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Mozart Divertimento no. 2 in D, K. 131

November 1, 2018November 1, 2018 Fugue for Thought

performed by the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields under Sir Neville Marriner (cover image by Chris Barbalis) Here we are with yet another of Mozart’s very early… what shall we call these divertimenti and serenades and cassations and … Continue reading Mozart Divertimento no. 2 in D, K. 131

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Mozart Symphony no. 21 in A, K. 134

March 8, 2017March 8, 2017 Fugue for Thought

performed by the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields under Sir Neville Marriner, or below with The Academy of Ancient Music under Christopher Hogwood There are only two full sentences on Wikipedia for today’s symphony, and the first one, rivetingly, … Continue reading Mozart Symphony no. 21 in A, K. 134

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Mozart Symphony no. 20 in D major, K. 133

March 7, 2017February 25, 2017 Fugue for Thought

performed by the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields under Sir Neville Marriner, or The Academy of Ancient Music under Christopher Hogwood This current era of Mozart symphonies we’re working through is when he composed what are referred to as the Salzburg symphonies, … Continue reading Mozart Symphony no. 20 in D major, K. 133

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Mozart String Quartet no. 4 in C, K.157

February 4, 2017February 4, 2017 Fugue for Thought

Mozart’s fourth string quartet is the third of the six so-called Milanese quartets (no. 1 not included in that set). Like all the Milanese quartets, it’s in three movements, and like most of them, contains a middle movement in the … Continue reading Mozart String Quartet no. 4 in C, K.157

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W. A. Mozart String Quartet No. 3 in G, K. 156

August 27, 2016August 6, 2016 Fugue for Thought

performed by the Amadeus Quartet and movement 2 and movement 3 respectively, or in a complete performance here (with the score) that is also very nice And now we’ll jump back more than two hundred years before last week’s quartet … Continue reading W. A. Mozart String Quartet No. 3 in G, K. 156

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Mozart Symphony No. 18 in C, K. 130

May 13, 2016May 7, 2016 Fugue for Thought

ASMF/Marriner It’s a bit ridiculous to say I hear development or progress from this work as compared with yesterday’s piece that didn’t move me much, because they were written within weeks of each other, in May of 1772, but this symphony is, at least to me, … Continue reading Mozart Symphony No. 18 in C, K. 130

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Mozart Symphony no. 17 in G, K. 129

May 12, 2016May 7, 2016 Fugue for Thought

ASMF/Marriner (who I think is playing below) After telling us that Mozart composed this work in 1772 at 16 years of age (the very same month he completed K. 128) (and that “some of its sections may have been written earlier”), … Continue reading Mozart Symphony no. 17 in G, K. 129

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Mozart Symphony no. 16 in C, K. 128

May 11, 2016May 2, 2016 Fugue for Thought

ASMF/Marriner, who I believe also plays in the video below: Of the sixteenth symphony, Wikipedia says “The form is that of a standard three-movement Italian overture,” unlike yesterday’s work. Both the first and second movements are ‘essays in sonata-allegro form,’ … Continue reading Mozart Symphony no. 16 in C, K. 128

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Mozart Symphony No. 15 in G, K. 124

May 10, 2016May 2, 2016 Fugue for Thought

performed by the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields under Sir Neville Marriner The second of the Salzburg symphonies, no. 15 in G is in four movements and clocks in at a whopping 12 and a half minutes. Wikipedia’s … Continue reading Mozart Symphony No. 15 in G, K. 124

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Haydn String Quartet no 23 in Fm, op. 20 no. 5

May 7, 2016April 30, 2016 Fugue for Thought

performed by the Buchberger quartet, or in a nice performance by the Quatuor Mosaïques This! This is the kind of thing we’ve been working toward. Haydn’s next quartet (reflecting the order in his own catalogue) is the string quartet no. … Continue reading Haydn String Quartet no 23 in Fm, op. 20 no. 5

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