Happy Clarinet Day! 🎶 To celebrate here’s the final minute of the Mozart Clarinet Concerto performed by LPO Principal Clarinet Benjamin Mellefont 👏 | London Philharmonic Orchestra

The Most Beautiful Orchestral Clarinet Solo

#JustReleased Mozart's Quintet in A for Clarinet and Strings, K. 581. It is important to take special note of Mozart’s music for the clarinet when evaluating his late compositional output. Near the end of his life Mozart wrote the Clarinet Concerto; Quintet for Clarinet and Strings; “Kegelstatt” Trio for Clarinet, Viola, and Piano; multiple divertimenti and nocturnes; several serenades; a wealth of Masonic music; opera obbligati; and the Requiem which all feature the clarinet. Much of this music