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3 days ago · On this second half was Mozart’s Requiem (in the Süssmayr completion). The first time I ever heard Jaap van Zweden conduct the New York Philharmonic, I believe, he conducted Mozart: the Sinfonia concertante. He made me think of a phrase: “just rightness.”. For twenty-five years, I reviewed James Levine. Many, many times, I reviewed him ...
1 day ago · Signature. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [a] [b] (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791) was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition resulted in more than 800 works representing virtually every Western classical genre of his time. Many of these compositions are acknowledged as ...
3 days ago · The unusual and imaginative program of Sofia Gubaidulina’s Concerto for Viola and Orchestra, with soloist Antoine Tamestit, and Mozart’s Requiem and Ave Verum Corpus— seemed to provide a window into van Zweden’s musical thinking. And the sheer excellence of the playing was a taste of what might have been.
4 days ago · Only Franz Xaver Süßmayr took on the difficult task of not only filling the gaps in Mozart’s score, but also composing the final movements independently. In the end he copied the entire work, imitating Mozart’s handwriting throughout the score in a deceptively realistic manner. Süßmayr wanted to complete the work in the spirit of Mozart.
4 days ago · Having been commissioned to compose a Requiem in 1781 by a patron who wished to remain anonymous, Mozart set about the task while his health deteriorated. It was as if the composer was writing a mass to honour him after his death.
4 days ago · Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–91) was one of the greatest composers in the Western tradition. His mature operas, including Le nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni, Così fan tutte and Die Zauberflöte, are among the finest examples of the art form. Mozart was born in Salzburg, the seventh and last child of composer and violinist ...
