a journey through romance with piano and clarinet
Music by C.M. von Weber, Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Schubert, Robert Schumann, Richard Wagner, Johannes Brahms, Gustav Mahler and Alban Berg
No instrument is so little of this world as the clarinet; none, as Berlioz wrote, is so capable of reproducing the magic of twilight. Even the tone production is an in-between world of its own: it is never possible to say exactly when a clarinet tone really begins, and when it is there, something from over there always resonates…No instrument is so little of this world as the clarinet; none, as Berlioz wrote, is so capable of reproducing the magic of twilight. Even the tone production is an in-between world of its own: it is never possible to say exactly when a clarinet tone really begins, and when it is there, something from over there always resonates…
by Katharina Eickhoff
Carl Maria von Weber (1786 – 1826) | 13´
7 Variations on a Theme from Silvana, Op 33
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827) | 14´
Piano Sonata No. 27 in E minor, Op. 90
I. Mit Lebhaftigkeit und durchaus mit Empfindung und Ausdruck
II. Nicht zu geschwind und sehr singbar vorgetragen
Franz Schubert (1797 – 1828) | 5´
Three pieces from “Rosamunde” for clarinet and piano by M.UCKI
Shepherd song
Entre-Act after third act
Ballet music I
Robert Schumann (1810 – 1856) | 10´
Fantasiestücke op. 73
I. Zart und mit Ausdruck
II. Lebhaft, leicht
III. Rasch und mit Feuer
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Richard Wagner (1813 – 1883)
aus “Tristan und Isolde”
Hirtensolo for Tarogato solo | 5´
Liebestod Arr. for Piano solo by Franz Liszt | 8´
Gustav Mahler (1860 – 1911) | 7´
2 Songs for clarinet and piano from Ronald Kornfeil
I. Verlorne Müh’ from “Des Knaben Wunderhorn”
III. Rheinlegendchen from “Des Knaben Wunderhorn”
Johannes Brahms (1833 – 1897) | 20´
Sonata for Clarinet and Piano No. 2 in E flat major op. 120/2
I. Allegro amabile
II. Appassionato, ma non troppo Allegro
III. Andante con moto – Allegro non troppo
Encore
Alban Berg (1885 – 1935) | 2´15´´
from seven early songs “Traumgekrönt” for clarinet and piano
Mako Okamoto, piano
Dirk Altmann, clarinet
