Quintet for Piano and Winds (Mozart) Quintet in E for Piano and Winds, Op. 16 by Ludwig van Beethoven, who composed this tribute in 1796. Both compositions share the same key and use the same scoring. In 1995, French composer Jean Françaix (1912-1997) arranged the quintet to a "Nonetto" for nine instruments (oboe, clarinet in B, horn in E, bassoon, 2 violins, viola, cello and double bass), reworking the piano part for the strings. Quintet for Piano and Winds (Mozart) The Quintet in E major for Piano and Winds, K. 452, was completed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart on March 30, 1784 and premiered two days later
Quintet for clarinet, bass clarinet and string trio (Simpson) Quintet for clarinet, bass clarinet and string trio (Simpson) The Quintet for clarinet, bass clarinet and string trio by Robert Simpson was completed in 1981 and commissioned by Gerald Drucker principal double bass at the Philharmonia Orchestra of London. The first performance was given at the Wigmore Hall in 1981 by the London Double Bass Ensemble and led by Gerald Drucker. Robert Simpson was attracted to the idea of a quintet for the somewhat unusual combination of three double basses, clarinet and bass clarinet, beginning with a passage where the bass trio is actually introduced in harmonics, so that the