Clarinet Quintet, B minor - Op.115 - Johannes Brahms 'Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center'

Composition Year: 1891
First Performance: 1891-11-24 - Meiningen (private): Richard Mühlfeld (clarinet), Joachim-Quartett (string quartet)
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Performers: Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Dedication: Richard Mühlfeld
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00:01 1. Allegro
10:27 2. Adagio
22:16 3. Andantino
27:07 4. Con moto
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Work:
Johannes Brahms's Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115, was written in 1891 for the clarinettist Richard Mühlfeld. It is scored for a clarinet in A with a string quartet. It has a duration of approximately thirty-five minutes.
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Background:
At the time Brahms started composing his Clarinet Quintet, only a few works had been composed for this type of ensemble. Examples of clarinet quintets include those by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Anton Reicha, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Sigismund von Neukomm, Carl Maria von Weber, Franz Krommer, Alexander Glazunov, Heinrich Baermann, and Thomas Täglichsbeck. Brahms modeled his composition after Mozart's.
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Brahms and Mühlfeld:
Brahms had retired from composing prior to listening to Richard Mühlfeld play. Brahms may have met Mühlfeld already when Hans von Bülow was directing the Meiningen Court Orchestra. But it was Fritz Steinbach, von Bülow's successor, who brought Mühlfeld's playing to the attention of Brahms in March 1891. Brahms was very enthusiastic about Mühlfeld. That summer at Bad Ischl, he composed the Clarinet Quintet and his Clarinet Trio Op. 114, both of them for Mühlfeld. He later also composed his two Clarinet Sonatas Op. 120.
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Wikipedia: Extended biography: http://bit.ly/3kbFPC0
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Music contained in this video is licensed under: Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial No Derivatives 3.0 / Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum