The Mozart Family Grand Tour
Donald Macleod charts the extraordinary course of the three-and-a-half-year journey around western Europe that has come to be known as the Mozart Family Grand Tour.
Between the ages of 5 and 35, Mozart clocked up some 3,720 days on tour; that's more than 10 of his not-quite-36 years. This week, Donald Macleod clambers into the Mozart family carriage to plot a selective course through the composer's Awaydays, from his earliest outings as an infant phenomenon to his final trip three decades later.
Today's programme charts the extraordinary course of the three-and-a-half-year journey around Western Europe that has come to be known as the Mozart Family Grand Tour, on which the 7-year-old Mozart embarked with his father Leopold, mother Anna Maria and sister Nannerl in June 1763.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony no. 5 in B flat major K.22
Performer: Trevor PINNOCK - Director Performer: The ENGLISH CONCERT
- ARCHIV.
- 437-792-2.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sonata in C major K.6 for violin and keyboard
Performer: Blandine VERLET - Harpsichord Performer: Gerard POULET - Violin
- PHILIPS.
- 422-706-2.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Va, dal furor portata - aria K.21 for tenor and orchestra
Conductor: Gyorgy FISCHER Performer: Gosta WINBERGH - Tenor Performer: Vienna Chamber Orchestra
- DECCA.
- 430-300 2.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sonata in C major K.19d for piano duet
Performer: Christoph ESCHENBACH - Piano Performer: Justus FRANTZ - Piano
- Deutsche Gramophon.
- 435 042-2.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Galimathias musicum (Quodlibet) K.32 for keyboard and orchestra
Conductor: Neville MARRINER Performer: Academy Of St Martin In The Fields
- PHILIPS.
- 422-618-2.
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