When Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart left Salzburg in 1780 and
moved to Wien, he started composing different music
including the basset horn. In 1785 he composed the
Adagio KV 411 (440a) for 2 clarinets and 3 basset
horns. This is a piece of special beauty in its sound,
but unfortunately remained singular in its
instrumentation. In order to make available more music
for this instrumentation, we arranged the piano part of
Mozart’s aria ‘Ridente la calma’ (laughing
calmly) , composed in 1787, for 2...(+)
When Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart left Salzburg in 1780 and
moved to Wien, he started composing different music
including the basset horn. In 1785 he composed the
Adagio KV 411 (440a) for 2 clarinets and 3 basset
horns. This is a piece of special beauty in its sound,
but unfortunately remained singular in its
instrumentation. In order to make available more music
for this instrumentation, we arranged the piano part of
Mozart’s aria ‘Ridente la calma’ (laughing
calmly) , composed in 1787, for 2 clarinets and 3
basset horns. The voice part also may be played by a
clarinet.
