Jan Josef Beer (1744-1812)
- 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)
Painting: Johann Georg Rosenberg (1739-1808) - Berlin, Hackescher Markt mit Spandauer Brücke und Marienkirche
Further info: Sólo pro klarinet
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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.
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