When it comes to understanding what music of the past may have sounded like, original instruments can sometimes be our best teachers. Host Debra Nagy draws from “her rolodex of superb musicians” for this episode that puts special focus on woodwinds in the Classical era. Chamber music for oboe, clarinet, bassoon, and horn by Mozart, Reicha, Krommer, and others reflect shifting aesthetic values, experimental technologies, and newfound virtuosity.
Debra Nagy, host & executive producer
Shelby Yamin, associate producer
Hannah De Priest, podcast producer
Clarinet
flute
horn
bassoon
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SEASON UNDERWRITERS
Joe Sopko & Elizabeth Macintyre
Greg Nosan & Brandon Ruud
David Porter & Margaret Poutasse
Bonnie Baker
EPISODE SPONSORS
Astri Seidenfeld
REMOTE ARTIST SPONSORS
Sarah Steiner
Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 104, arranged by Johann Peter Salomon
Franz Krommer:Quartet no. 2 for oboe and strings
Andante
Johann Georg Lickl: Cassazione for oboe, clarinet, horn, and bassoon
Adagio
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Clarinet Quintet in A Major, K. 581
Adagio (excerpt)
Anton Reicha: Quintet for Winds in Eb, Op. 88 no. 2
Menuetto and Trio; Finale