The Symphony opens with a splendidly theatrical falling diminished seventh – the prelude to a drama that unfolds rather like the storm scenes of operas of the time. This is tense, terse music, marked by fierce syncopations, pregnant silences, and…
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Symphony No. 25 In G Minor, K. 183; 1st Movement – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Symphony No. 29 in A major, K. 201; 1st Movement, Allegro Moderato (1774) – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was just 17 years old when he wrote this. Let that sink in for a moment. It’s hard to imagine the kind of beauty that must have stirred in him as he composed it – something almost…
Stabat Mater; Quando Corpus Morietur And Amen (1736) – Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
I first heard the Stabat Mater (translated from Latin: The Mother was Standing referring to the Holy Mother Mary) when I saw the movie Amadeus which still sits at No 1 on my 100 favourite movies list. More music has…
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13/12 – 19/12/21 Hidden Treasures, Amadeus Making & Christmas
Welcome to Monday’s News on the March – The week that was in my digital world. Hidden TreasuresShort Story at Weave a Web Bruce Goodman is not only a good friend in virtual world, but my favourite story-teller or cuentero.…
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Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio) 1782 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
When Die Entführung aus dem Serail ‘The Abduction from the Seraglio‘ was composed in 1781, Amadeus Mozart fell in love with Constanze Weber despite his father’s objection to their courting as recorded in the official Mozart Timeline and depicted in…
Axur, re d’Ormus (1788) Finale – Antonio Salieri
The very short finale excerpt featured today in the musical library is from Antonio Salieri’s opera Axur, re d’Ormus. I had heard it for years on my Amadeus soundtrack because it featured in the movie. A lot of the music…
