41 in C Major, K. 551, ... Kansas Cty Symphony PROGRAM NOTES By Ken Meltzer 24 2018/19 Season kcsymphony.org | Haydn composed his Symphony No. Symphony No. Writing music wasn’t about expressing your emotions as much as it was crafting excellent musical structures – the composer’s own emotions were kept hidden. Mozart : “Symphony No. A. t the end of this concert, we will hear the Symphony No. We have no reason to doubt the account provided by the English composer and publisher Vincent Novello, who (along with his wife) visited Mozart’s widow and their son Franz Xaver in 1829 and reported: “Mozart’s son said he considered the Finale to his father’s Sinfonia in C—which Salomon christened the Jupiter—to be the highest triumph of Instrumental Composition, and I agree with him.” This would have been the German violinist Johann Peter Salomon, remembered especially for having established himself as an impresario in London and arranging Franz Joseph Haydn’s two stints in Great Britain in the 1790s. To be sure, the first movement bears a fast tempo marking, Allegro vivace; but its opening phrases are stately, their rhythms emphatic and their harmonic motion firmly anchored in the home key. An invigorating first movement predominates, followed by a … More than two centuries after they were written, these works—the Symphonies No. THE MUSIC In the Symphony No. Conductor Xian Zhang leads the Seattle Symphony in music by William Grant Still, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Ludwig van Beethoven on Thursday, September 24, 2020 at 7:30pm on Seattle Symphony Live. Le groupe thématique A comporte plusieurs idées : A1 qui est en Do M et caractérisé par ses 4 rondes initiales, ce thème A1 a été amorcé dans le menuet (il y a donc un souci d'unité des mouvements de la symphonie), le thème A1 domine, reste principal par rapport aux autres éléments de A ; A2 est aussi en Do M et ce motif affirme très nettement les notes de la tonalité. Symphony No. 41 is the … NOV 3 – 5 | This convivial concert brims with music as a celebration of life. James M. Keller is Program Annotator of the San Francisco Symphony and the New York Philharmonic. PROGRAM ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIFTH SEASON Chicago Symphony Orchestra Riccardo Muti Zell Music Director Yo-Yo Ma Judson and Joyce Green Creative Consultant Global Sponsor of the CSO Thursday, June 2, 2016, at 8:00 Friday, June 3, 2016, at 8:00 Saturday, June 4, 2016, at 8:00 Tuesday, June 7, 2016, at 7:30 Edo de Waart Conductor Daniel Gingrich Horn Mozart Symphony No. Symphony No. of the piano part of Hummel's original arr. PROGRAM: A TANGO WITH MOZART. MOZART: Jupiter Symphony. for piano, flute, violin, and cello that was issued by Chappell in 1823. a b c Sources. This website uses cookies. For Piano (Meves) Complete Score * #107362 - 2.69MB, 23 pp. Now it holds pride of place, at first on its own, then in counterpoint with itself. Michael Steinberg, the San Francisco Symphony’s program annotator from 1979 to 1999 and a contributing writer to our program book until his death in 2009, was one of the nation’s pre-eminent writers on music. Ravel, 1919)–by Maurice Ravel (1875–1937) The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires (arr. Its emotional range is wide indeed, prefiguring the vast expressive canvas that would emerge in the symphonies of Beethoven. It was to be his last effort in the genre, and many would argue, one of his best. Program Notes. It’s the kind of detailing that makes music great. MOZART & HAYDN. The coda thus creates a cognitive exhaustion born of sheer magnitude. In 1798, a reviewer for Leipzig’s Allgemeine musikalische Zeitung referred to Mozart’s “formidable Symphony in C major, in which, as is well known, he came on a little too strong.” But soon commentators adopted tones of almost universal adulation. Sometimes, however, the mask slips. Mozart’s biographer Neal Zaslaw remarked, “No symphony of Mozart’s, not even the ‘Jupiter’, has aroused so much comment as this one.” In the movement’s development section he juxtaposes several in counterpoint, and he works in a passage in which woodwinds intone descending chromatic lines, densely harmonized, recalling related contours in the first and second movements. 40 in G Minor, K. 550 Mozart entered this symphony in his catalog on July 25, 1788. He also makes much of the composer's Masonic connections. Other themes make their entrances one by one—not extended melodies so much as fleeting motifs, yet Mozart gives them all enough play to lend them familiarity. Historical background and fascinating insights into the composition and significance of Mozart's Symphony No. As with all his works, Mozart’s symphonies were generally written “upon demand,” for a specific purpose or event. Here, after a patrician introduction, the first movement allegro is lithe and purposeful. Mozart, of course, had no idea that these would be his last symphonies. ... Notes. Near the exposition’s end Mozart injects the last of numerous themes to populate this movement, a lighthearted, skipping tune (self-borrowed from his concert aria “Un bacio di mano”) that, for all its simplicity, reveals a brilliant touch of orchestration. On désigna par « tête de thème » (ou « incipit ») les 2 ou 3 premières notes d’un thème. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart completed his Symphony No. 41 in C major, K. 551, was completed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart on 10 August 1788. endstream endobj 41 0 obj <> endobj 42 0 obj <. Symphony No. 41 in C major, K.551, Jupiter. I always look forward to playing this incredible masterpiece since there’s something new to discover with each interpretation. The last of the three, Symphony No. PROGRAM NOTES by Phillip Huscher Wolfgang Mozart Born January 27, 1756, Salzburg, Austria. Almost incredibly, all three were produced in the space of about nine weeks, in the summer of 1788: he began his Symphony No. Menuetto: Allegretto 4. 41 in C major, K. 551, on 10 August 1788. With the mystifying disaster that was Vienna’s disdain for Don Giovanni, closing after only 15 performances, Mozart’s debts accrued beyond control. 41 in C major, K. 551, on 10 August 1788. They stayed until October and, on their return trip home to Vienna, stopped at Linz, where Mozart’s patron Count Thun offered them his hospitality. 39) but has a grand finale. Mozart composed it for two amateur musicians, in the “easy’’ key of C major, and while he wrote improvisational cadenzas for each instrument, the originals were lost long ago. The summer of 1788 was a grim one for Mozart, marked by financial problems and the death of his six year old daughter Theresia. In her monograph on this symphony, Elaine Sisman wrote: “The mass of simultaneously writhing fragments, at all rhythmic levels and in all instruments, with the relentless background of the four whole-notes, cannot be taken in. We are privileged to continue publishing his program notes. His books are available at the Symphony Store in Davies Symphony Hall. 41 in C major, K. 551, on 10 August 1788. 40 on 25 July. %PDF-1.6 %���� Program Notes Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart with his sister Maria Anna (detail), painted by Johann Nepomuk della Croce, c. 1780. J'AIME . WILLIAM GRANT STILL: Mother and Child. 36 (“Linz”), K. 425. THE LEGACY Symphony No. Revelation stands on every ensuing page. Mozart had planned a concert series at which the Symphony No. If this symphony sounds tame by today’s standard, it wasn’t to those who first heard it, notes Alfred Einstein in Mozart: His Character, His Work. Gardiner shapes II delicately and his players shade the music with matching delicacy; a graceful performance ensues. The Marianne Williams Tobias Program Note Annotator Chair. 33. La Symphonie n° 41 « Jupiter » est la dernière de Mozart. Purchase: Javascript is required for this feature. It rings true: the earliest concert programs to use the nickname were Scottish and English, and the first printed edition to slap the name on the title page was a piano transcription of the symphony published in London in 1823. 77 0 obj <>stream Learn More. It makes vivid the mathematical sublime.” That climax may be viewed as looking both backward, to the sort of contrapuntal virtuosity we associate with Bach and Handel, and forward, to the dramatic power of fugue as demonstrated in many of the greatest compositions of Beethoven. Shostakovich’s Symphony No. PARTAGER PLAYLIST. That doesn’t factor in that he was writing other pieces at the same time, giving piano lessons, tending a sick wife, enduring the death of a six-month-old daughter, entertaining friends, moving to a new apartment, and pestering his fellow freemason Michael Puchberg for financial loans. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Ballet Music from Idomeneo, K. 367: Chaconne and Pas Seul. 41 in C major (Jupiter)—continue to stand at the summit of the symphonic repertory, where they keep company with a small and supremely select group of fellow-masterpieces by the A-list of composers. Symphony No. h�b```a``�b`e`��`�g@ ~�+P�����>�3c���D�Ũh�iyi�nJE������;if���� L*� Z�D1(�U��0����10�Fi �����W�q.���"�K�]|��S$�6�}]��{���aB�L�Wm���Ă2`Εd`�Ҍ@� � XD0? 41 in C major, K.551, Jupiter, JOHANN CHRYSOSTOM WOLFGANG GOTTLIEB MOZART, BORN: January 27, 1756. 10 is a very special piece for me. Mozart was riding the crest of his popularity as a composer and pianist in Vienna when he premiered his Piano Concerto, Number 21 on March 9, 1785 at the Burg Theater, in one of his subscription concerts. Indeed it does display that dance’s essential attributes of 3/4 meter with a stress on the second beat, but it nonetheless seems a remote connection. Mozart's final symphony was nicknamed the "Jupiter," and - like the planet and the Roman god that share its name - it still stands out as one of the greatest of its kind. ABOUT THE MUSIC. 41 in C major, K. 551 (1788) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791) One of the greatest demonstrations of musical creativity over a short span of time took place during the summer of 1788, when Mozart wrote his last three symphonies in six weeks. Saint-Saëns’ Cello Concerto No. The work is nicknamed the Jupiter Symphony, likely coined by the impresario Johann Peter Salomon. Mozart composed the Symphony No. Allegro vivace 2. 41, Mozart seems intent on showing off his sheer brilliance as a composer. Molto allegro. Nikolaus Harnoncourt argues that Mozart composed the three symphonies as a unified work, pointing, among other things, to the fact that the Symphony No. No. Andante cantabile 3. Administration: 250.385.9771 • Box Office: 250.385.6515. Symphony No. Herbert Blomstedt led, INSTRUMENTATION: Flute, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani, and strings. Watch Mozart Symphony No.41-4M - takejoens on Dailymotion. The similarities between Michael’s 29 th and 39 th, and Mozart’s 41 st are sometimes startling, as you can hear. h�bbd``b`�$�A,% �.bmLS@�U b��"b@�t+ D䀸f �X~@�+H����7��a �4��$���H���g� �cJ WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART . Program Notes: Mozart & Beethoven. 41 is universally known among English-speaking music lovers as the Jupiter Symphony. Symphony - Symphony - Mozart: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart raised the symphony to heights that in many respects remain unsurpassed. Victoria Symphony Virtual Season; Tickets. THE MUSIC In the Symphony No. His books are available at the Symphony Store in Davies Symphony Hall. 40 in G Minor, K. 550 Mozart entered this symphony in his catalog on July 25, 1788. We are privileged to continue publishing his program notes. BORN: May 11, 1895 in Woodinville, Mississippi DIED: December 3, 1978 in Los Angeles, California WORK COMPOSED: … Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sinfonía nº 41, en do mayor, K 551 "Júpiter". OSKAR OZOLINCH, NCS VIOLIN Symphony No. VIDEO. Analysts have sometimes described this movement as being rooted in the sarabande, a French courtly dance of the Baroque. 40 in G Minor, K. 550 WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART BORN January 27, 1756, in Salzburg; died December 5, 1791, in Vienna PREMIERE Composed 1788; first … 41, Mozart seems intent on showing off his sheer brilliance as a composer. K. 550 has always attracted attention and comment. 26 for performance during the observance of Easter. Program Notes by Martin Pearlman. BORN: May 11, 1895 in Woodinville, Mississippi DIED: December 3, 1978 in Los Angeles, California WORK COMPOSED: … Today’s “Haffner” Symphony, one of Mozart’s greatest masterpieces, was composed with a special celerity. This is a joke that had recently been made by Mozart’s friend Haydn, in his Quartet in D major (Opus 50, no.6, nicknamed the Frog); it was published in October 1787, about ten months before Mozart wrote this symphony. Son surnom n'est pas de Mozart mais de l'organisateur de concerts contemporain Johann Peter Salomon et apparaît pour la première fois lors d'un concert en Écosse en 1819. PROGRAM ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIFTH SEASON Chicago Symphony Orchestra Riccardo Muti Zell Music Director Yo-Yo Ma Judson and Joyce Green Creative Consultant Global Sponsor of the CSO Thursday, June 2, 2016, at 8:00 Friday, June 3, 2016, at 8:00 Saturday, June 4, 2016, at 8:00 Tuesday, June 7, 2016, at 7:30 Edo de Waart Conductor Daniel Gingrich Horn Mozart Symphony No. From the heroic opening From the heroic opening flourishes of the Allegro vivace to the triumphant five-part fugato near the end of the fourth movement Molto Allegro, the piece bubbles over with Mozart’s high spirits and compositional genius. But the “wunder But the “wunder Symphony No. OSKAR OZOLINCH, NCS VIOLIN Symphony No. Haydn may have been a musician for hire, but he couldn’t keep his personality from bursting at ever… Albert Einstein put it this way: “Mozart is the greatest composer of all. 41 in C major, K. 551, (Jupiter) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791 ) Duration: Approximately 31 minutes First Performance: unknown - c. 1788 Last ESO Performance: April, 2012; Jaime Laredo, conductor Program Notes by Daniel Maki. 41, the so-called “Jupiter” Symphony, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791). of the piano part of Hummel's original arr. The concert ends with a work that, in its final movement, miraculously combines the fugal rigor of the Beethoven with the lightness of spirit represented by the Higdon—the Symphony No. for piano, flute, violin, and cello that was issued by Chappell in 1823. Since he didn’t, these three works stand as the summa of his achievement in symphonic music, and in their strikingly different characters we glimpse not only a drawing together of strands of development that had enriched his orchestral music to that point but also hints of what the future might have held. Program notes – Glen Phillips ... Those composers wrote for the present, not the future, hence Mozart’s 41 Symphonies and Joseph Haydn’s 70-plus string quartets. Mozart: Symphony No. About 'Symphony No.41 in C Major (Jupiter), K.551 1st Movement' Artist: Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (sheet music) Born: January 27, 1756 , December 5, 1791 Died: Salzburg , Vienna The Artist: A child prodigy, Mozart wrote his first symphony when he was eight years old and his first opera at 12. Mozart’s Jupiter Symphony, the final one he composed and his most famous, is known for its good humour, exuberant energy and unusually grand scale for a symphony of the time. Whether the association was in Mozart’s mind or not, he develops this sonata-form movement in a way that has very little to do with the Baroque. La Symphonie no 41 en ut majeur, K. 551, dite Jupiter, est une symphonie composée par Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart en juillet-août 1788 et achevée le 10 août 1788, alors qu'il était âgé de 32 ans. Le Tombeau de Couperin (1917) (orch. Un thème est entendu à plusieurs reprises, à l’identique ou plus ou moins modifié, mais toujours identifiable. MOZART, Symphony No. 40 in G minor, and No. 41 in C Major, K. 551, “Jupiter” 1. The Trio section plays a joke on listeners by (as musicologist Peter Brown put it) “having the end of the phrase precede its beginning”; that is to say, the opening notes of each phrase sounds like a concluding cadence, while the notes that follow sound like they are revving up for that conclusion—whereas they themselves end up being the end. The opening Allegro starts out with a definitive statement from the whole orchestra, followed by a more lyrical theme in the strings. 10 is a very special piece for me. The Marianne Williams Tobias Program Note Annotator Chair. Symphony No. ©2020 San Francisco Symphony | Privacy & Terms. 41 in C Major, K. 551, "Jupiter" Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Mozart did not actually call his last and most famous symphony, completed on August 10, 1788, the "Jupiter." In the summer of 1788, Mozart found himself in financial despair. Its emotional range is wide indeed, prefiguring the vast expressive canvas that would emerge in the symphonies of Beethoven. The development arrives via an unembellished harmonic step from C to E-flat. October 25 & 27, 2019 . The date of the first performance is not known. ... Sinfonie in E-flat KV 543: Score and critical report (in German) in the Neue Mozart-Ausgabe; Symphony No. 26 |NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC. 41 is the last of a set of three that Mozart composed in rapid succession during the summer of 1788. As this continues, the two oboes enter to sustain a “pedal tone” on the note D (the dominant note in this passage), and then solo bassoon adds its voice to the violins’ line, which means that the melody is sounding in three different octaves at once. Michael Steinberg, the San Francisco Symphony’s program annotator from 1979 to 1999 and a contributing writer to our program book until his death in 2009, was one of the nation’s pre-eminent writers on music. Saturday, January 19 at 8PM and Sunday, January 20 at 4PM, at the Lesher Center in Walnut Creek . Symphony No. As with so many musical nicknames, this one did not originate with the composer. 41 in C major, "Jupiter" For many years the source of the nickname "Jupiter" for Mozart's last symphony was unknown. 41 in C major, K. 551, is, in terms of its architecture and the majesty of its gestures, an appropriate climax to the trilogy. It was the last symphony that he composed, and also the longest. Mozart would return to Salzburg alone and … Program Notes : By Jason Sundram : Symphony #31 in D major Paris K. 297 (300a) (1778) Program Notes Home: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (January 27, 1756–December 5, 1791) Allegro; Andante; Allegro; In the summer of 1778, Mozart and his mother left Salzburg on a fateful journey to Paris, in search of a salaried position for 22-year-old Wolfgang. b. Salzburg, Austria / January 27, 1756. d. Vienna, Austria / December 5, 1791. 