Clarinet concerto
Musical composition for solo clarinet
Score of Mozart's Clarinet Concerto with basset clarinet (Buffet Crampon )
A clarinet concerto is a concerto for clarinet ; that is, a musical composition for solo clarinet together with a large ensemble (such as an orchestra or concert band ). Albert Rice has identified a work by Giuseppe Antonio Paganelli as possibly the earliest known concerto for solo clarinet; its score appears to be titled "Concerto per il Clareto" and may date from 1733. It may, however, be intended for soprano chalumeau .[ 1] There are earlier concerti grossi with concertino clarinet parts including two by Johann Valentin Rathgeber , published in 1728.[ 2]
Famed publishing house Breitkopf & Härtel published the first clarinet concerto in 1772. The instrument's popularity soared and a flurry of early clarinet concertos ensued.[ 3] Many of these early concertos have largely been forgotten, though German clarinettist Dieter Klocker specialized in these "lost" works.[ 4] Famous clarinet concertos of the Classical and early Romantic era include those of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , Carl Maria von Weber and Louis Spohr .
Relatively few clarinet concertos, or wind instrument concertos generally, were produced during the middle and late Romantic music era, but the form became more popular in the twentieth century , with famous clarinet concertos from Carl Nielsen and Aaron Copland , as well as more recent ones by composers such as John Adams , Kalevi Aho , Elliott Carter , John Corigliano , Magnus Lindberg , Donald Martino , Christopher Rouse , and John Williams .
Baroque period
The modern clarinet did not exist before about 1700. There are, however, a number of concertos written for its antecedent, the chalumeau .
The discovery of six clarinet concertos by Johann Melchior Molter (1696–1765) — the first of which may date from 1743[ 5] — and three concerti grossi for clarinet and oboe written by Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741) as far back as 1711[ 6] have led music historians to revise the common view that the first concerto for the instrument was written by Johann Stamitz around 1755.[citation needed ]
Classical period
Johann Georg Heinrich Backofen (1768–1830?)
Concerto in B♭ major for clarinet and orchestra, Op.3 (1809?)
Sinfonie Concertante in A major, Op.10 for Two Clarinets and Orchestra (1810?)
Clarinet Concerto in E♭ Major, Opus 16 (1809?)
Clarinet Concerto in E♭ Major, Opus 24 (1821?)
Concerto in F major for Basset-horn and Orchestra
Joseph Beer (1744–1812)
Clarinet Concerto No. 1
Two other clarinet concertos and two double concertos[ 3]
Matthäus (Frédéric) Blasius (1758–1829)
Concerto No. 1 in C major for Clarinet and Orchestra
Antonio Casimir Cartellieri (1772–1807)
Concerto No. 1 in B♭ major for Clarinet and Orchestra
Concerto No. 2 in B♭ major for Clarinet and Orchestra
Concerto No. 3 in E♭ major for Clarinet and Orchestra
Concerto for Two Clarinets & Orchestra in B♭ Major (1797)
Bernhard Hendrik Crusell (1775–1838)
Concerto No. 1 in E♭ major, Op.1 (1807)
"Grand" Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op.5 (1815)
Concerto No. 3 in B♭ major, Op.11 (c.1807–1820)
Sébastien Demar (1763–1832)
Concerto in E♭ major for Clarinet and Orchestra
François Devienne (1759–1803)
Concertino in B♭ major for two Clarinets and Orchestra Op.25
Franz Anton Dimmler (1753–1827)
Concerto in B♭ major for Clarinet and Orchestra
Joseph Leopold Eybler (1765–1846)
Josef Fiala (1748–1816)
Concertante in B♭ major for Clarinet and Cor Anglais
Carl Andreas Göpfert (1768–1818)
Concerto in E♭ Major, Op.14
Concerto in B♭ Major, Op.20
Concerto in E♭ Major, Op.35
Franz Anton Hoffmeister (1754–1812)
Clarinet Concerto in B♭ major for Clarinet and Orchestra (1782–1784?)
Concerto in E♭ major for two Clarinets and Orchestra (1782–1784?)
