Gervase de Peyer obituary

Clarinettist whose warm sound made him an outstanding soloist and chamber musician, and inspired several composers to write new worksThe clarinettist Gervase de Peyer, who has died aged 89, first made his mark with a BBC broadcast of the Mozart concerto at the age of 16, while still a schoolboy. He went on to become the outstanding player of his generation, developing a warm, flexible sound that made extensive use of vibrato, particularly in the lower register, and inspired many new compositions