Vor genau 210 Jahren wurde es uraufgeführt: Das wunderschöne Klarinettenkonzert Nr. 1 von Carl Maria von Weber - hier mit Joë Christophe (ARD-Wettbewerb-Preiststräger) und dem Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks 🤩🎶 | ARD Klassik

Happy birthday to Carl Maria von Weber (1786–1826), a pivotal figure in the early Romantic movement and a foundational voice in the development of German opera. He composed his Quintet in B-flat major for Clarinet and Strings, Op. 34 for clarinetist Heinrich Baermann, inspired by his virtuosity and technical innovations. The piece remains an enduring chamber music favorite, admired for its ornate melodies and mixture of Romantic and Classical stylistic elements. This 2019 CMS performance from th

Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826) was a composer and opera director during the transition from Classical to Romantic music. His ‘great heroic-romantic’ opera ‘Euryanthe’ premiered in Vienna in 1823. Through-composed and dispensing with spoken dialogue, its chivalric plot provides opportunities for a series of arias, ariosos, duets, cavatinas and choruses that contain some of his greatest operatic music. This 2018 MusikTheater an der Wien production employs the opera’s original version with a few,