Search

Home > Classical 101 Podcasts > Mozart Minute: Mozart's 'Little Surprise'
Podcast: Classical 101 Podcasts
Episode:

Mozart Minute: Mozart's 'Little Surprise'
Category: Arts
Duration:
Publish Date: 2016-02-25 11:00:00
Description: As a freelance musician with a growing family, Mozart couldn’t afford to hide his light under a bushel, and in any event he was never one to be bashful in the first place. With musical gifts as phenomenal as Mozart knew his to be, he didn’t hesitate to put his flashiest skills on display, as he did even before the Holy Roman Emperor in one particular performance that he spiced up in a special way. In a letter of April 12, 1783, Mozart wrote his father, Leopold Mozart, of the success of a performance he gave on a benefit concert for Therese Teiber, the soprano who created the role of Blonde in Mozart’s opera The Abduction from the Seraglio . At that concert Mozart played his Piano Concerto No. 13 (K. 415) in a performance in which, as he was only too happy to report to his father, he unleashed even more prowess than originally planned. “The Emperor was there too,” Mozart wrote. “I played my first concerto which I played at my (subscription) concert. I was asked to repeat the rondo. So I
Total Play: 0

Users also like

5 Episodes
Classical Mu .. 50+     90+
200+ Episodes
Aly & Fila P .. 100+     10+