Season finale with Mozart & Tjajkovskij

This evening the orchestra’s own 1st solo clarinettist Leah Aksnes steps into the soloist role, and does so with Mozart’s popular Clarinet Concerto. Mozart was one of the first composers to include the new instrument, the clarinet, in his works. He loved its sound and found time to write the clarinet concerto in an extremely busy period. The Magic Flute was first performed in September 1791, La clemenza di Tito premiered in Prague the same month, and work on the Requiem was under way. Even so, the clarinet concerto is marked by calm and an almost serene beauty. The divinely beautiful second movement is an audience favourite, which a few years ago was voted by P2’s listeners the best piece of classical music.