List of clarinet concertos

Bachtrack top ten: Clarinet Concertos

• 1 Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A major, K622.
• 2 Weber: Clarinet Concerto no. ...
• 3 Copland: Clarinet Concerto.
• 4 Nielsen: Clarinet Concerto.
• 5 Hillborg: Clarinet Concerto “Peacock Tales”
• 6 Finzi: Clarinet Concerto.
• 7 Krommer: Clarinet Concerto in E flat major, Op.36.

1. Who was the first person to write a clarinet Concerto?
2. Did Vivaldi write a clarinet Concerto?
3. What is the hardest clarinet piece?

Who was the first person to write a clarinet Concerto?

The discovery of six clarinet concertos by Johann Melchior Molter (1696–1765) — the first of which may date from 1743 — and three concerti grossi for clarinet and oboe written by Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741) as far back as 1711 have led music historians to revise the common view that the first concerto for the ...

Did Vivaldi write a clarinet Concerto?

Historians believe that the clarinet was first invented around 1700. ... However, some composers started writing for clarinet straight away, including Vivaldi with his Concerto Grosso of 1711.

What is the hardest clarinet piece?

Fast forward to the present, and there are milestone compositions for the clarinet written in the last 90 years that rank as the most difficult works ever written for the instrument. This list begins in 1928 with the Concerto for Clarinet, Op. 57 by Carl Nielsen, which is pyrotechnical even by 21st century standards.