Mozart and Classical Music

 Mozart and Classical Music

This website spotlights classical music from Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque until the late Romantic period, and occasional musical trivia. It aims to share insights, in general, composers, the lives of composers and their music. And what is classical music without my lifelong favourite composer Wolfgang Amadéus Mozart? Not that I don’t love other composers and their music… Beethoven, Haydn, Schubert, Tchaikovsky, Brahms, Chopin, Liszt, Paganini, Verdi, … believe me, the list is endless.

Writing about classical music and Mozart is an offshoot of a lifelong interest in Mozart and classical music from childhood, and stimulation derived from great encouragement and support of Mozart friends from various forums and other classical music groups.

Among my all-time favourite performers (interpreters) are Maria Callas, Luciano Pavarotti, Elly Ameling, Dame Joan Sutherland, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa. The list is endless, too.

I’ve also written a piece I’ve painstakingly researched and immensely enjoyed – on the divas who interpreted Mozart’s music in his time, including Catarina Cavalieri and Nancy Storace.

The term ‘classical’ has two primary meanings. First, it describes the music of the Classical Period, c.1750-1830, personified by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert. Second, it can mean music as an ’art’ as opposed to popular, jazz, folk, or even Christian music.

Quality music deserves more than just casual listening. It is a language of subtlety. Hearing the flow of a concerto or the intensity of a swelling orchestra can create different moods – serenity, excitement and perhaps cataclysm.

Along with my musings and reflections, I will endeavour to integrate the lives and music of these greatest composers and their gift of music, with joyous enthusiasm.