[JPL] Alvin Batiste Question

Larry Appelbaum jumpmonk at hotmail.com
Mon May 7 19:47:29 EDT 2007


Jae,

That would be the Concerto in A major, K. 622. Maybe the confusion is that 
he (Alvin, not Wolfgang) played a B-flat clarinet?

Larry


>It was noted that while in high school Alvin Batiste was a "guest soloist" 
>on Mozart's "Concerto in Bb" with the New Orleans Philharmonic. He was the 
>first black that had such an honor - which got him the nickname of "Mozot." 
>Considering that Mozart didn't write a Clarinet concerto in Bb that I'm 
>aware of would anyone know what actual Concerto this was? He wrote one 
>interestingly enough for bassoon (Could have been transposed but my guess 
>it's highly unlikely in this case) and a couple piano concertos and smaller 
>works in the key but none for his instrument. Thanks for any help with 
>this.
>
>   Jae Sinnett
>
>
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