Mozart Archive

Mozart’s piano sonata KV 521 is one amazing composition. Two pianists sit at a single keyboard and they seemingly perform for each other’s pleasure. One pianist plays a theme. The partner responds; then later they …

Mozart’s third concerto in G major is a work of very considerable charm, a fine example of how Mozart was experimenting with adventurous ideas while still adhering to a Classical idiom. It reveals common ground …

Mozart loved the clarinet and was one of the first composers to include it in the standard orchestral configuration of his symphonic works. The expressive warmth of its middle and low registers, its wide range, …

Music for more than one piano and orchestra was rare in Mozart’s day, although the form would seem to be natural for a composer whose youthful career featured his own keyboard virtuosity combined with that …

The eminent Greek-born pianist, Gina Bachauer, showed her aptitude as a pianist at age 5. She gave her first recital in Athens at the age of 8. Beteeen 1933 and 1935 she received occasional instructions …