Join us for The Listening Room’s first-ever concert featuring a woodwind instrument. Slovenian Clarinet virtuoso, Darko Brlek will perform alongside the ASO Chamber Ensemble to present a captivating repertoire of classical music arranged for the clarinet and strings. 
ASO Chamber Ensemble: 
Lauren Baker – violin
Stefka Madere – violin
Grant Bedillion – viola
Dragos Filip - cello

Program

W.A. Mozart
Serenade No.13, in G-Major K.525
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
Allegro
C. Debussy
Première Rhapsodie (for clarinet and string quartet)
W.A. Mozart
Quintet in A-Major K. 581
Allegro
Larghetto
Minuetto
Allegretto con variazioni

WHAT'S INTERESTING ABOUT THIS CONCERT

  • This the first time for the ASO to feature clarinet as the main solo instrument of a subscription concert.
  • 1789 was one of the unhappiest years of Mozart’s life. He was of poor health while his chronically ailing wife, Constanza, was experiencing yet another difficult pregnancy. His commissions and the teaching jobs had dried up. Despite his state of aching despair, he composed Clarinet Quintet, which is clothed not in some violent minor key, but in the radiant A-Major. It is music the seems to smile through the tears.
  • In art, the paintings of Claude Monet (1840-1926), especially his famous "water lilies", visually exemplify the impressionist movement. In music, the works of Debussy represent the extraordinarily beautiful musical palette of colors that personify Impressionism.