Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto
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Who’s on stage
Royal Northern Sinfonia plus guest conductor Nil Venditti – we loved working with her so much last year we brought her back for more!
What they’re playing
With four pieces of music on tonight’s programme, there’s something to please the most varied musical tastes. The most famous is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto, but there’s also music from Ludwig van Beethoven and Igor Stravinsky too.
Need to know
Price: £17 – £43
Running time: 2 hours, including a 20 minute interval.
Discounts: Save if you’re local, unemployed, a first timer.
Age: Under 14s must be accompanied by an adult.
Programmes: revel in the music you’re about to hear with your free PDF programme.
What you'll hear
Fazil Say Chamber Symphony (20’)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Clarinet Concerto (25’)
Igor Stravinsky Danses Concertantes (19’)
Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 1 (26’)
Who's playing
Nil Venditti conductor
Cristina Mateo clarinet
Royal Northern Sinfonia
What's happening in the music
Mozart’s Clarinet concerto is an optimistic and charming piece of music. The slow middle section, which is its most famous, is pretty much musical perfection. You might see it as purely serene and beautiful, but maybe there’s a little nostalgia and melancholy there too? Any slight sadness is erased by the intense rhythmic energy of Stravinsky’s Dances Concertantes though.
A need for romance
Also on the programme is Fazil Say’s Chamber Symphony. It’s entirely inspired by Turkish music, where the composer is from. The composer says that it’s about the complexities of modern-day Turkey. It’s middle section is calm and quiet, and as Fazil says, “underlines the need for romanticism in our age”. The piece finishes with a fast-paced dance.
Take a listen
Get a taste of Fazil Say’s Chamber Symphony.
