Philharmonic chamber music: the fascination of the clarinet

Wolfgang Rihm
Vier Studien zu einem Klarinettenquintett

INTERMISSION

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Klarinettenquintett A-Dur, KV 581

The music world owes a great debt of gratitude to clarinettist Anton Stadler. After all, he inspired Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to write a clarinet quintet which, with its yearning melodies, is one of the most beautiful works of chamber music. In turn, Wolfgang Rihm, this season’s Composer in Residence, wrote his Four Studies for a clarinet quintet for the clarinettist and composer Jörg Widmann. According to Widmann, Rihm “understood and sensed the essence of our marvellous instrument like very few others”. Andraž Golob, bass clarinettist with the Berliner Philharmoniker since 2021, will present the two works together with colleagues.