Mozart’s Concerto #27 is a piece of music that is singularly uncomplicated, existing on its own intimacy. The mellow tone of the work conveys a mature serenity that are amazing considering the composer’s multiple life agonies at the time.
The melodies are direct, and the frequent reliance on the winds enhances the warmth that is the most prominent feature of the Concerto.
Yes, “mellowness” is also a good description of this Concerto – in the floating lyricism of the first movement; in the second movement’s hushed revelations and pristine, operatic miniaturism; and in the Finale’s good humor.
Here is Daniel Barenboim as conductor of the Vienna Philharmonic, and the piano soloist to demonstrate the beauty of this masterpiece:
