The Marriage of Figaro (Italian: Le nozze di Figaro), K. 492, is an opera buffa (comic opera) in four acts composed in 1786 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with an Italian libretto written by Lorenzo Da Ponte. Today’s featured piece the…
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Piano Concerto No. 10 (Concerto For Two Pianos), K. 365; 3rd Movement (1779) – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
I let this jubilant and playful finale play in the background this morning as I tended to a few things and I couldn’t help feel more buoyant and lightness. I first heard it as a teenager in the Amadeus movie…
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Requiem in D Minor K. 626 (1791) – Wolfang Amadeus Mozart
If I was restricted to choose just one piece of music (of all the music I have had the privilege to hear in my life) to take with me to a Desert island it would be Requiem in D Minor.…
Eine kleine Nachtmusik, K.525 (1787) – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
No other classical music composer has featured here more than Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791). Today’s serenade Eine Kleine Nachtmusik translated as A Little Night Music is one of the composers most recognisable and delectable pieces. In a catalog…
Mass in C minor, K. 427 (Kyrie) (1783) – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The Mass in C minor is the 13th piece of music to be presented here so far by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. I first heard this in the movie Amadeus (1984), which possesses the greatest musical soundtrack I have ever heard. There’s…
Piano Concerto No 21 In C Major K467 Andante (1785) – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
It’s staggering what Mozart wrote around this time period, like the Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni and The Abduction from the Seraglio amongst many other great works written about here. Today’s featured piece – Piano Concerto No. 21 was completed just 4 weeks after he completed Piano…
The Marriage of Figaro Act IV Ah Tutti Contenti (Ah, All Content) (1786) – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
This is the second piece to feature here from one of Mozart’s most adored Operas – The Marriage of Figaro. More background information about the Opera’s conception and story and can be found in my post Ecco la Marcia Act…
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Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620 (1791) – Overture – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) K.620 Overture is the second piece to appear hear from Mozart’s famous Opera. This is so good. It premiered just 2 months prior to the composer’s death. A synopsis of the Opera can be found…
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Piano Concerto In E Flat, K. 482; 3rd Movement (1785) – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Mozart completed the Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat major on December 16, 1785 as he was approaching the height of his popularity in Vienna. Almost simultaneously, he had been working on the score to The Marriage of Figaro. This…
Queen of the Night Aria (The Magic Flute K620) 1791 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The above scene in the film Amadeus (1984) is the subject of today’s musical piece Die Zaberflote (The Magic Flute K620) Aria No.14. The work premiered on 30 September 1791 just 2 months before the composer’s death hence its placement…
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