Clarinet Blog: History, Technique, and Performance

Notes, short analysis and video of the beautiful Nino Rota Sonata for clarinet and piano.

Recording and useful data about the Sonatina for clarinet and piano by Joseph Horovitz, written in 1981.

In just a few days (September 20, 2022), I will have the immense pleasure of performing a work that I truly love, though it is not among the most well-known pieces in the repertoire: the Clarinet Concerto Op. 36 in E-flat major by Czech composer Franz Krommer (1759–1831), whose original Czech name was František Vincenc Kramář . I had studied this concerto during my teenage years with a piano reduction , and now I will finally be able to perform it with an orchestra—as it wa