Composer · Classical
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
1756–1791 · Austrian
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart needs little introduction. Born in Salzburg in 1756, he was a prodigy whose talents were cultivated and exhibited across Europe by his father Leopold. By the time he composed this concerto in 1779, the twenty-three-year-old Mozart was restless in provincial Salzburg, dreaming of Vienna and larger stages. Within two years he would make the move that defined his mature career.
Less well known is his sister Maria Anna, called “Nannerl,” five years his senior. She was an equally brilliant pianist as a child, and the siblings toured together as wonders of nature until Nannerl’s touring career ended when she was about seventeen. Following the customs of the time, she stayed at home while Wolfgang continued traveling with their father. The brother and sister remained close, and this concerto was written for the two of them to play.
Works
- Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra in E-flat major, K. 365 1
- Horn Concerto No. 4 in E-flat major, K. 495 1
- Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492: Overture 1
- Piano Concerto No. 13 in C major, K. 415 1
- Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K. 491 2
- Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major, K. 503 1
- Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat major, K. 595 1
- Serenade No. 9 in D major, K. 320, ‘Posthorn’ 1
- Sinfonia concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra in E-flat major, K. 364 1
- Symphony No. 25 in G minor, K. 183 1
- Symphony No. 35 in D major, K. 385, ‘Haffner’ 1
- Symphony No. 36 in C major, ‘Linz’, K. 425 1
- Symphony No. 39 in E-flat major, K. 543 1
- Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550 4
- Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K. 219 ‘Turkish’ 2
Performed at
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Emilie Mayer’s Faust and Beethoven’s Fifth Mayer · Mozart · Beethoven
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A Fortieth Birthday in Tokyo Beethoven · Hayashi · Mozart
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Mozart’s Shadow, Tchaikovsky’s Fate Mozart · Tchaikovsky
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Zubin Mehta and Pinchas Zukerman with Bruch’s First Violin Concerto Mozart · Bruch · Dvorak
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Maxim Emelyanychev conducts Mendelssohn, Mozart and Haydn Mendelssohn · Mozart · Haydn
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Mozart in G Minor, Métaboles, and a Boléro in Linz Mozart · Dutilleux · Ravel
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Gabetta’s Rococo Variations and Mozart’s 39th Arensky · Tchaikovsky · Mozart
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Vienna 1783, London 1792, and a Box of Toys Haydn · Mozart · Mozart
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Tugan Sokhiev and Yefim Bronfman: Britten, Mozart’s C minor Concerto and Shostakovich’s ‘The Year 1917’ Britten · Mozart · Shostakovich
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Stutzmann and Jansen: Mozart’s ‘Turkish’ Concerto and Bruckner’s Fifth Mozart · Bruckner
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Karina Canellakis conducts Shostakovich’s Fifth, with Alina Ibragimova in Mozart Borisova-Ollas · Mozart · Shostakovich
Past guides
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Fate in Two Keys Mozart · Tchaikovsky
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Pappano in Hanoi: Liadov, Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante and Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Liadov · Mozart · Tchaikovsky
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Romantic Rivals and a Brotherhood at the Keyboard Liszt · Mozart · Brahms
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Linz and Bohemia Mozart · Dvorak
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Honeck: Mozart’s Last Concerto and Brahms’s Requiem Mozart · Brahms
Sources 2
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Wikipedia
- Maria Anna Mozart, Wikipedia