Melbourne Recital Centre - MVA – Mozart's Clarinet

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The Spirit of Invention.

Vienna, 1785. Johann Friedrich Schink is blown away by a new work featuring the clarinet and basset horn. ‘Oh, what a glorious effect it made – glorious and great, excellent and sublime!’ he writes of Mozart’s Serenade ‘Gran Partita’.

Eighteenth-century Vienna was alive with musical inventions. The clarinet, basset horn, and fortepiano were expanding the possibilities for composers like Mozart and the young Ludwig van Beethoven.

Performers and early music scholars Nicola Boud, Simon Cobcroft, and Erin Helyard bring their infectious enthusiasm for 18th-century innovation to the much-loved chamber music of these trailblazing composers.

Travel back to the future with three dynamic artists to hear these glorious works as if for the first time.

Dates & Times

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Duration: 2 hours (incl. interval). Please note, running times are approximate and subject to change.

Tickets

Standard & Concession

Premium $153 ($135 Concession)
A reserve $125 ($110 Concession)
B reserve $92 ($80 Concession)
C reserve $65 ($56 Concession)

Group 10+

Premium $137.70
A reserve $112.50
B reserve $82.80
C reserve $58.50

Under 40

A–C reserve $49

Student

Premium $135
A reserve 110
B reserve $80
C reserve $56

A Transaction Fee between $4 and $8.50 applies to orders made online and by phone. Delivery Fees may also apply. A ticket limit of six is in place online to ensure fair ticket access for all. Want to bring a bigger party? Call our Box Office during business hours on (03) 9699 3333 to book.

Artists

Nicola Boud historical clarinets
Simon Cobcroft cello
Erin Helyard fortepiano

Program

Ludwig van Beethoven
Sonata for Fortepiano and Basset Horn, Op.17 (arr. Friedlowsky)
12 Variations on ‘Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen’ from The Magic Flute

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Trio in E-flat, K.498 ‘Kegelstatt’

Ludwig van Beethoven
Aria con Variazioni from Three Duos, WoO 27

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Sonata in C, K.545

Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Trio in B-flat, Op.11 ‘Gassenhauer’

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