ITL #15: Mostly Mozart
Chris and Sridhar discuss the premiere of a newly discovered work by Mozart, the challenges of playing Mozart, some frustrations with Mozart despite his obvious genius, and some of their favorite Mozart interpreters.
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Useful Links:
Classic FM article on Mozart's "unheard" piano piece
"Previously unknown Mozart piece enthuses Mozart week"
Premiere of Mozart's "Allegro in D"
Dr Jay Hook - our music theory professor at Indiana University
Salvator Mundi - Da Vinci painting
Krystian Zimerman plays Mozart Piano Sonata no. 10
Mozart Flute & Harp Concerto - Emmanuel Pahud/Marie-Pierre Langlamet
Noah Bendix-Balgley gives a masterclass on Mozart's Symphony no. 40
Mozart Symphony no. 40 in G Minor
Leonard Bernstein's lecture on Mozart Symphony no. 40
Victor Borge - Happy Birthday as different composers
Bernstein conducts Beethoven's 5th Symphony
Haitink conducts Mozart Symphony no. 35, "Haffner"
Mozart String Quartet no. 15 - played by Alban Berg Quartet
Mitsuko Uchida plays Mozart Piano Concerto no. 24 in C Minor
Maurizio Pollini plays Mozart Piano Concerto no. 21 in C Major
Peter Pringle plays Mozart on theremin
Glenn Gould plays Mozart Piano Sonata no. 11 in A Major
Henryk Szeryng & Ingrid Haebler play Mozart Violin Sonata no. 18 in E Minor
Mitsuko Uchida plays Mozart Piano Sonata no. 10 in C Major
Robert Levin - "Improvising Mozart" lecture
Robert Levin - "Composing Mozart" lecture
F Murray Abraham's iconic performance as Salieri in "Amadeus"