ITL #15: Mostly Mozart

Chris and Sridhar discuss the premiere of a newly discovered work by Mozart, the challenges of playing Mozart, some frustrations with Mozart despite his obvious genius, and some of their favorite Mozart interpreters.

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Classic FM article on Mozart's "unheard" piano piece

"Previously unknown Mozart piece enthuses Mozart week"

Premiere of Mozart's "Allegro in D"

Dr Jay Hook - our music theory professor at Indiana University

Salvator Mundi - Da Vinci painting

Krystian Zimerman plays Mozart Piano Sonata no. 10

Mozart Flute & Harp Concerto - Emmanuel Pahud/Marie-Pierre Langlamet

Noah Bendix-Balgley gives a masterclass on Mozart's Symphony no. 40

Mozart Symphony no. 40 in G Minor

Leonard Bernstein's lecture on Mozart Symphony no. 40

Victor Borge - Happy Birthday as different composers

Sonata form - wikipedia

Bernstein conducts Beethoven's 5th Symphony

Haitink conducts Mozart Symphony no. 35, "Haffner"

Mozart String Quartet no. 15 - played by Alban Berg Quartet

Mitsuko Uchida plays Mozart Piano Concerto no. 24 in C Minor

Maurizio Pollini plays Mozart Piano Concerto no. 21 in C Major

Peter Pringle plays Mozart on theremin

Glenn Gould plays Mozart Piano Sonata no. 11 in A Major

Henryk Szeryng & Ingrid Haebler play Mozart Violin Sonata no. 18 in E Minor

Mitsuko Uchida plays Mozart Piano Sonata no. 10 in C Major

Robert Levin - "Improvising Mozart" lecture

Robert Levin - "Composing Mozart" lecture

F Murray Abraham's iconic performance as Salieri in "Amadeus"