Leaving Vienna
Donald Macleod sees Franz Xaver Mozart leave Vienna to take up work in Galicia, signalling a creative explosion in new works.
Donald Macleod sees Franz Xaver Mozart leave Vienna to take up work in Galicia, signalling a creative explosion in new works. With guest Professor Cliff Eisen, Macleod also explores the details of this new role, along with other positions which then followed working for various aristocrats, and eventually taking Mozart to Lemberg.
Rondo in F, Op 4 (excerpt)
Katarzyna Drogosz, piano
Nein! (Sechs Lieder, No 3)
Barbara Bonney, soprano
Malcolm Martineau, piano
Violin Sonata in B flat, Op 7
Muriel Cantoreggi, violin
Hansjacob Staemmler, piano
Piano Concerto No 1 in C, Op 14 (Adagio)
Howard Shelley, piano
Sinfonieorchester St Gallen
Polonaise mélancolique No 5 in F minor, Op 17
Robert Markham, piano
Piano Concerto No 1 in C, Op 14 (Allegretto)
Howard Shelley, piano
Sinfonieorchester St Gallen
Produced by Luke Whitlock
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- Tue 27 Jan 202616:00BBC Radio 3
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