James Hook (1746–1827)
Clarinet Concerto in E♭ major (1812), this is actually by Lefèvre, his Concerto No. 3 in E♭ major [ 7]
Leopold Kozeluch (1747–1818)
Two clarinet concertos both in E♭ major[ 3]
Franz Krommer (1759–1831)
Concerto in E♭ Op.36 for clarinet and orchestra (1803)
Concerto for two clarinets and orchestra in E♭ , Op.35, (1802)
Concerto for two clarinets and orchestra in E♭ , Op.91 (1815)
Konzertstück for two clarinets and orchestra
Karol Kurpinski (1785–1857)
Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra (performed 1820) (Grove: Jim Samson)
Ludwig August Lebrun (1752–1790)
Concerto in one movement in B♭ major for Clarinet and Orchestra
Jean-Xavier Lefèvre (1763–1829)
Clarinet Concertos No. 4 and No. 6 (1796)
Peter Joseph von Lindpaintner (1791–1856)
Concertino in E♭ major for Clarinet and Orchestra
John Mahon (c. 1748–1834)
Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in F major
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
Iwan Müller (1786–1854)
Concertante Op.23 in E♭ major for two Clarinets and Military Band
Carlo Paessler (1774–1865)
Concerto con variazioni in E♭ major for Clarinet and Strings
Concerto in C minor for Clarinet and Orchestra
Concerto in B♭ major for Clarinet and Orchestra
Ignaz Pleyel (1757–1831)
Concerto in C major for Clarinet in C
František Xaver Pokorný (1729–1794)
Concerto in B♭ major for Clarinet and Orchestra
Antonín Reicha (1770–1836)
Concerto in G minor for Clarinet and Orchestra
Introduction and Variations on a Theme by Dittersdorf in B♭ major for Clarinet and Orchestra
Carl Gottlieb Reissiger (1798–1859)
Concertino in E♭ major Op.63 for Clarinet and Orchestra
Alessandro Rolla (1757–1841)
Concerto for Bassethorn and Orchestra
Antonio Rosetti (1750–1792)
Concerto No. 1 in E♭ major for Clarinet and Orchestra
Concerto No. 2 in E♭ major for Clarinet and Orchestra
Two additional clarinet concertos
Theodor von Schacht (1748–1823)
Clarinet Concerto in B♭ major for clarinet and orchestra
Georg Abraham Schneider
Concerto No. 1 for basset horn and orchestra, Op.90. (1820?)[ 8] [ 9]
Concerto No. 2 for basset horn and orchestra, Op.105.[ 8]
Pedro Étienne Solère (1753–1817)
Concerto in E♭ major for two Clarinets and Orchestra
Concerto in E♭ major for Clarinet and Orchestra
Concerto Espagnol in B♭ major for Clarinet and Orchestra
Carl Stamitz (1745–1801)
Franz Xaver Süßmayr (1766–1803)
Concerto movement in D major for Basset Clarinet and Orchestra
Franz Tausch (1762–1817)
Concertante Op.26 No. 2 in B♭ major for two Clarinets and Orchestra
Concertante Op.27 No. 1 in B♭ major for two Clarinets and Orchestra
Concerto in E♭ major for Clarinet and Orchestra
Johann Vogel (1756–1788)
Johann Wilhelm Wilms (1772-1847)
Konzert für Klarinette und Orchester B-Dur, op. 40
Peter von Winter (1754–1825)
Concerto in E♭ major for Clarinet and Orchestra
Michèl Yost (1754–1786)
Concerto No. 11 in B♭ major for Clarinet and Orchestra
Concerto No. 8 in E♭ major for Clarinet and Orchestra
Concerto No. 9 in B♭ major for Clarinet and Orchestra
Concerto No. 7 in B♭ major for Clarinet and Orchestra
Other concertos from the Classical era include those by Deshayes, Fuchs, Jan Kalous, Joseph Lacher, Lang, Philipp Meissner, Pfeilsticker, J.B. Wanhal, Wenzel Pichel, Johan Stich, and J.C. Stumpf.[ 3]
Romantic period
Heinrich Joseph Bärmann (1784–1847)
Concertstück in G minor for Clarinet and Orchestra
Concertino in C minor for Clarinet and Orchestra
Concertino in E♭ major Op.27 for Clarinet and Orchestra (1828?)
