Clarinet Concerto (Mozart)
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622, was completed in October 1791 for the clarinettist Anton Stadler. It consists of three movements, in a fast–slow–fast succession.
Silhouette of Anton Stadler; sketch of his basset clarinet, 1794
Standard clarinet (soprano) in A, basset clarinet in A and Basset horn in G
Kleine Freimaurer-Kantate
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The Kleine Freimaurer-Kantate, K. 623, also called "Laut verkünde unsre Freude" after its opening words, is a cantata by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Finished in 1791 shortly before his death, it is the f
Clarinet Concerto (Mozart)
…Rondo: Allegro (in A major) The work was completed a few weeks before the composer's death. It was to be his second to last completed work, Laut verkünde unsre Freude (K. 623) being his last, and has been described as his swan song. The date of its first performance is not certain, but may have been 16 October 1791…
A Masonic lodge meeting of Mozart's day, once thought to portray Mozart's own lodge. According to Waldoff (2018:53), it depicts a large hall in the home of Baron Moser where two of the Viennese Masonic lodges held their meetings (it is not the venue where this cantata was premiered). The blindfolded man at center is an initiate, and most of the members are wearing their blue and red Masonic aprons. Oil painting, 1789, Vienna Museum.