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Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115

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This guide follows Brahms’s Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115 (1891) in four parts: Allegro (sonata form), Adagio, Andantino (sonata form) and Con moto (theme and variations).

Recording: Damien Bachmann (clarinet), Quatuor Ébène (2018)

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Follow all 36 sections as they play

  1. I · Sonata form
  2. II
  3. III · Sonata form
  4. IV · Theme and variations
ISonata form0:03–12:35

, B minor, in 6/8. The two violins open with a wave-like , and the clarinet enters with a rising arpeggio (a broken chord); the is only made clear a few later. A contrasting staccato idea with quick triplets is passed between the instruments. 2, the and the follow in turn. The closes the .

  1. : 1
  2. :
II13:09–24:43
IIISonata form25:17–29:40
IVTheme and variations30:04–39:15

Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.

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Johannes BrahmsChamber musicRomantic periodB minorSonata formTheme and variations

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