Thomas Beecham lecture: "Mozart and His Music"

[@MrPrincetrumpet]

How wonderful a post is this? During a time of strife, to hear his wit in discussing the sublime qualities of Mozart is a gift. Thank you for posting this gem.

[@terrysaunders2393]

Absolutely inimitable. I love the fact that his prefatory remarks on taste and opinion take up more than half the lecture!

[@eddiebeato5546]

The legend of Mozart is growing and is becoming synonymous with divinity. Every one thousand year a giant is born, and he is elevated to the stature of a god. Some geniuses may thunder across the pavilion of millennia, and Mozart will be remembered among the most gifted musicians ever born.

[@StephenJackson1958]

Absolute joy from one of the great conductors of the Twentieth Century: and a pioneer in the advocacy of Schubert, Haydn, Sibelius, Mozart, yes...and more than anybody else, he was the founder of our modern style in revealing the idiom of each.

[@TheVaughan5]

Not to forget he championed Berlioz at a time when he was very much misunderstood and underrated.

[@Jimyblues]

Great to hear- thank you - the composers all loved Mozart from Brahms to Ravel and beyond- it's how the music is performed - Mozart's clarity needs balance - on giant orchestras he sounds weak - but the same music with the orchestras the size he used, with continuo- with ORNAMENTS on the repeats, he sounds magnificent

[@vova47]

Absolute treasure, thanks for sharing!

[@prager5046]

Interesting, Beecham was much ahead of his time with regard to the appreciation of Mozart. Today even his early symphonies are often recorded, there is new evaluation to his early operas which are often preformed and recorded on CD and DVD. i don't want to sound condescending, yet, even today not everyone is capable to understand fully the power of his music. I think ( as Beecham advised to use these words) that Mozart is the most gifted human being ever existed...yes, even more than Einstein, Bach and many other super geniuses. His music will be listened to until the end of time and behind...

[@99davinci]

excellent man worthy as being a advocate of Mozart

[@meredith218461]

Inimitable! I love his portentous style. Although now an outdated style of delivery, nonetheless here he is undeniably brimming with character and authority. What he is saying is absolutely true, HE was one of the first true advocates of Mozart, another such advocate was of course the great scholarly pianist Artur Schnabel.

[@openmusic3904]

I agree completely. Beecham was always incredibly witty and humorous and had that kind of cynical and characteristic self-aware British humor. I think the portentous affectation serves to better facilitate the successful delivery of his witty and pithy remarks.

[@MrGer2295]

Wonderful ! Thank you so much :)

[@yosse2403]

a real gentleman, this guy

[@cinemabon]

An intellect and wit sorely missing in today's conductors.

[@brandonmacey964]

Amazing. Thank you

[@bobbremner3395]

If Mozart is relatively difficult to perform, Perhaps part of the reason for his being latently Appreciated, is that his works have been Somewhat passed over by musicians And producers.

[@peterlunow]

simply delighful

[@SethingtonIII]

Ah! The days when coughing was not socially unacceptable. Just listen to their freedom 😢

[@clavichord]

Modes-art? Who is modes-art?

[@barbaratrehy4742]

They didn't sound a "t" in front of a "z" to make it sound European in Britain in those days.

[@jeanetteroller5103]

❤

[@WinrichNaujoks]

WolfGANG aMAdeus moZART!

[@ElSmusso]

Fantastic, but he talks like in a Monty Python movie 🍿 😆

[@tinovanderzwanphonocave544]

may the decomposing composers do just that decompose. and if we find the world rather disagreeable we could always immigrate to finland.