The development of a performance companion to the Third Clarinet Concerto of Carl Stamitz played on five- and six-key period clarinets: an analysis of technical capability and performance style through practice-led research

Abstract

This study explores the process of learning to play five- and six-key Classical clarinets from the perspective of a modern clarinettist. Utilising practice-led research methodology, this project consists of an exegesis and a full-length recital informed by this research. The recital featured a range of clarinet compositions of the Classical period including; Johann Stamitz (1717–1757) Clarinet Concerto (circa 1754–1755), Carl Stamitz (1745–1801) Third Clarinet Concerto (1785), Jean-Xavier Lefevre (1763–1829) Grand Sonata no.2 (c.1804–1805) and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) ‘Kegelstatt’ Trio for viola, clarinet and piano, KV 498 (1786). The recital was performed on the Classical ‘period..