Uploaded February 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
This performance of Johannes Brahms' Clarinet Quintet appeared in a recent digital concert "Love's Longing." His model for this piece was a work that Mozart composed for the same ensemble of clarinet, two violins, viola and cello in 1789. Perhaps it is just coincidence that Mozart and Brahms both embraced the clarinet in what proved to be their final years, but the combined impact of their labors—especially the matching quintets—tend to conjure adjectives like “wistful” and “nostalgic” and especially “autumnal,” as if the music foretells, with peace and resignation, the nearness of death.
Enjoy the full performance for free: content.thespco.org/music/concert-library/composition/clarinet-quintet-in-b-minor-op-115-johannes-brahms
Stream the full concert "Love's Longing" for free: content.thespco.org/music/concert-library/concert/loves-longing
This performance of Johannes Brahms' Clarinet Quintet appeared in a recent digital concert "Love's Longing." His model for this piece was a work that Mozart composed for the same ensemble of clarinet, two violins, viola and cello in 1789. Perhaps it is just coincidence that Mozart and Brahms both embraced the clarinet in what proved to be their final years, but the combined impact of their labors—especially the matching quintets—tend to conjure adjectives like “wistful” and “nostalgic” and especially “autumnal,” as if the music foretells, with peace and resignation, the nearness of death.
Enjoy the full performance for free: content.thespco.org/music/concert-library/composition/clarinet-quintet-in-b-minor-op-115-johannes-brahms
Stream the full concert "Love's Longing" for free: content.thespco.org/music/concert-library/concert/loves-longing
