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Radio 3,27 Jan 2026,59 mins

SeriesFranz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart (1791-1844)

Leaving Vienna

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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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  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    Rondo in F major, Op 4
    Rondo in F major, Op 4
    Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart
  3. 2.
    Nein!
    Nein!
    Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart
  4. 3.
    Violin Sonata in B flat major, Op 7
    Violin Sonata in B flat major, Op 7
    Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart
  5. 4.
    Piano Concerto No 1 in C major, Op 14 (2nd mvt)
    Piano Concerto No 1 in C major, Op 14 (2nd mvt)
    Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart
  6. 5.
    Polonaise mélancolique No 5 in F minor, Op 17
    Polonaise mélancolique No 5 in F minor, Op 17
    Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart
  7. 6.
    Piano Concerto No 1 in C major, Op 14 (3rd mvt)
    Piano Concerto No 1 in C major, Op 14 (3rd mvt)
    Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart