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Heinrich Sutermeister (1910-1995)

Capriccio for unaccompanied Clarinet in A (1946)
Hommage a C. Debussy (1994)

Bela Kovacs (b. 1937)

Fantasiestucke fur Klarinette und Klavier, Op. 73 (1849)

Robert Schumann (1810-1856)

I. Zart und mit Ausdruck (Tender and with expression)

II. Lebhaft, leicht (Lively, light)
Ill. Rasch und mit Feuer (Quick and with fire)

Xuelai Wu, Piano

I ntennission
Trio fur Klarinette, Violoncello, und Klavier, Op. 114 (1891)

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

I.Allegro
II.Adagio
Ill. Andantino grazioso

IV. Allegro
Wesley Skinner, Cello
Xuelai Wu, Piano
Swiss-born opera composer Heinrich Sutermeister wrote Capriccio for unaccompanied Clarinet in A for the
1947 International Contest in Geneva. This work col'ltains a contrasting dialogue between a few themes,
optimized for the layout of the clarinet's key work. He composed one more work for the clarinet
repertoire, a concerto, in 1975-76.
Bela Kovacs is a Hungarian clarinetist and composer. His Hommage A C Debussyis from a collection of
nine solo works he published together in 1994. Each composition was inspired by the styles of various wellknown composers, including Bach, Paganini, von Weber, de Falla, Strauss, Bart6k, Kodaly, and
Khatschaturian.
Robert Schumann was a Romantic-era German composer and music critic. The original title of
Fantasiestiicke (Fantasy Pieces) was NachtstOcke (Night Pieces). Although he composed this instrumental
song cycle for clarinet, Schumann also allowed the viola and cello to perform his work.
Tawards the end of his life, another German composer, Johannes Brahms thought he had run out of musical
inspiration. He was going to quit composing. After hearing German clarinetist, Richard Muhlfeld give a
private performance of Mozart's Clarinet Quintet in the spring of 1891, Brahms' creativity was revived. He
wrote four more works for the clarinet, which he had never featured in a chamber music setting. Brahms
finished his Trio during the summer of that same year, and started his Quintet that same summer. Three
years later, Brahms wrote two Sonatas for Clarinet and Piano Op. 120. The Trio could be paralleled to
Brahms' reflections on his loved ones who kept passing away.
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