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Madeleine Easton<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Judging by its popularity amongst listeners of ABC Classic FM as\u00a0Australia’s most popular composition by Mozart, the Clarinet Concerto in<\/em> A Major K.622\u00a0 <\/em>is listened to an awful lot.\u00a0Some of these performances would be on a modern \u2018liquorice stick\u2019 clarinet,\u00a0not the basset clarinet, which was the instrument of Mozart’s time\u00a0for which\u00a0he would have written the concerto.<\/p>\n

The Brandenburg’s Principal Clarinet Craig Hill will be\u00a0recreating the sounds that Mozart intended when he\u00a0performs this dearly held concerto on a basset clarinet with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, directed by Paul Dyer,\u00a0in their Beautiful Minds<\/em> series this October.<\/p>\n

The basset\u00a0clarinet\u00a0was longer, of a distinctly different shape\u00a0and\u00a0had more keys, enabling a wider range of notes. \u201cThe rediscovery of the type of clarinet Mozart himself knew is a musical detective story stretching back over 70 years,\u201d says Craig Hill. \u201cSince the 1940s many musicians became suspicious about the score \u2013 the clarinet part just didn’t sit right with the instrument we know today.\u201d<\/p>\n

These suspicions were confirmed, by the discovery in 1992, of concert\u00a0programmes from the 1780s in which Anton Stadler had\u00a0played a\u00a0basset clarinet. Anton Stadler was a prominent clarinetist of the time, a friend of Mozart, and the\u00a0person for whom Mozart wrote\u00a0 the\u00a0clarinet quintet K581 and concerto K622, both in A major.\u00a0These archives, lying in a\u00a0library in\u00a0Riga\u00a0showed an engraving of Stadler’s instrument. The engraving showed a long instrument\u00a0ending\u00a0in a right angle topped by a bulbous extension. On a beautiful new instrument made of boxwood, Craig made the world\u2019s first recording of the clarinet concerto on a basset clarinet with the Brandenburg in 2001.<\/p>\n

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Engraving of basset clarinet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Joining the ensemble is the UK based Australian violinist\u00a0Madeleine Easton\u00a0performing Mozart\u2019s\u00a0Violin Concerto No.3 in G Major K 216. <\/em>Easton is an accomplished and highly sought after musician. In 2006 she was appointed Concertmaster of the Hanover Band.<\/p>\n

Madeleine is in great demand both on modern & period violins, particularly as soloist & chamber musician. She has been a member and a guest principal with many of the major symphony and chamber orchestras in Australia. In London she regularly leads the London Musical Arts Ensemble, Orchestra Nova, the Southern Sinfonia, the Musicians of the Globe, The Independent Opera Company, the New London Consort and London Orchestra da Camera. In July 2006, she was appointed concertmaster of the Hanover Band, one of the most prestigious period instrument orchestras in England. She also plays with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, the Gabrieli Consort, the Academy of Ancient Music, Orchestra Revolutionaire et Romantique, the City of London Sinfonia and the London Philharmonic Orchestra. As a soloist, Madeleine has performed with many symphony orchestras in Australia and the UK, including the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra.<\/p>\n

Program<\/strong>:
\nMozart Divertimento in D KV. 136 Allegro<\/em>
\nMozart Clarinet Concerto in A, K.622<\/em>
\nMozart Violin Concerto No.3 in G, K.216<\/em>
\nMendelssohn Hebrides Overture (‘Fingal’s Cave’) Op. 26<\/em><\/p>\n

SPECIAL OFFER:<\/strong>
\nBuy any two tickets to any performance of<\/strong> Beautiful Minds<\/em> before 5pm Friday 12 October, and receive a free Mozart Clarinet Concerto and Arias CD featuring Craig Hill.<\/strong>
\nTo take advantage of this great offer,\u00a0visit www.cityrecitalhall.com<\/a> or<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

book\u00a0by phone on (02) 8256 2222 or\u00a0 in person at City Recital Hall Angel Place<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

Mention the promotion code CLARINET to take up this offer. Adult tickets start from $61 (additional fees may apply).<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

*One CD per transaction. Winners will be notified by email or mail. CD to be collected on the night from the Guest Ticket desk before the performance. Not valid for previous purchases. Offer closes Friday 12 October 2012 at 5pm or while stocks last. Only valid for tickets booked through City Recital Hall Angel Place using the promotion code CLARINET.<\/p>\n

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