Performers
- Momo Kodama piano
- Sinfonia Varsovia
- Christian Arming conductor
Programme
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K.467 [26’]
I. Allegro (cadenza: Radu Lupu)
II. Andante
III. Allegro vivace assai
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K.550 [35’]
I. Molto allegro
II. Andante
III. Menuetto: Allegretto – Trio
IV. Allegro assai
Concert description
The Piano Concerto in C major, K. 467, is one of the most famous works of its kind in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s oeuvre. It is perhaps surpassed only by the D minor, K. 466, written in the same year, 1785. Its optimistic mood – determined by a military, energetic beginning and sealed by an expansive, virtuoso finale revealing folk echoes – only occasionally gives way to a more violent or melancholic mood. This is most evident in the middle Andante, whose pulsating accompaniment adds a touch of anxiety even to the sweetest violin melody (introduced at the very beginning), and in the sudden minor episode of the first Allegro movement, where a “sighing” motif appears – it will return three years later in one of his last three symphonies: G minor K.550. This is one of only two minor works of this genre in Mozart’s oeuvre, and one of the most moving in his entire output. It is hard to believe that in the 19th century this symphony was sometimes denied depth and authenticity…
– Dominika Micał (pisanezesluchu.pl)