Johannes Brahms
Opus 120 No. 1
Short instrumentation: 2 2 2 3 - 3 2 1 0 - timp, str
Duration: 25'
Bearbeitet von: Luciano Berio
Dedication: a Franco e Barbara Debenedetti, affettuosamente
Solos:
clarinet in Bb
viola
Instrumentation details:
1st flute
2nd flute
1st oboe
2nd oboe
1st clarinet in Bb
2nd clarinet in Bb
1st bassoon
2nd bassoon
contrabassoon
1st horn in F
2nd horn in F
3rd horn in F
1st trumpet in C
2nd trumpet in C
trombone
timpani
violin I
violin II
viola
violoncello
contrabass
Brahms - Opus 120 Nr. 1 transcribed for clarinet (or viola) and orchestra
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Johannes Brahms
Brahms: op. 120 No. 1 for clarinet or viola and orchestra - op. 120/1Orchestration: for clarinet or viola and orchestra
Type: Studienpartitur
Johannes Brahms
Brahms: Opus 120 Nr. 1 - op. 120/1
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Orchestration: for clarinet (viola) and orchestra
Type: Dirigierpartitur
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We owe the composition of Brahms’ two clarinet sonatas, Clarinet Trio and Clarinet Quintet to Richard Mühlfeld, the great instrumentalist whom Hans von Bülow had introduced to the composer. Brahms wrote in a letter to Mühlfeld, “I have not been so impulsive as to write a concerto for you.” However, Berio did, in 1986. (His version for viola corresponds to Brahms’, who wrote a viola version since the clarinet was not yet such a common solo instrument at the time). Berio’s orchestration is faithful to Brahms; the result is that the music literature has become richer by two concert works by Brahms.