39 was completed on 26 June and No. The finale (Molto allegro) is a marvel even by Mozartian standards. Saturday, November 9, 2019 at 8:00PM Sunday, November 10, 2019, at 3:00PM Masaaki Suzuki, conductor Carolyn Sampson, soprano Joanne Lunn, soprano Zachary Wilder, tenor Dashon Burton, bass-baritone St. Louis Symphony Chorus Amy Kaiser, director HAYDN Symphony No. Symphony 39 is one of my favourite Mozart pieces. 38 in D … PROGRAM NOTES by Phillip Huscher Wolfgang Mozart Born January 27, 1756, Salzburg, Austria. Wagner is perhaps best-known for his grand operatic works, but his Siegfried Idyll, a symphonic poem for chamber orchestra, reflects a gentle, tender side of the composer. 40 in G minor, this final symphony seems in no great hurry even when its music is moving quickly. In late July of 1782, Mozart was at work on a wind-band arrangement of the orchestral parts of his recently premiered Opera, The Abduction from the Seraglio , when he received a letter from his father in Salzburg with a commission for a Serenade for some friends, the Haffners. He undoubtedly had every expectation of living well into the nineteenth century; and although that is not what happened, at least he had another three and a half years in which he might well have written further symphonies. The first two measures are for strings alone: first and second violins playing the melody in octaves, cellos accompanying with simple arpeggios, violas and double basses plucking pizzicatos on the opening beat of each measure. Violins install mutes for the slow movement (Andante cantabile), yielding a veiled timbre. 48, "Maria Theresia" MOZART Mass in C Minor, K. 427 Learn 40 0 obj <> endobj Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart completed his Symphony No. He was the head of music for the immensely wealthy Esterházy family in modern-day Austria, writing and directing for their bustling cultural life. This name stems not from Mozart but rather was likely coined by the impresario Johann Peter Salomon in an early arrangement for piano. Composed in 1788, the Symphony No. Education & No. 40 on 25 July. 0 Each is a very full-scale work, comprising the standard four movements of the late-Classical symphony. For Piano (Meves) Complete Score * #107362 - 2.69MB, 23 pp. Although we don’t know just when it was premiered, the Jupiter Symphony quickly earned a reputation as a work of exceptional qualities. MOZART: Symphony No. Henry Hadley conducted. The Symphony No. … Died December 5, 1791, Vienna, Austria. Mozart: Symphony No. %%EOF 41 in C major, K. 551, is, in terms of its architecture and the majesty of its gestures, an appropriate climax to the trilogy. 39 was completed on 26 June and No. W. A. MOZART Symphony No. That evening was a well-attended leading musical and social event, with a new concerto from the composer. Symphony No. Mozart wrote only two symphonies in a minor key, one in 1773 and the other in 1788. Symphony No. This only added to his grief over his infant daughter’s … Mozart’s Symphony No. Salzburg, Austria, COMPOSED: July 25 (at earliest) through August 10, 1788, WORLD PREMIERE: No information has survived concerning its premiere, although a concert of Vienna’s Tonkünstler Societät in April 1791 did include “a grand symphony” by Mozart, and this may have been this work, US PREMIERE: January 7, 1843, Henry Schmidt conducted the Academy of Music in a performance at the Boston Odeon, SFS PERFORMANCES: FIRST—February 7, 1913. 41, as the final work, has no introduction (unlike No. 41, “Jupiter” Notes on the Program By Noel Morris ©2020 T here are many quotes to this effect. But he withholds the most astonishing surprise until the coda: a breathtaking display of counterpoint—five melodies sounding against one another, worked out so any of them can fall at any pitch level within the orchestral texture. 41 in C major, K. 551, (Jupiter) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791 ) Duration: Approximately 31 minutes First Performance: unknown - c. 1788 Last ESO Performance: April, 2012; Jaime Laredo, conductor Program Notes by Daniel Maki. “His great Symphony in C with the closing fugue is truly the first of all symphonies,” declared Nissen. F.J. HAYDN (1732-1809) Symphony No. 41 in C major, “Jupiter” was to be played, but there is no historical evidence to prove the premiere of “Jupiter” took place at the series. Notes on the Program. In fact, he has already stated it, in the Trio of the Menuetto, where we are not likely to have paid much attention to it. In the Menuetto, a descending line with a related chromatic curve stakes its place at the top of the texture, and Mozart ends up developing it into a serpentine canon for woodwinds. Mozart’s final three symphonies – Nos. Certainly compared to its predecessor, the edgy, nervous Symphony No. THE BACKSTORY Mozart’s biography contains such an amazing procession of experiences and achievements that it reads almost like an eighteenth century novel. PROGRAM NOTES. