Tag: Kegelstatt

• Skittles, anyone?

  February 16, 2015

  Chamber music, Keyboard

  Clarinet Trio K. 498, E-flat, k. 428, Kegelstatt, Mozart, string quartet

  The Mozart trio for clarinet, viola and piano K. 498 has a nickname — it’s called the Kegelstatt Trio. Kegelstatt? Who or what is a Kegelstatt? The answer’s rather surprising, I suppose: it’s a skittle alley. And what has the skittle alley have to do with the trio? The answer’s simple and, again, I suppose, rather surprising: nothing.…