Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major (“Elvira Madigan”) K. 467 |
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Composed: 1785 First Performed: March 10, 1785 Peak: -- Sales (in millions): -- Genre: classical > concerto > piano |
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Average Duration: 27:19 |
Rating: 4.784 out of 5.00 (average of 4 ratings)
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About the Work:Mozart’s 21st piano concerto was “composed for the series of Lenten subscription concerts given by Mozart in 1765. This was an extraordinarily busy and successful period of Mozart’s life.” AM His father Leopold said, “Every day there are concerts; and the whole time is given up to teaching, music, composing and so forth...It is impossible for me to describe the rush and the bustle.” AMThe first of the concerts referenced by Leopold was on February 11, when Piano Concerto No. 20 premiered. No. 21, however, wasn’t introduced until March 10 at a benefit concert at the National Court Theater. “A handbill for the concert announced that it would include ‘a new, just finished Forte piano Concerto,’ in addition to Mozart playing improvisations (for which he was particularly famed) employing ‘an especially large Forte piano pedal.’” AM “The first movement, an expansive Allegro of Olympian grandeur and design is followed by an Andante of sublime beauty made famous in more recent times by its use in” AM “the 1967 film Elvira Madigan and is one of Mozart’s most famous pieces of music.” CC “This movement, with its few notes and bare outline, is incidentally a classic example of the manner in which Mozart frequently left himself room to improvise within the context of his own concertos, a technique lately reintroduced by performers such as Malcolm Bilson and Robert Levin.” AM “The final movement is an Allegro vivace assai, which “brings the work to an exciting conclusion on a grand symphonic scale.” CC “Its evocation of the world of opera buffo typical of many of Mozart’s finales, both in concerto and symphony. Like the D Minor Concerto, K. 467 is scored for a large orchestra: flute, pairs of oboes, bassoons, horns and trumpets, timpani and strings.” AM |
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