Transformations and Further Passages, a lively new album by Germany's The Clarinet Trio, revives tunes written by German jazz composers in the 1950s and '60s. This is FRESH AIR. In modern jazz and ...

Learn how the clarinet makes sound and explore its role in the woodwind family. In a hands-on music lesson, Professor Richard Church, conductor of the University of Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra, ...

PLEASANT HILL — A quirk of fate powered-up the orchestra-like sound of Karen Weber’s Clarinet Fusion ensemble, growing from four to eight players and expanding the group’s instrumental performance.

Beethoven and Brahms each wrote a single trio incorporating the clarinet. Later in the show we hear a concert performance of Beethoven's trio. For now, we sample the clarinet sound Brahms had in mind.

This is FRESH AIR. In modern jazz and improvised music, there are many single-instrument choirs, such as saxophone quartets and brass ensembles. Also, bands have clarinets. Germany's The Clarinet Trio ...