Hosted by eminent conductor, pianist and man-about-music Andre Previn this series tells the story of Mozart's travels, featuring a piano concerto from each period of his life. With performances by well-known international soloists.
Episode 5 - Schwetzingen (Piano Concerto KV 246)
Not only was Mozart unlucky in love in Mannheim, he also failed to achieve his ambition of becoming court composer to the elector, a turn of events perhaps partly attributable to the forthright, no-nonsense manner of this still very young man. He attended a public rehearsal of music by the renowned Abbe Vogler only to walk out after a few bars, in full view of the entire court, pronouncing this music amateurish and unlistenable.
In our performance, conductor Gianluigi Gelmetti and the Stuttgart Radio Orchestra again join forces with soloist Christian Zacharias on the stage of Schwetzingen Palace.
Episode 6 - Paris (Piano Concerto KV 271)
The City of Salzburg, Mozart's birthplace and childhood home, had a great deal to do with his peripatetic life. He haated the place, its provinciality and the humiliation of making music for the Archbishop, and would do almost anything to get out of town. And so, when a prominent French pianist name Mlle. Jeun'homme visited Salzburg and performed some of Wolfgang's works, it was no wonder that he and his family took it as a sign fate wanted him to go to Paris.
The "Jeun'homme Concerto" will be heard in a kind of reconciliation with Salzburg, the city that today counts Mozart as its finest son and has dedicated the world's most prestigious arts festival to his music. In a Salzburg Festival performance, with the Mozarteum Orchestra under Jeffrey Tate, we will hear one of the pre-eminent Mozart interpreters of our day, pianist Mitsuko Uchida.
| Genre | CLASSICAL |
| Catalogue Number | 92818 |
| Rating | E |
| Media | DVD |
| Special Features | None |
| Language | English |
| System | NTSC |
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