Adolf Busch’s Divertimento Op. 62b is a wind trio for clarinet, oboe and cor anglais. Conposed in 1944 following Busch’s emigration to the United States, this piece was inspired by the Russian-born clarinetist Simeon Bellison

Adolf Busch performed around the world both as a solo violinist and with his Busch Quartet, founded in 1912. In 1944 Busch emigrated to the U.S. where he met, at the occasion of a performance of Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet, the Russian-born musician Simeon Bellison. Stimulated by his playing, Busch wrote the rousing Divertimento Op. 62b shortly thereafter. The humorous, entertaining character of the work in six movements relies on historical genre models. The fusing of the three distinctive sound colors is achieved in a special manner by Busch.