For Wednesday, February 21 on KKFI 90.1 FM or streaming at kkfi.org, 9:00-11:30pm CST, Early Clarinet Evergreens.
But first, this from Acker Bilk: I look at my clarinet sometimes and I think, I wonder what’s going to come out of there tonight? You never know.
Well, tonight we will begin to find out.
We’ll hear:
1. W.A. Mozart – Clarinet Concerto in A major K622 – Wolfgang Meyer clarinet, Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducting
2. Claude Debussy – Premiere Rhapsodie L116 – Franklin Cohen clarinet, The Cleveland Orchestra conducted by Pierre Boulez
3. Paul Ben-Haim – Pastorale Variee for Clarinet, Harp and String Orchestra Op31b – David Drosinos clarinet, Saint Petersburg Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Lande conducting
4. Aaron Copland – Sonata for Clarinet – Michael Rowlett clarinet, Stacy Rodgers piano
5. Carl Nielsen – Clarinet Concerto Op. 57 – Martin Frost clarinet, Lahti Symphony Orchestra conducted by Osmo Vanska
6. Johannes Brahms – Clarinet Quintet in B minor Op. 115, Karl Leister clarinet and the Amadeus Quartet
The photo is of Martin Frost.