First Movement
The 1st Movement, in Eb major, begins with a very grand statement by the orchestra. The strings give a rather virtuosic rendition of fragments of the Clarinet melodic material. The Clarinet soloist enters with a high F (E flat concert pitch) followed by a 3 octave jump. This 3 octave jump along with other large leaps are stylistic of this movement. The majority of the first half of the movement sits very comfortably in Eb major before modulating to Db major where much of the previous clarinet melodic material is repeated. The movement finishes with a rather virtuosic clarinet part extending to the very limits of clarinet range (the clarinet goes as high as concert Ab).
Read more about this topic: Clarinet Concerto No. 2 (Weber)
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