Institute of Musical Research

Mozart and the Viennese FortePiano

[PRESENTER] John Irving

John Irving discusses the Viennese Fortpianos of Anton Walter, and performs Mozart on a recent copy of one of Walter's instruments.

Supported by Institute of Musical Research, Canterbury Christ Church University

Filming and Editing: Colin Still

Executive Producer: John Irving

© 2012 Optic Nerve

Institute of Musical Research

Mozart and the Classical Clarinet

[PRESENTER] Jane Booth

Jane Booth discusses the Classical clarinet

Supported by Institute of Musical Research, Canterbury Christ Church University

Filming and Editing: Colin Still

Executive Producer: John Irving

© 2012 Optic Nerve

Institute of Musical Research

An Eighteenth-Century Viola Restored

[PRESENTER] Peter Collyer

Peter Collyer discusses the restoration of an Eighteenth-Century Viola

Supported by Institute of Musical Research, Canterbury Christ Church University

Filming and Editing: Colin Still

Executive Producer: John Irving

© 2012 Optic Nerve

Institute of Musical Research

An Eighteenth-Century Viola Restored

[PRESENTER] Peter Collyer

Peter Collyer discusses the restoration of an Eighteenth-Century Viola

Supported by Institute of Musical Research, Canterbury Christ Church University

Filming and Editing: Colin Still

Executive Producer: John Irving

© 2012 Optic Nerve

Institute of Musical Research

Mozart and the Classical Clarinet

[PRESENTER] Jane Booth

Jane Booth discusses the Classical clarinet

Supported by Institute of Musical Research, Canterbury Christ Church University

Filming and Editing: Colin Still

Executive Producer: John Irving

© 2012 Optic Nerve

Institute of Musical Research

Mozart and the Viennese FortePiano

[PRESENTER] John Irving

John Irving discusses the Viennese Fortpianos of Anton Walter, and performs Mozart on a recent copy of one of Walter's instruments.

Supported by Institute of Musical Research, Canterbury Christ Church University

Filming and Editing: Colin Still

Executive Producer: John Irving

© 2012 Optic Nerve

Institute of Musical Research

Ensemble DeNOTE recorded a video documentary of Mozart’s “Kegelstatt” Trio for clarinet, viola and fortepiano at Finchcocks Musical Instrument Museum at Goudhurst in Kent in May 2012. The DVD, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart “Kegelstatt” Trio K.498: An Eighteenth-Century Conversation, is produced by Optic Nerve Films. It contains a 20-minute documentary on the work, covering issues of performance practice, interviews with the players and a ‘behind-the-scenes’ insight into the rehearsal process; introductions to the period instruments; and a complete performance of the “Kegelstatt”.

The “Kegelstatt” was Mozart’s only composition for the unusual combination of Clarinet, Viola (which Mozart played himself in the first performance) and Fortepiano. Ensemble DeNOTE perform the work using modern reconstructions of a Lotz clarinet and a Walter fortepiano, and a restored eighteenth-century viola. The documentary and performance explore the Trio as an intimate musical ‘conversation’ - an idealised form of chamber music making, in contrast to more typical concert-hall performance.

Funding for the project was generously provided by The Institute of Musical Research, School of Advanced Study, University of London, and Canterbury Christ Church University.

Institute of Musical Research

Ensemble DeNOTE recorded a video documentary of Mozart’s “Kegelstatt” Trio for clarinet, viola and fortepiano at Finchcocks Musical Instrument Museum at Goudhurst in Kent in May 2012. The DVD, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart “Kegelstatt” Trio K.498: An Eighteenth-Century Conversation, is produced by Optic Nerve Films. It contains a 20-minute documentary on the work, covering issues of performance practice, interviews with the players and a ‘behind-the-scenes’ insight into the rehearsal process; introductions to the period instruments; and a complete performance of the “Kegelstatt”.

The “Kegelstatt” was Mozart’s only composition for the unusual combination of Clarinet, Viola (which Mozart played himself in the first performance) and Fortepiano. Ensemble DeNOTE perform the work using modern reconstructions of a Lotz clarinet and a Walter fortepiano, and a restored eighteenth-century viola. The documentary and performance explore the Trio as an intimate musical ‘conversation’ - an idealised form of chamber music making, in contrast to more typical concert-hall performance.

Funding for the project was generously provided by The Institute of Musical Research, School of Advanced Study, University of London, and Canterbury Christ Church University.

Institute of Musical Research

John Irving, Jane Booth and Peter Collyer

John Irving, Jane Booth and Peter Collyer discuss realising an historically-informed performance of Mozart’s “Kegelstatt” Trio, K498

Supported by IMR, Middlesex University, AHRC Research Centre for Musical Performance as Creative Practice, Royal Academy of Music, John Coffin Memorial Fund

Executive Producer: Paul Archbold

Editor: Jane Clegg

Director: Colin Still

© Optic Nerve, 2013