Carl Bärmann (1810–1885)
Konzertstück for two Clarinets and Orchestra
Concerto Militaire for Clarinet and Orchestra
Max Bruch
Gaetano Donizetti
Concertino for Clarinet and Orchestra in B♭ major
Donato Lovreglio 's (1847–1907)
Fantasia Da Concerto Su Motivi De La Traviata (Fantasia for Clarinet and Orchestra on the Opera, La Traviata) for Clarinet and Orchestra (Original music/opera by Giuseppe Verdi )
Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847)
Concert Piece No. 1 for Clarinet, Basset Horn, and Orchestra in F minor, Op.113 (1833)
Concert Piece No. 2 for Clarinet, Basset Horn, and Orchestra in D minor, Op.114 (1833)
Saverio Mercadante (1795–1870)
Clarinet Concerto in B♭ major
Clarinet Concerto in E♭ major
Julius Rietz (1812–1877)
Concerto in G minor Op.29 for Clarinet and Orchestra (c.1840s)
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844–1908)
Concertstück for Clarinet and Military Band (1878)[ 10]
Gioachino Rossini (1792–1868)
Introduction, Theme and Variations in E♭ major/B♭ major for Clarinet and Orchestra
Variations for Clarinet and Small Orchestra in C major (1809)
Concerto No. 1 in C minor/A♭ major/E♭ major for two Clarinets and Orchestra
Introduction, Theme and Variations in B minor/B♭ major for Clarinet and Orchestra
Fantasie in E♭ major for Clarinet and Orchestra
Concerto No. 2 in E♭ major/A♭ major/E♭ major for two Clarinets and Orchestra
Louis Schindelmeisser (1811–1864)
Sinfonia Concertante for four Clarinets and Orchestra, Op.2 (1833)
Louis Spohr (1784–1859)
Clarinet Concerto No. 1 C Minor , Op.26 (1808)
Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in E♭ Major, Op.57 (1810)
Clarinet Concerto No. 3 in F Minor, WoO 19 (1821)
Clarinet Concerto No. 4 in E Minor, WoO 20 (1828)
Fantasia and Variations on a Theme of Danzi, Op.81
Potpourri for Clarinet and Orchestra in F Major, Op.80 (1811) [ 11]
Variations on a Theme from "Alruna" for Clarinet and Orchestra (1809)
Charles Villiers Stanford (1852–1924)
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Sergey Ivanovich Taneyev (1856–1915)
Canzona for Clarinet and Strings in F minor
Carl Maria von Weber (1786–1826)
20th/21st century
John Adams
Kalevi Aho
Joan Albert Amargós
Malcolm Arnold
Jacob Avshalomov
Evocations , Concerto for Clarinet and Chamber Orchestra
Sérgio Azevedo
Nicolas Bacri
Concerto da Camera Op.61 (1999) for Clarinet and String Orchestra
Jean Balissat
Cantabile for Clarinet and Strings (1995)
Karol Beffa
Michael Berkeley
Leonard Bernstein
Jean Binet
Petit Concert for Clarinet and Strings (1950)
Howard Blake
William Bolcom
Jacques Bondon
Concerto d'Octobre for Clarinet and String Orchestra
Concerto des Offrandes for Clarinet and Orchestra
Eugène Bozza
Concerto for Clarinet and Small Orchestra
Benjamin Britten
Movement for Clarinet and Orchestra (1942/3)
James Francis Brown
Lost Lanes, Shadow Groves (2008)[ 14]
Ferruccio Busoni
Concertino for Clarinet and Chamber Orchestra, Op.48 (1918)[ 15]
Ann Callaway
Concerto for Bass Clarinet and Chamber Orchestra (1985–1987)
Elliott Carter
Arnold Cooke
Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra
Aaron Copland
John Corigliano
Peter Maxwell Davies
Strathclyde Concerto No. 4 (1990)
The Seas of Kirk Swarf for bass clarinet and strings (2007)[ 17]
Claude Debussy
Miguel del Aguila
Norman Dello Joio
Concertante for Clarinet and Orchestra
Edison Denisov
Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra (1989)
Daniel Dorff
Summer Solstice for Clarinet and String Orchestra (1994)
Einar Englund
Dietrich Erdmann
Concerto for bass clarinet and orchestra.
