Mozart-Mantras

Enjott Schneider in dialogue with Mozart: Even the instrumentation of the nine-minute "Mozart-Mantras" alludes to Mozart, a co-inventor of the genre of clarinet quintet. With regard to motif, they are based on melodies of the famous aria "Non ho colpa" from the opera Idomeneo. Motivic fragments taken from it are subject to various repetitions, thus becoming a kind of "mantra". This technique, related to "minimal music", of processing small motivic particles does not remain meditative at all but still leaves room for the clarinet to sing. In the middle movement, "Adagio", the clarinet plays an original quote from Mozart's moving aria for mezzo-soprano. Enjott Schneider studied music and German studies and is professor of music theory and film composition in Munich. His extensive activities as a composer, performer, music writer and lecturer make him a versatile figure of the musical world.