Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Pianist celebrated for his Schubert, British music, championing of neglected composers and duet performances
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An opera you feel through a pillow is par for the course in Huddersfield. Plus, an intimate Firebird for four hands in Bath
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Adam Gillen’s Mozart and Lucian Msamati’s Salieri share the honours as Peter Shaffer’s 1979 hit returns to the National
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Musicians are thrust centre stage to epic effect in Michael Longhurst’s revival, and Lucian Msamati is excellent as the composer locked in battle with the divine
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In 1979 Simon Callow was offered the dream role of Mozart in Peter Shaffer’s Amadeus. As the play returns to the National, he recalls his early doubts and backstage battles
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Sampson, Vermeulen, Sakurada, Immler, Bach Collegium Japan/Suzuki
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Misogynistic? Dramatically unconvincing? Not at all. The key to understanding the universal truths of Mozart’s opera lie in these very contrivances, writes the director of a new Covent Garden production
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Le Cercle de l’Harmonie/Rhorer
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In the second of a new series, Stephen Moss traverses Paris through the musicians who lived and loved there; give us your suggestions for next week’s city, Venice, below
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Beethoven takes 19 places in top 300 chart of works to best Mozart’s 16 in Classic FM’s Hall of Fame poll – world’s biggest public vote on classical music tastes
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Under Lloyd Wood’s guiding hand, English Touring Opera go underground to create the work’s best UK staging for some time
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Despite a glorious Magic Flute revival, a new artistic director of the crisis-stricken opera company will face some hard decisions
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Buchbinder and the Dresden Staatskapelle looked good on paper…
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Mozart, Brahms and Schumann all worked with, and wrote for, chamber orchestras, whose compact size is a huge advantage to composers and audiences alike. Why do we neglect them today?
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Days of looking at crossed-out dates on original manuscripts with magnifying glass reveals different dates on five works from composer’s early period
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Conductor Ian Page has embarked on a 27-year project to play Mozart’s music, in order, 250 years after it was written. He has reached 1766, when Mozart was 10 and his music was already breaking new ground
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James Baillieu’s playing needed a touch more personality in the Mozart but the Elgar was convincingly shaped
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If you’ve ever wondered why the heroines in tragic opera stories don’t just roll their eyes and mouth ‘Yeah, whatever’, we’ve got the summaries for you
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Amid a glut of classy recent recordings of the composer’s work, this programme that celebrates Mozart in love is exceptional
Topics
- Classical music
- Opera
- Peter Shaffer
- Theatre
- JS Bach
- English National Opera (ENO)
- National Theatre
- Proms
- Choral music
- BBC Symphony Orchestra
- Heritage
- Led Zeppelin
- Huddersfield contemporary music festival
- Conducting
- Paris
- Igor Stravinsky
- Richard Wagner
- Dresden Staatskapelle
- Ludwig van Beethoven
- Royal Opera House
Mozart/Schumann Fantaisies CD review – rousingly restrained recitals