Richard Festinger
Equinox for Clarinet and Small Orchestra (2009)
Gerald Finzi
Clarinet Concerto (1949) [ 18]
Jean Françaix
Gunnar de Frumerie
Concerto Op.51 (1957–1958) for Clarinet, Strings, Harp and Percussion
Radamés Gnattali
Choro for Clarinet in B♭ and Orchestra
Berthold Goldschmidt
Osvaldo Golijov
Ida Gotkovsky
Concerto for clarinet and orchestra (1968) or clarinet and wind orchestra (1997)
Concerto lyrique for clarinet and orchestra (1982) or clarinet and wind orchestra (1994)
Helen Grime
Kimmo Hakola
Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra (2001)
Stephen Hartke
Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra "Landscapes with Blues" (2001)
Patrick Hawes
Paul Hindemith
Hendrik Hofmeyr
Anthony Iannaccone
Concertante for Clarinet and Orchestra (1995)
Gordon Jacob
Mini-concerto for Clarinet and String Orchestra
Shigeru Kan-no
Bassetklarinette Koncerto (2006)
Helmut Lachenmann
Lowell Liebermann
Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra Op.110 (2009)
Magnus Lindberg
David Maslanka
Desert Roads: Four Songs for Clarinet and Wind Ensemble (2005)
Scott McAllister
X (1996)
Black Dog (2003)
Free Birds (2009)
Ian McDougall
Concerto for Clarinet & String Orchestra
William Thomas McKinley
Concerto for Clarinet No. 3 The Alchemical (1994)
James MacMillan
Ninian for Clarinet and Orchestra (1996)
Elizabeth Maconchy
Concertino No. 1 for Clarinet and Orchestra
Concertino No. 2 for Clarinet and Orchestra
Dimitris Maronidis
Clarinet Concerto for Cl, String Orchestra and Electronics (2020)
Donald Martino
Triple Concerto for clarinet, bass clarinet, and contrabass clarinet.
Rolf Martinsson
Concert Fantastique Clarinet Concerto No. 1, Op.86 (2010)
Krzysztof Meyer
Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra (2002)
Jacob Mühlrad
Thea Musgrave
Clarinet Concerto (1979)[ 21]
Concerto for bass clarinet and orchestra
Lior Navok
Clarinet Concerto (1996)[ 22]
Carl Nielsen
Jim Parker
Concerto for Clarinet and Strings
Krzysztof Penderecki
Lorenzo Perosi
Concerto per clarinetto e orchestra
Walter Piston
Marcel Poot
Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra (1977)
Kevin Puts
Clarinet Concerto with Strings, Harp, and Percussion (2008–9)
Einojuhani Rautavaara
Alan Rawsthorne
Concerto for Clarinet and String Orchestra
Jean Rivier
Concerto for Clarinet and String Orchestra
John Robertson
Concerto #1 for Clarinet and String Orchestra Op. 27 (1989)
Concerto #2 for Clarinet and Small Orchestra Op. 83 (2022)
Christopher Rouse
Jonathan Russell
Bass Clarinet Double Concerto (2007)
Bass Clarinet Concerto (2014)
Armin Schibler
Concertino for Clarinet and Strings Op.49 (1956)
Mátyás Seiber
Concertino for Clarinet and String Orchestra
Elie Siegmeister
Frederick Speck
Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra (1993)
Yevhen Stankovych
Concerto for Clarinet solo
Igor Stravinsky
Aurel Stroe
Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra
Toru Takemitsu
Fantasma/Cantos for clarinet and orchestra
Josef Tal
Concerto for clarinet and orchestra
Alexandre Tansman
Concertino for Oboe, Clarinet and Strings (1952)
Clarinet Concerto (1957)
İstemihan Taviloğlu
Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra
Boris Tchaikovsky
Concerto for clarinet and chamber orchestra (1957)
Frank Ticheli
Henri Tomasi
Concerto for Clarinet and String Orchestra
Clarinet Concerto (2016)
Joan Tower
Unsuk Chin
Sándor Veress
Rolf Wallin
Douglas Weiland
Clarinet Concerto, Op.30 (2001)
Norma Wendelburg
Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra
John Williams
Isang Yun
Marilyn J. Ziffrin
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich
See also
Notes
^ Rice, Albert R. (1992). The Baroque Clarinet . Oxford: Clarendon Press. pp. 99– 101.
