As part of the 24 hour Mozart project, Sharon Kam performed in a live television broadcast of the Mozart clarinet concerto from the Estates Theatre in Prague. In this theater Mozart's friend and inspiration, the clarinetist Anton Stadler, premiered the clarinet concerto on October 16, 1791. Stadler used his self-constructed instrument, a Basset Clarinet, which is an extended clarinet with 4 additional halftones, going down to a written low C, sounding A. Mozart's Clarinet concerto in A major, K. 622 was written in 1791 for Anton Stadler. It consists of the usual three movements, in a fast-slow-fast form: 1. Allegro 2. Adagio 3. Rondo: Allegro The concerto is notable for its delicate interplay between soloist and orchestra, and for the lack of overly extroverted display on the part of the soloist. Sharon Kam used a Basset Clarinet for this concert. |
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