Leister: Brahms's Clarinet Quintet

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Johannes Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115
Karl Leister, Clarinet
Amadeus Quartet

Best known for its autumnal mood, Johannes Brahms's Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115 was written in 1891 for the clarinettist Richard Mühlfeld.

Brahms had retired from composing prior to listening to Richard Mühlfeld play. Brahms may have met Mühlfeld already when Hans von Bülow was directing the Meiningen Orchestra. But it was Fritz Steinbach, von Bülow's successor, who brought Mühlfeld's playing to the attention of Brahms in March 1891. Brahms was very enthusiastic about Mühlfeld. That summer at Bad Ischl, he composed the Clarinet Quintet and his Clarinet Trio Op. 114, both of them for Mühlfeld. He later also composed two Clarinet Sonatas.

At the time Brahms started composing his Clarinet Quintet, only a few works had been composed for this type of ensemble. Examples include those by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Anton Reicha, Carl Maria von Weber, Franz Krommer, Alexander Glazunov, Heinrich Bärmann, and Thomas Täglich*****eck. Brahms modeled his composition after Mozart's.

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