^ Rice, Albert R. (1992). The Baroque Clarinet . Oxford: Clarendon Press. pp. 93– 94.
^ a b c d e f Hoeprich, Erich (2008). The clarinet . Yale University Press. p. 81 & 82. ISBN 978-0-300-10282-6 .
^ "Dieter Klocker Discography" .
^ Goodman, Jonathan Michael (2011). The Clarinet Concerti that Inspired the Composition of the Six Clarinet Concerti of Johann Melchior Molter (Thesis). Southern Illinois University, Carbondale .
^ Hoeprich, T. Eric (1983). "Finding a Clarinet for the Three Concertos by Vivaldi". Early Music . 11 (1): 61– 64. doi :10.1093/earlyj/11.1.61 . JSTOR 3137507 .
^
Juan José Molero Ramos (September 2019). "A Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra in E-Flat Major by James Hook or Jean-Xavier Lefèvre: A Question Of Authorship". The Clarinet .
^ a b Hoeprich, Eric (2008). The Clarinet . New Haven and London: Yale University Press. p. 135.
^ "Basset Horn Concerto, Op.90 (Schneider, Georg Abraham)" . IMSLP. Despite the title, the solo part does not use the notes below low written E characteristic of a basset horn; in modern terms these would be concertos for alto clarinet in F.
^ Marina Frolava-Walker. "Rimsky-Korsakov: (1) Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov." Grove Music Online , ed. L. Macy (accessed December 1, 2006), grovemusic.com Archived 2008-05-16 at the Wayback Machine (subscription access).
^ Anderson, Keith. Spohr: Clarinet Concertos Nos. 1 & 3/Potpourri, Op. 80 (CD). Naxos Records . 8.550688. Archived from the original on 2021-08-21. Retrieved 2015-11-29 .
^ "John Adams List of Works" . Archived from the original on 9 February 2007. Retrieved 20 January 2007 .
^ "The Official Leonard Bernstein Web Site: Music for Performance" . Retrieved 20 January 2007 .
^ Tirimo, F. (no date) Works - Clarinet Concerto (Lost Lanes, Shadow Groves). Available at: http://www.jamesfrancisbrown.com/works/work.asp?workid=306&order=catdate (Accessed: 13 October 2015)
^ Antony Beaumont . "Busoni, Ferruccio." Grove Music Online , ed. L. Macy (accessed December 1, 2006), grovemusic.com Archived 2008-05-16 at the Wayback Machine (subscription access).
^ "Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra, John Corigliano" . G. Schirmer, Inc. Retrieved 31 January 2007 .
^ "The saint and the shebeen" . The Herald. 20 June 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-06-29. Retrieved 2007-06-22 .
^ Tuthill, Burnet C (Spring 1962). "The Concertos for Clarinet". Journal of Research in Music Education . 10 (1): 47– 58. doi :10.2307/3343911 . JSTOR 3343911 .
^ "Oakland Symphony performs a clarinetist's 'Dream' " . Inside Bay Area. 2007-03-21. Retrieved 2007-03-21 .
^ Giselher Schubert . "Hindemith, Paul." Grove Music Online , ed. L. Macy (accessed December 1, 2006), grovemusic.com Archived 2008-05-16 at the Wayback Machine (subscription access).
^ "Clarinet Concerto—Thea Musgrave, Composer" . Thea Musgrave web site. Archived from the original on 6 February 2007. Retrieved 31 January 2007 .
^ "Lior Navok, Orchestral music, vocal music, choral, chamber and solo music - Clarinet Concerto (Concerto for clarinet)" . Archived from the original on 2 December 2007.
^ Tower, Joan (1988). "Concerto for Clarinet" . G. Schirmer Inc. Retrieved January 21, 2016 .
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