for clarinet and orchestra-Weber's clarinet concertos offer rewarding tasks to the player and give him the opportunity to show his brilliant virtuosity and achieve unusual effects while using all registers. Characterized by virtuoso colours and unbridled joy of playing both works have become firmly established in the concert repertoire since then – although in the days of Weber the clarinet was still a new instrument in the orchestra.
SKU: BR.OB-4867-16
ISBN 9790004323304. 10 x 12.5 inches.
Carl Maria von Weber wrote the present concerto in 1811 for the Munich bassoon player Georg Friedrich Brandt. The date of the world premiere is not known; what is ascertained, however, is a performance in Prague on 19 February 1813 by Brandt, to whom the work was dedicated.Along with Mozarts B-flat major Concerto K. 191 (186e), Webers bassoon concerto is one of the most popular and frequently played concertos for this low woodwind instrument. Weber illustrates the instruments qualities by using a different form in each movement, as we can see in its primary themes: the opening movement is dominated by a rhythmically striking theme; cantabile passages set the tone for the more lightly scored Adagio; and in the closing Rondo. Allegro, the soloist can demonstrate his virtuosity from the very beginning through large intervallic leaps and rapid runs.Along with Mozart's B-flat major Concerto K. 191 (186e), Weber's bassoon concerto is one of the most popular and frequently played concertos for this low woodwind instrument.
SKU: BR.OB-4867-26
ISBN 9790004323328. 10 x 12.5 inches.
SKU: BR.OB-4867-19
ISBN 9790004323311. 10 x 12.5 inches.