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. 41, was written in just 16 days. 41 (Mozart) has been listed as a level-4 vital article in Art. MOST RECENT—March 2016. Leonid Desyatnikov) – by Astor Piazzolla (1921–1992) Symphony No. 41, nicknamed “Jupiter” in 1788. 41, as the final work, has no introduction (unlike No. 38 in D … The work is nicknamed the Jupiter Symphony. Even for Mozart this rate of output is remarkable, especially given the high quality of all three works. 41 in C Major, K. 551, “Jupiter” Program Notes + Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges Overture to “L’Amant Anonyme” Back in the second half of the 1700s, Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, was the talk of Paris. 39 around the beginning of June, not quite a month after Don Giovanni was granted a lukewarm reception at its Vienna premiere, and went on to complete the succeeding symphonies on July 25 and August 10. 41 is the last of a set of three that Mozart composed in rapid succession during the summer of 1788. The date of the first performance is not known. Home; Concerts. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sinfonía nº 41, en do mayor, K 551 "Júpiter". 1, written nearly 90 years after Mozart’s final Symphony, represents the 19th century. The orchestra at first carries over the same idea in its orchestration, but it quickly gives this up as the development launches into an imaginative harmonic exploration that includes impressive touches of counterpoint. Conductor Xian Zhang leads the Seattle Symphony in music by William Grant Still, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Ludwig van Beethoven on Thursday, September 24, 2020 at 7:30pm on Seattle Symphony Live. endstream endobj startxref The story of his final three symphonies occupies a full chapter of this life-as-novel—unfortunately, one that falls not terribly far from its end. Historical background and fascinating insights into the composition and significance of Mozart's Symphony No. His book Chamber Music: A Listener’s Guide (Oxford University Press) is now also available as an e-book and as an Oxford paperback. By the time Georg Nikolaus von Nissen published his groundbreaking Mozart biography, in 1828, the tone was firmly set. In contrast to the symphony on tonight’s program, which shows the composer in an exalted mode, the Concerto for Flute and Harp is a youthful and charming work, easy on the ears and sprinkled with delicate ornament. Misc. The first and second movements both included passages in which the bass line descended by chromatic steps. MP3 • • • Annoter cette partition. One can only marvel at how this opening music takes on strikingly different characters when it recurs—for example, in the passage in the middle of the exposition where the opening “emphatic theme” is rendered by just first and second violins, playing softly in octaves beneath a chuckling filigree of scales from the flute and oboe (with a bit of support from the bassoons). Died December 5, 1791, Vienna, Austria. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V / V / V - 4635×⇩ - Caprotti. “In no work of this kind does the divine spark of genius shine more brightly and beautifully.”—James M. Keller, LISTEN AGAIN—Karl Böhm conducting the Berlin Philharmonic (Deutsche Grammophon). Symphony No. Program Notes—A TANGO WITH MOZART. Ticket Information; Season Subscriptions The longest and last symphony that he composed, it is regarded by many critics as among the greatest symphonies in classical music. It reveals vistas of contrapuntal infinity. This article has been rated as Start-Class. Mozart begins by stating a four-note motif that composers had obsessed over for generations, a motif doled out in simple whole-notes, one per measure. Of his 50-odd symphonies, produced between 1764 and 1788, the earliest ones are conventional but precocious, reflecting influences of Johann Christian Bach, Giovanni Battista Sammartini, and Joseph Haydn. Symphony No. Twelve movements in nine weeks would mean that, on the average, Mozart expended five days and a few hours on the composition of each movement. 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