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28. Showing Off by The Concert - Isabella Stewart Gardner Museumratings:
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20 minutes
Released:
Feb 15, 2013
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Works for string and keyboard and chamber orchestra performed by the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.Mozart: Violin Sonata in B-Flat Major, K 454Mozart: Concerto No. 14 for Piano and Orchestra in E-Flat MajorMany would agree that Mozart is, as a composer, in a class of his own. And so when scholar after scholar and critic after critic calls out a particular work as one of Mozart’s best, it is sure to be quite an extraordinary piece of music. We find ourselves today in the very fortunate position of hearing two such works: Mozart’s 32nd violin sonata, in B-flat Major and his 14th piano concerto, in E-flat Major, both played with great style and panache by the musicians of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.Mozart’s Sonata for Violin & Piano no. 32, K. 454, is first on the program, and it is an absolutely exquisite specimen of the genre. The piece is a true partnership of equals—unique among Mozart’s work to date in that respect.Next comes the Piano Concerto. Written in the same year as the violin sonata we have just heard, the 14th piano concerto was written when Mozart was unanimously regarded as the top pianist in town. It was written for his student, Barbara Ployer, and if the piece is any indication, she must have been a very promising pupil. The piano part is quite virtuosic.
Released:
Feb 15, 2013
Format:
Podcast episode
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