What did the clarinet evolve from? From a small flute 300 years ago to a star of the orchestra

In the orchestra, the clarinet sounds exceptionally soft, and at times, like a human voice.Its low notes are warm and ...
The Guardian

Nielsen: Flute and Clarinet Concertos review – punchy playing that’s full of character

The Carl Nielsen International Competition winners get the personality of the Danish composer’s last large-scale orchestral pieces spot on In 1921, Carl Nielsen heard the Copenhagen Wind Quintet for ...
PBS

The Clarinet and its Sound

Learn how the clarinet makes sound and explore its role in the woodwind family. In a hands-on music lesson, Professor Richard Church, conductor of the University of Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra, ...
Classic FM

Mozart Clarinet Concerto, Bassoon Concerto No. 2, Flute Concerto

A celebration of some of Mozart's greatest woodwind concertos, in Claudio Abbado's 80th birthday year. Drive Featured Album, 22 April 2013. If this album is anything to go by, there's a reason ...
The Guardian

Nielsen: Flute Concerto; Clarinet Concerto; Wind Quintet, Pahud/ Meyer/ Berlin Philharmoniker/ Rattle

In theory this disc should be an absolute winner. The works for flute and clarinet are the only two concertos Nielsen lived to complete from a plan to compose one for each of the members of the ...