Mozart’s String Quintet KV 516
The Quintet in G minor, K. 516, carries the date 16th May 1787 and was written during the period of the final illness of Mozart’s father, who died in Salzburg on 28th May. It is …
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Mozart’s Piano Concerto #23
The A-major concerto, one of Mozart’s most popular, is not only a powerfully emotional work—especially the second movement—but is also of historical interest. One of three concertos Mozart was to perform in Vienna during the …
Mitsuko Uchida Plays the Sonata KV 576 by Mozart
In 1789 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) wrote to one of his debtors about a promising commission to write six easy keyboard sonatas for a royal patron. Only one sonata, his last in D major, K.576, …
Helene Grimaud Plays Mozart
The scene and rondo, “Ch’io mi scordi di te? … Non temer, amato bene,” K. 505, was written by Mozart in December 1786 for singer Nancy Stotrace’s Vienna farewell concert (February 23, 1787), prior to …
Mozart’s Piano concerto #15
This concerto by Mozart. is orchestrated for solo piano, flute (third movement only), two oboes, two bassoons, two horns, and strings. The concerto is in three movements: Allegro Andante in E-flat major Allegro The first …