Sharon Kam: Mozart - Concerto in A major for Clarinet & Orchestra K.622 | Mozart from Prague 

Same, she will forever be an inspiration for improving my own sound

I heard her with this concerto live, two months ago. The second movement was breathtaking. The audience was at awe. She is truly the best interpreter of Mozart.

you are so lucky @@ellaroman1592

Yes!~

Thank you so much for sharing about the clarinets! :)

Thank you!

I so fully ahree!

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It is not so much because of preference, but rather because of necessity. The basset clarinet was as you mentioned designed by Stadler as an extension of his clarinet to reach the low C. The only remains of this clarinet (as far as I know) is the sketch of it on the flyers for the Uraufführung of the clarinet concert. It was described by people reporting on the Uraufführung as an "Inventions-Klarinette" (a new type of clarinet). The problem is that it didn't find any widespread adoption, I don't think that anyone other than Stadler had one. So most if not all available version of the concert at the time (Mozart, if I remember correctly, started to rewrite the concert himself, though I am not sure of it) were written for the regular clarinet, because of the things mentioned above. In addition, Stadler's plans for the clarinet were lost to time, so there was no way for other clarinet builders to make these extensions. Because of the rewriting of the Concerto to suite the needs of clarinetists (being able to actually play it) and loosing the plans to how the extension was build, the basset clarinet was forgotten. There were (and maybe still are) Historians that are doubtful of it's existence, but it was the discovery of the original version by Mozart, but more importantly, the discovery of the pamphlet depicting the clarinet that led to efforts of reconstructing it. Nowadays, the basset clarinet is being brought back more and more for the Mozart Clarinet Concerto KV622 and I have seen efforts to reconstruct passages, which were meant to be played on a basset clarinet, in Mozart's Clarinet Quintet KV581. There are recordings of Sabine Meyer and Ricardo Morales also playing on basset clarinets available on RU-vid.

On a level with his Flute and Harp concerto

My favorite of Mozart's, and that's really saying something.

Agree, perfection!

OHHHHH, my DEAR, VERY YESSSSS -- DAVID from GOLDEN PRAGUE. ABSOLUTELY VERY FASCINATING AMAZING DIVINE BEAUTY this VERY BEAUTIFUL DIVINE MUSIC.........

Fantástico...

Yes the second movement will make you want to cry, it is so beautiful!

Couldn't have said it better....ABSOLUTELY!

This is true, Ricardo. Later Mozart works are conceptually more ellaborated. This is the case for many composers, as one would expect. The maturity and experience makes a considerable difference.

Bless you for this

It’s an a basset clarinet which makes it bigger. The basset clarinet can play until a low low c. An a clarinet without extension isn’t that much bigger than the bflat clarinet

moi aussi c c'youness

Abida Ezarzar MDR 😂

but she plys so well, that I guess the movement helps her really get into her music; like connect with it.

William Starsinic You must have a pretty musical car if you think this is mechanical.

You must have a faulty ear. Have it checked. Then enjoy the good music.

Clarinet was my first instrument. Ms Kam could play me out of my socks when I was at my best. This Startsinic dude is only joking for sure! 🤣

too fast for sure, unmusical... I wouldn't say - she is not playing following hystorically informed praxis and they play modern instruments... I prefer that kind of performances (at the moment my favourtie one is Lorenzo Coppola's), but they aren't the only possibility. "Never crescendo in the end of a frase" don't you think this is a bit too stiff? even in classical phrasing (and maybe even more) there is variety

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