Francesco Petri, Alfredo Zamarra, Giovanni Bietti – Mozart

Francesco Petri clarinet
Alfredo Zamarra viola
Giovanni Bietti piano

W. A. Mozart (1756-1791)
Trio in E flat major K 498 “Kegelstatt-Trio”

30′ | Museum ticket

The anecdote has Mozart compose (part) of this very particular Trio while busy playing skittles – hence the Italian name of “Trio dei birilli”. If this demonstrates the composer’s ability to work in almost any situation, it shouldn’t suggest that the Trio was written with only one hand: at the first performance, the clarinet part was entrusted to the great virtuoso Anton Stadler, who was Mozart’s also a very dear friend.