Mozart completed his Concerto No. 21 only a month after his previous concerto. He would write four more in the next 21 months. Because Mozart wrote them for his own concert performances in Vienna, he did not write down the solo cadenzas that he improvised during performance, and, as a result, modern concert pianists have had to either create their own cadenzas or use those created by others.
The piece’s first movement, “Allegro maestoso,” is an exuberant, extroverted lead-in to an internal, quietly satisfying second movement, “Andante.” The third movement, “Allegro vivace assai,” reveals Mozart at his high-spirited, irrepressible best.
Here is Yeol Eum Son to play this concerto for you:
