ExclusiveMozart: Piano Concerto no. 17 in G major - III. Allegretto (first part)

【Classical music and nature 古典音樂小站】Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 17 in G major - III. Allegretto (first part). This beautiful piece was preserved by European Archive. It has common licence (Public Domain Mark 1.0 Universal), and is provided through musopen.org.

Composed by Mozart, born on January 27, 1756 in Salzburg, Austrian Empire; Died on December 5, 1791 in Vienna, Austria.

The Piano Concerto in G major dates from April 1784, a vintage year of Mozart’s concerto writing. The artist had made himself a Vienna celebrity through performances of his own keyboard concertos, which were tailor-made to show off his mesmerizing style as a performer. Each of Mozart’s concertos has a unique aura, while at the same time they share compositional strategies and family resemblances. There is some dispute as to when the premiere of K. 453, a work notable for its refined intimacy, took place. We do know that the G major Concerto was used to show off the talent of Mozart’s student Barbara (“Babette”) Ployer (1765-1811), the niece of a Salzburg court official. Ployer was active as both a pianist and a composer, and her artistry particularly impressed Mozart. We even have a sketch he made of his student in the margin of one of his scores.The historical record confirms that Ployer gave a performance of the G major Concerto in Vienna in June 1784 (a few months after the piece was composed). Mozart in fact joined her at this event to play his Sonata for Two Pianos, K. 448, and made his pride in her accomplishments clear. Ployer’s repertoire also included the E-flat major Concerto, K. 449, which Mozart had written earlier that year (one of a string of piano concertos produced almost back-to-back). Whether Mozart himself gave the very first performance of the G major Concerto earlier that spring is not known conclusively but is a possibility. Source: nashvillesymphony.org

The video was captured in Elsigen, Switzerland by Christian Schlegel and was edited by Wenjing Ma.




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