Clarinet Concerto No.1, Op.26 (Spohr, Louis) - IMSLP: Free.
Spohr wrote all his four clarinet concertos for his friend, Johann Simon Hermstedt. He must have been a determined and inventive character because when the First Concerto proved beyond the standard instruments of the time Hermstedt set about making some fairly radical changes to the mechanism of the clarinet.The first piece was Flute Concerto No.1 in G major by Mozart. To me, the musician on flute--Siri Koski's approach to Mozart tended to be a bit neutral in its clarity and lack of overt emotion, but in this case her style brought the overall effect quite well.At the time he wrote the concerto, Spohr was already an experienced composer of works in this form. Though only twenty-four, he had under his belt eight violin concertos, one for two violins, one for violin and cello and two for violin and harp.
The Clarinet is a woodwind instrument. Its mouthpiece looks like a peaked edge. The mouthpiece is attached to a single reed. The body is usually made from basswood and is cylinder shaped with a flared bell. This is what the clarinet looks like now.. The first form of the clarinet was avai.Instances like this in other similar works include the third movement of Weber's Clarinet Concerto No. 2, Mozart's Clarinet Concerto, the third movement of Karl Stamitz's Clarinet Concerto No. 3, the final movements of Franz Krommer's Clarinet Concerto in E-flat major and Concerto for Two Clarinets, and the last movements of Louis Spohr's Clarinet Concerto's Nos. 1, 2, and 4.
The Concerto Since the Baroque era, the concerto has played a vital role in the music world. According to the Merriam Webster dictionary, a concerto is “a composition for one or more soloists and orchestra with three contrasting movements.” There are two main types: the concerto grosso and the.
