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…
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Ah Tutti Contenti (Ah, All Content) (1786) – The Marriage of Figaro Act IV – 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…
Piano Concerto No 20 in D Minor K466 2nd Movement (1785) – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Above any other piece, this Mozart concerto is why I chose to write about music. My grandmother Dorothy Walton (pictured above) who I adored so much and miss beyond belief played this Mozart concerto to us. Dot as she was…
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Don Giovanni, K. 527; Act 2, Commendatore Scene (1787) – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Don Giovanni is an Opera in 2 acts with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. In 1787 when it was written Mozart was deeply worried for his fatally ill father. At about the same time a 16 year old Ludwig van…
Concerto For Flute And Harp K. 299; 2nd Movement (1778) – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
No other classical music composer will appear in this Music Library Project as often as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791). What entails the ‘Music Library Project’?This gorgeous concerto was included on the soundtrack of one of all my all…
Clarinet Concerto in A Mayor K622 (1791) – Wolfang Amadeus Mozart
Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622, was written in October 1791 just two months before his death. It was written for his friend – the clarinetist Anton Stadler and consists of three movements, in a fast–slow–fast succession. It is…
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