This is the second year the #ClassicsaDay team went with a Classical Christmas theme. And that’s fine. If you think about it, composers have been writing works for the season as long as there’s been notation to preserve them. For my contributions, I tried to avoid the obvious choices. In the process, I discovered some […]
Max Reger
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Max Reger: Music for Clarinet and Piano
In 1900, Max Reger heard Brahms’ Op. 120 clarinet sonatas for the first time. According to one of the performers, he said, ‘Fine, I am also going to write two such things.’ Three weeks later, Reger’s Op. 49 clarinet sonatas were completed. As one might expect, these sonatas are very similar to Brahms’, both in […]