The oeuvre of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is rich in wonderful music. But if a work stands out from this already great musical cosmos, it must be something very special: like his famous Clarinet Concerto in A major. It is the most significant and important of his wind concertos, his last completed work and of particular musical maturity. Mozart, who loved the clarinet especially for its warm tone, its suppleness and its colorful sound, wrote this marvel for Anton Stadler and puts the soloist on a pedestal, so to speak. He dispenses with oboes and clarinets in the orchestra and creates a light sound background with flutes, horns, bassoons and a transparent string section, against which the clarinet stands out all the more clearly.

5th Classic on Sunday

Konzerthalle Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

Crystal Pite’s poignant work grapples with themes of safe passage, displacement, community and mortality.

Light Of Passage

Royal Opera House

From the Greek islands to the Basque Country and into the New World, Greek conductor Zoi Tsokanou transports us with the works of three composers who, using the means of the classical symphony orchestra, created monuments to their respective homelands. In his suite named after an island group in the Aegean Sea, Giannis Konstantinidis opens up a surprisingly entertaining world of sound. Maurice Ravel's cheerful piano concerto combines Basque folkloric sounds with bittersweet jazz, while the African-American composer Florence Price, in her first symphony, composed a mischievous yet majestic Juba dance instead of the classical Scherzo.

Zoi Tsokanou

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Feb 19, 2026

World leaps · Stadttheater Klagenfurt

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May 25, 2025

5th Classic on Sunday · Brandenburgischen Staatsorchesters Frankfurt

Feb 20 - Mar 12, 2025

Light Of Passage · Royal Opera House

Future and recently performed repertoire

Conductor in Clarinet Concerto by Mozart

Brandenburgischen Staatsorchesters Frankfurt

Conductor in Symphony No. 1 by Price

Stadttheater Klagenfurt

Conductor in Symphony No. 3 by Mendelssohn

Brandenburgischen Staatsorchesters Frankfurt

Conductor in Piano Concerto in G Major by Ravel

Stadttheater Klagenfurt

Conductor in Dodecanese Suite No. 1 by Giannidis

Stadttheater Klagenfurt

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