Music from the Mozart family

Linton Stephens brings you an afternoon of exclusive music-making including works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, his father and son, recorded in Mainz, Germany. Plus there will be performances from this years' Bath Mozartfest and a spotlight on early music with the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra.

Throughout the week, Classical Live is featuring specially recorded performances of music by Mozart. Today, we will hear not just from the composer himself but also from his father and son. Conductor Guilhem Kusnierek joins forces with the German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra to perform an overture by Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, Leopold Mozart's Serenade in D and finally Mozart's Third Horn Concerto in a version for the alto trombone.

There is also a spotlight on this years' recent Bath Mozartfest. Celebrating its 35th year, the festival is a feast of fine classical music and showcases artistic excellence. Today, we will hear Schubert's Second Piano Trio.

Plus, we will hear from the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra who aim to enliven the world of Baroque music with new sounds. The orchestra will perform Bach's Fourth Brandenburg Concerto.

Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart
Overture for Orchestra in D
German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern
Guilhem Kusnierek (direction)

Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G, BWV. 1049
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra
Gottfried von der Goltz, (violin and direction)

Leopold Mozart
Serenade in D
German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern
Guilhem Kusnierek (direction)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (arr. Guilhem Kusnierek)
Horn Concerto No. 3 in E flat, K. 447
German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern
Guilhem Kusnierek (alto trombone/direction)

William Grant Still
Wood Notes
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Riley Court-Wood (conductor)

From the 2025 Bath Mozartfest:
Franz Schubert
Piano Trio No 2 in E flat major D. 929
Henning Kraggerud (violin)
Adrian Brendel (cello)
Imogen Cooper (piano)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
La Clemenza di Tito: Overture
Danish National Symphony Orchestra
Manfred Honeck (conductor)

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