ExclusiveMozart: Symphony no. 40 in G minor, K. 550 - IV. Allegro assai

【Classical music and nature 古典音樂小站】Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no. 40 in G minor, K. 550 - IV. Allegro assai. This beautiful piece was played by Musopen Symphony. It has Creative Commons license (PDM 1.0 DEED, Public Domain Mark 1.0 Universal) and is provided through www.musopen.org.

"Mozart wrote only two symphonies in a minor key, one in 1773 and the other in 1788. Both are dramatic; both are written in G minor, a key the composer used for tragedy and angst; both forecasted things yet to come: the first in the future work of a young composer, the second as harbinger of future musical compositions derived from emerging Romanticism. Richard Wagner called K. 550 “pivotal to the romantic world.” This symphony was written within the remarkable period between June 28 and August 10 wherein he composed his last three symphonies: 39, 40, and 41.

K. 550 has always attracted attention and comment. Mozart’s biographer Neal Zaslaw remarked, “No symphony of Mozart’s, not even the ‘Jupiter’, has aroused so much comment as this one.” The eminent musicologist, Charles Rosen, added more clarification to the symphony’s prominence saying, “In all of Mozart’s supreme expressions of suffering and terror, there is something shockingly voluptuous. Nor does this detract from its power or effectiveness: the grief and the sensuality strengthen each other and end by becoming indivisible, indistinguishable one from the other. In his corruption of sentimental values, Mozart is a subversive artist. ” We are not used to Mozart’s confessional side, and when it emerges, we are fascinated by the potency of his personal stress, feelings, and their revelation. In this regard, Otto Jahn, Mozart’s 19th century biographer commented that it was “a work of pain and grieving.” Noted for its intensity, high chromatic nature and turbulence, Symphony No. 40 nonetheless remained corseted in classical decorum and structure." Source: indianapolissymphony.org

The video was filmed at Burgseeli, Switzerland by Simone Schlegel and was edited by Wenjing Ma.



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