Elvira Madigan MOZART's Piano Concerto No 21 in C K 467

The Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K. 467, was completed on March 9, 1785 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, four weeks after the completion of the previous D minor concerto, K. 466 The second movement was featured in the 1967 Swedish film Elvira Madigan. This has led to an anachronistic nickname of Elvira Madigan for the concerto. Neil Diamond's 1972 song "Song Sung Blue" was based on a theme from the andante movement of the concerto. WIKIPEDIA An electronic arrangement of the concerto's first movement was used as the main theme of the TV series Whiz Kids.



VIDEO: Mozart:Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K. 467 Orchestra filarmonica della Scala Maurizio Pollini Riccardo Muti 2004

Mozart Piano Concerto no 5 in D K 175

Piano Concerto No. 5 in D major, K. 175, was composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1773, at the age of 17. It is Mozart's first fully original piano concerto; his previous efforts were based on works by other composers. WIKIPEDIA

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K41, Piano Concerto No 4

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart began his series of preserved piano concertos with four that he wrote at the age of 11, in Salzburg: K. 37 and 39-41. The fourth was composed in July of 1767. The first and third movements are based on ones by Honauer (Op. 1, No. 1), and the middle one on Raupach (Op. 1, No. 1).
VIDEO: Soloist/Conductor: Murray Perahia English Chamber Orchestra Mozart Piano Concerto No.4 K41 G major (all movements)

K 40, Piano Concerto No 3 in D

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart began his series of preserved piano concertos with four that he wrote at the age of 11, in Salzburg: K. 37 and 39-41. The autographs, all held by the Jagiellonian Library, Kraków, are dated by his father as having been completed in April (K. 37) and July (K. 39-41) of 1767. Although these works were long considered to be original, they are now known to be orchestrations of sonatas by various German virtuosi. The works on which the concertos are based were largely published in Paris, and presumably Mozart and his family became acquainted with them or their composers during their visit to Paris in 1763–64. Composition of the third piano concerto k 40, was in July, 1767. The first movement is based on the initial movement of Honauer's Op. 2, No. 1. The second on one by Johann Gottfried Eckard (op. 1, no. 4 ), the most famous keyboardist of his day. The third movement is based on C. P. E. Bach's piece La Boehmer, published in the early 1760s. Mozart's cadenzas for the concerto survive. VIDEO: Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 3 in D major, K. 40 (Murray Perahia)

Mozart: Flute Quartet No. 3 in C major, K. 285b,

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Flute Quartet No. 3 in C major, K. 285b, is the last of three quartets for the amateur flautist Ferdinand De Jean. Mozart's manuscript designates this work for flute, violin, viola and basso. Despite following directly after the first two flute quartets in the Köchel catalogue, the Quartet in C was almost certainly written a few years later, likely sometime between the years 1781 to 1782.

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 VIDEO: W.A. Mozart Flute Quartet No. 3 in C Major K.285b / Allegro (Dress Rehearsal) Min Park, flute / Emilie Anne, violin / Wei-Yang Andy Lin, viola / Sean Katsuyama, Cello
 

Flute Quartet No. 2 in G major, K. 285a

The Flute Quartet No. 2 in G major, K. 285a, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is the second of three quartets for the amateur flautist Ferdinand De Jean, and was likely written between 1777 and 1778; indeed, the composition is listed directly after the Flute Quartet No. 1 in the Köchel catalogue.
 



VIDEO: Flute: Sharon Bezaly Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Flute Quartet No.2 G major (K.285a.) Andante & Tempo di Menuette

MOZART Flute Quartet No 1 in D K 285

The Flute Quartet No. 1 in D major, K. 285, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart for flute, violin, viola, and basso the first of three quartets for the amateur Ferdinand De Jean, was probably written between 1777 and 1778.

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VIDEO: The opening piece of the Levocske Babie Leto (Indian Summer in Levoca) Festival 2011, performed in the Old Town Hall of Levoca (Slovakia) by Carlo Jans wth members of the Zemlinsky Quartet.

 

MOZART Violin Concerto No 3 in G K216

The Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, K. 216, was composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Salzburg in 1775. Mozart was only 19 at the time. By the age of nineteen Mozart encouraged by his father Leopold had become increasingly anxious that a place should be found for him in a more distinguished position than Salzburg could ever offer. His dissatisfaction was to lead to his attempt to find employment in Mannheim or in Paris, and finally, in 1781, to a breach with his patron the Archbishop and to a final decade of precarious independence in Vienna. Limited as it might have been, Salzburg, all the same, offered some opportunities. In 1775 the Archbishop commissioned a setting of a Metastasio libretto, Il re pastore, for the official visit to the town of the Archduke Maximilian Franz in April. The violin concertos were written later in the year and as we have seen provided at least a reminder of Mozart's achievement during his long absence. The Concerto in G Major, K. 216, shares the greater popularity of the last three of the series. The opening Allegro offers an orchestral exposition in which the principal themes are declared, the first of them having already appeared in Il re pastore. The soloist repeats the principal theme and by means of new material leads to the second subject, both duly developed and re-established in the final section of the movement

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VIDEO: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, K. 216 I. Allegro (00:00) II. Adagio (10:35) III. Rondeau. Allegro (21:00) Hilary Hahn, violin Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra Gustavo Dudamel, conductor 

MOZART Haffner Symphony No 35 in D

 Symphony No. 35 in D major, K. 385, was composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1782 and is also called the Haffner Symphony. It was commissioned by the Haffners, a prominent Salzburg family, for the occasion of Sigmund Haffner's ennoblement. The Haffner Symphony should not be confused with the eight-movement Haffner Serenade, another piece Mozart wrote on commission from the same family in 1776. The symphony is scored for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets in A, 2 bassoons, 2 horns in D and G, 2 trumpets in D, timpani, and strings. Mozart's choice of key for the Haffner Symphony is an aspect that catches one's attention. According to Cuyler, "the key of D major, which was so felicitous for the winds, served Mozart more often than any other key, even C, for his symphonies," including the Paris (No. 31) and Prague (No. 38) symphonies. The key is also indicative of the work's serenade origins as all of Mozart's orchestral serenades are scored in D major. Hence, it is not surprising that the Haffner Symphony was written in the key of D major. The symphony is in four movements: 1. Allegro con spirito, 4/4 2. Andante, 2/4 3. Menuetto, 3/4 4. Presto, 2/2. The Haffner Symphony usually runs somewhere around 20 minutes in length. A recording by George Szell with the Cleveland Orchestra (Sony SBK 46333) runs 19.11; one by Iona Brown with the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields (Haenssler CD 94.003) is 21.09; and one by Sir Neville Marriner also with the same ensemble (Philips 420 486-2) runs 21.34. VIDEO: