10 Most Unfairly Neglected Mozart Works

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David Threasher picks 10 works from the Salzburger’s output that he feels are unjustly underrated

No 1.  Maurerische Trauermusik, K477 (1785)

No 2.  Missa brevis in F major, K192 (1774)

No 3.  Davide penitente, K469 (1785)

No 4.  Eine kleine Gigue, K574 (1789)

No 5.  Piano Duet Sonata in F, K497 (1786)

No 6.  Epistle Sonata No 7, K224 (1780)

No 7.  Al desio di chi t’adora, K577 (1789)

No 8.  Symphony No 26 in E flat, K184 (1773)

No 9.  Piano Concerto No 26 in D, ‘Coronation’, K537 (1788)

No 10. String Quintet in D, K593 (1790)

Read the interesting article (link below) for the full description of each Mozart work. To my knowledge and experience, I'd not fully say it's 'neglected' as we discuss or mention these works in our Mozart Groups. 

Resource:

"Discover the 10 most unfairly neglected Mozart works." Gramophone.co.uk.  Accessed November 12, 2015 

In Mozart's Footsteps (1950-1955)

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This post is based on an interesting video produced by Lady Dunn. Photography by S. Ziegler and S.A. Moy. Musical score adapted from works of Wolfgang A. Mozart. Lady Dunn narrates the documentary and is seen at the very beginning.




Featuring Salzburg, Austria, the birthplace of the musical genius Wolfgang Amaadeus Mozart. The documentary describes in travelogue style sequence showing the landmarks of the city where Mozart was born and grew up.

Lady Dunn tells us that we will be following Mozart's footsteps and meet him in spirit at every turn. Local people in traditional dress are seen, street scenes, markets, etc. Mozart's birthplace is featured:  we are given a little tour of his house as Lady Dunn speaks of Mozart's childhood. We see portraits of Mozart and his family on the walls of the house.

More travelogue style footage of fountains, Cathedral, man playing Cathedral organ (as Mozart's father had done), statues, squares, St Peter's cemetery, country house of the Archbishops, ornamental gardens, St Peter's Kellar (?), wine is drunk, toasts are made. Mirabelle Garden, the little garden house in which Mozart wrote his last opera has been brought from Vienna to Salzburg, we see the house, Mozart's grave, statue of Mozart, music academy, stage settings for Mozart operas, Salzburg Marionette Theatre putting on a performance of one of Mozart's operas. People gather to rehearse for the Festival performances of Mozart's work. Austrian and some other countries' flags are seen flying. Salzburg at dusk.



Video Credit:

In Mozart's Footsteps (!950-1955). YouTube, uploaded by British Pathé.  Accessed January 27, 2015, the 259th birthday anniversary of Wolfgang Mozart.  

(c) January 2015.  Tel.  Inspired Pen Web.  All rights reserved.

Salzburg Festival DVD

9 September 2009


To those interested...

There is a new DVD out on the history of the Salzburg Festival. It's quite well done and very informative. I watched nearly the whole thing today and thought I would let people know about it.

The Salzburg Festival has hosted every great star of the opera and concert hall, from Toscanini to Anne-Sophie Mutter, from Fischer-Dieskau to Barenboim, from Pollini to Mitsuko Uchida. In this film, the first to tell the story of this remarkable Festival, set in the birthplace of Mozart, director Tony Palmer has been granted unprecedented access to Austria's film archives. Highlights include performances of Jedermann from 1920 to the present day featuring actors such as Maximilian Schell
and Klaus Maria Brandauer; Don Giovanni (with Furtwängler in '54 and a controversial performance directed by Peter Sellars in the 1990s); a wealth of footage of Herbert von Karajan, including performances never-before-seen home movies; and footage of the Nazi hierarchy at the
Festival during the Second World War.