Friday, February 24, 2012

The Day that Mozart was told that there were "Too Many Notes."

I don't really know the historical context for this piece, but it entertains me to try to imagine what sort of bad day Mozart was having at the time he wrote it, because it is uncharacteristically dark...There is a part in "Amadeus" where he is confronted after a concert, and the criticism given is that his piece had "too many notes." I like to imagine that this song would be his retaliation, because at the middle part, it has a ton of notes in it (I once started to learn this movement of the concerto). However, despite the obstacle of note excess, Mitsuko Uchida delivers her usual gut-busting performance. If I had to pick three favorite famous pianists, she, Glenn Gould, and Herr Brendel would be my favorites. Oh, and one other thing - the song is in 4/4 until about 3 or 4 minutes into the song, at which point Mozart decides to switch it to the coolest time signature (6/8) because it is the coolest part of the song - for this reason, it deserves its place among the other lovely 6/8 songs that we have on here. On that note (no pun intended!), enjoy yourselves some Mozart!

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