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You're listening to a download of soul music from BBC Radio 4.

It's a fascinating piece because I should say that I've played the entire piece, both at the wedding and also at two funerals.

And it was perfectly fitting for both of those occasions.

And I can't think of many pieces which would be that perfect for both the funeral and a wedding.

Well, the clarinet quintet, I mean, bear in mind the clarinet was only invented in around 1700.

So it was a comparative newcomer to the orchestra.

And it was really Mozart through his friend and fellow Freemason Stadler that he sort of realized the scope of the instrument. And so suddenly Mozart was the first person

to use the instrument as part of an extended string quartet texture.

Music Well, I'm David Campbell, and I'm a clarinetist. I've played the clarinet since I was 11.

That came about because I wanted piano lessons and the head of music said,

well, I'm sorry the piano teacher left last week but there's a clarinet in the cupboard

and a teacher comes on Tuesday,

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