Canberra International Music Festival / Concert 10, “Greatest Mozart II”, Fitters’ Workshop, May 3. Reviewed by IAN McLEAN. AS interesting as it is to hear, and to be challenged by, new music from our living composers, it’s also delightful to just enjoy the music of the master composers. In this case – Mozart! As a bonus, what an extra delight to hear that music played by wonderfully gifted musicians. That was the situation for Concert 10 of the Canberra International Music Festival when players from the Australian Romantic and Classical Orchestra (ARCO) performed a sublime concert of two major Mozart works. The basset clarinet was first built around 1788 and is similar to a standard clarinet but with an extension at the bottom which allows an added third to its lower range. On all clarinets, the lower range is regarded as being particularly smooth and silky, so the added notes permitted compositional exploration of this deeper tonal quality. The ‘Clarinet Quintet in A, KV 581’ was written in 1789 and utilises the basset clarinet both as a soloist and as a partner player in the chamber music group.