CL works
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 23:41:03 -0400

The problem, it seems, is that as soon as you write something good for
clarinet you die. I believe that K.622 was the last piece Mozart finished
before he croaked (he did leave other unfinished works). Brahms--3 cool
pieces and the long last goodbye. Nielsen--1 concerto, soon dead.

What's so lethal about the clarinet?

kjf

-----Original Message-----
From: Maestro645@-----.com]
Subject: Re: [kl] Re: Brahms' cl works

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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