Jan Josef Beer (1744-1812) - Concert pour la Clarinette principale (1793)

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Composer: Jan Josef Beer (1744-1812)
Work: Concert (B-Dur) pour la Clarinette principale : Deux Violons, Deux Violes et Basse, Deux Hautbois, Deux Cors de Chasse (1793)
Performers: Emil Drápela (clarinet); Státní filharmonie Brno; Tomáš Hanus (conductor)

Concert pour la Clarinette principale (1793)
1. Allegro 0:00
2. Adagio cantabile 12:14
3. Rondo 16:20

Painting: Johann Friedrich Fechhelm (1746-1794) - Berlin vom Tempelhofer Berg aus gesehen (1781)
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Jan (Johann) Josef (Joseph) Beer [Baehr, Baer, Baher, Bähr, Bär, Beere, Behr, Paer, Pär, Pehr]
(Grünwald, [now Pastviny], 18 May 1744 - Berlin, 28 October 1812)

Bohemian clarinettist, teacher and composer. His earliest career was as a trumpeter in the military, following which he made his way to Paris, where he was employed as a clarinettist by the Duke of Orléans (1767-77) and by the Prince of Lambesc (1778-79, 1781-82) and where he debuted as a clarinetist at the Concerts spirituels (1771-79), mostly as a soloist of Carl Stamitz concertos. In 1782 he began to tour Europe extensively, and by 1783 he had obtained a post at the Imperial orchestra in Moscow. By 1792 he had been called to Potsdam and engaged to direct concerts for King Friedrich Wilhelm II of Prussia. In 1809, at the age of 65, he performed in a concert at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig and was overwhelmingly praised. As a composer, his music has been little studied, but he wrote mostly for his own instrument, including three clarinet concertos, a sonata for clarinet and bassoon, and six duos for two clarinets. He was important not only because he was the earliest well-known virtuoso clarinettist but because he popularized the German style of playing, which incorporates a soft expressive tone quality with a brilliant technique. He taught several influential clarinettists including Michel Yost, Etienne Solère and Heinrich Baermann.