Mozart: piano concerto no. 23 in A major, K 488. Bilson, Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

[@Massimo1926-mo6ri]

16:19 - 16:49 one of the most beautiful moments in the history of music

[@qwertyuiop-ke7fs]

This is the most Mozartian thing Mozart ever wrote.

[@MaxwellKaye]

Except maybe this piece: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hpjUnYlvjM54eKc

[@back2backband1]

True love that sonata! My fav piano sonata by Mozart 4 hands is K.521 work of genius. By far his best sonata and it has a Spanish Latin feel to some melody's especially in the middle of the third mvt.

[@MaxwellKaye]

Looking back I would say they are both equally Mozartian. Obviously they are also both by Mozart.

[@chrisquick7854]

I am sorry but that is such a lame comment. I would NOT exclude anything this man wrote.... It's ok to say this is a favorite piece. Each piece of his music is a different flavor. I want all of them....

[@jefolson6989]

22:00 the most Mozartian phrase he ever wrote!

[@MaxwellKaye]

To be honest, I think Mozart liked the flute more than he cared to admit.

[@Kousmichoff729]

Agreed. And keep in mind, he did compose “The Magic Flute”, after all. The timbre of the fortepiano meshes well with the period flute instrument here.

[@JLeeGraham]

I think that comment Mozart made about the flute referred once again to Salzburg, where I've read there were no good flautists. Played well, I think he probably liked it just fine later on.

[@MaxwellKaye]

@@JLeeGraham another story I've heard is that he never got paid by the duke who commissioned his flute and harp concerto, so he developed a grudge against the flute. Whatever happened, he wrote gorgeous parts for it.

[@JLeeGraham]

@@MaxwellKaye That's absolutely certain.

[@smithjohn5428]

love Mozart forever！

[@YOTTR]

The piano passage that starts at 3:00 hits me in the most profound of ways!

[@flayuhat]

I. Allegro 0:01 II. Adagio 10:38 III. Allegro assai 17:28

[@PlanetOfTheApes999]

The best performance I've ever heard of this piece by far. Gardiner and his passionate musicality was the key.

[@hectorbarrionuevo6034]

Sounds like the Adagio starts in relative minor (f#); one harmonic device he seems to use throughout in the sections in minor is the Neapolitan sixth (bII6 or N6). The final movement (III) is so joyous and powerful.

[@emilyrivas7821]

I’m being forced to watch this and memorize it for a class. She’s gonna test us on if we can recognize the piece and who wrote it, wish me luck yall its 25 minutes long😭

[@tatianagelfeld]

Thanks!

[@renunair5139]

its one semitone lower

[@massimocampostrini8718]

The diapason was lower in Mozart's time

[@lyricaltones]

The historical instruments are usually tuned with the frequency of a' = 415 Hz, which is almost exactly one semitone lower than 440 Hz of the modern instruments.

[@cricciethcastle5077]

@@lyricaltones That's not entirely correct. Modern-day baroque performance uses 415 but classical uses 427-430. The classical oboe is different to the baroque oboe (smaller bore, shorter, and may have an octave key), and the clarinet is a classical instrument. Even 440 is not universal. In Eastern Europe, it can be as high as 444.

[@octaviusmigtonius2965]

Nope it's less than a semitone lower. It's at most half a semitone lower.

[@rodolfohuerta7022]

Poor Phaethon... hope he's fine. *NOT REALLY*

[@chrisquick7854]

I always heard of the 3 B's when I was younger... Bach, Beethoven and Brahms. It really should be M, B, S: Mozart, Bach and Schubert. The three greatest composers of all time. My opinion of course.

[@Zimzamzoom95]

When people talk about those people, they’re more talking about how influential they were to future composers than how ‘good’ of a composer they were, which is why Mozart isn’t there (his influence was strong, but not really towards the style of his time - Haydn beats him there - he was more of a posthumous influence on romantic composers) and why Beethoven beats out Schubert.

[@_Athanos]

​@@Zimzamzoom95 I mean Bach was writing in a style that was already outdated when he was still alive so the influence he had is quite limited, sure, he taught many future composers counterpoint and whatnot but his contribution isn't exceptional and very specific = quite limited

[@mattyprestto7639]

This adagio is the most sadly music ever wrote!😳

[@DillDoughDiff]

ANd just think...Mozart was lost until he met the genius afro american Chevalier..who taught Mozart style.

[@JérémyPresle]

He was french...

[@thomasskoronski8625]

Ahem. No.

[@faivishbelchstein2853]

is it okay to like Mozart or is that a micro aggression