A Love Affair
Donald Macleod surveys Franz Xaver Mozart’s secret love affair with a married women, Countess Josephine.
Donald Macleod surveys Franz Xaver Mozart’s secret love affair with a married women, Countess Josephine. With guest Professor Cliff Eisen, Macleod explores Mozart’s new life in Lemberg as a composer, teacher and performer, and a meeting with his mother Constanze in Denmark after more than a decade's separation.
Violin Sonata in F, Op 15 (excerpt)
Muriel Cantoreggi, violin
Hansjacob Staemmler, piano
Sinfonia in D
International New Symphony Orchestra of Lemberg
Gunhard Mattes, conductor
Das liebende Mädchen (Sechs Lieder, No 1)
Barbara Bonney, soprano
Malcolm Martineau, piano
An spröde Schönen (Sechs Lieder, No 2)
Barbara Bonney, soprano
Malcolm Martineau, piano
Piano Sonata in G
Cyprien Katsaris, piano
Violin Sonata in F, Op 15 (Polonaise)
Muriel Cantoreggi, violin
Hansjacob Staemmler, piano
In der Väter Hallen ruht, Op 12
Barbara Bonney, soprano
Malcolm Martineau, piano
Produced by Luke Whitlock
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Broadcast
- Wed 28 Jan 202616:00BBC Radio 3
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