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Using Mozart's lively operatic piece, this program illustrates how composers weave together musical ideas to bring contrast and texture to their music. Abrupt pizzicatos, resounding fanfares, and languid melodies presented as a series of quick edits illustrate the point, along with an uninterrupted playback of a portion of the Overture.
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Enjoy an All-Mozart programme at the Konzerthaus Berlin. Conducted by Hartmut Haenchen, a reduced ensemble of the Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Chamber Orchestra brings to life the music's manifold characteristics through the translucency of the part-writing. Whether light-heartedness, song-like lyricism, drama or inspired polyphonic writing, everything breathes the spirit of Mozart. Time and again, critics have praised the orchestra's stylistic assurance,...
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Composed in 1788, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Jupiter Symphony" is regarded as the epitome of the classical symphonic form. Conductor Hartmut Haenchen presents his personal view of this masterpiece using examples from concert footage with the Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Chamber Orchestra. Recorded live at the Berlin Konzerthaus in November 2005.
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With its real-life characters and earthly plot, The Marriage of Figaro is the first modern opera and an example of how Mozart took his inspiration from humanity and not God, as his predecessors had done. This program tracks the meteoric career of perhaps the greatest musical genius ever. Musicologist Andre Tubeuf and Mozart scholars Jean and Brigitte Massin discuss the interplay of composition and personal fortune in the artist's brief life. A varied...
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In Search of Mozart: Part One traces the composer's life from Mozart's birth 1756, in Salzburg, Austria to his marriage to Constanze Weber August 4, 1782. Follow him as he begins composing at 5 years old, and on his tour of European courts as a child prodigy, and hear how his music gradually matures and his personality emerges. Learn of his deteriorating relationship with his father, and his pursuit of marriage.
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In Search of Mozart: Part Two opens with the 27 year-old Mozart finally enjoying success. Follow Mozart's life and career from this time through his death at 35, with in-depth discussion of his operas. This film discusses his family sorrows and financial difficulties, but also his happiness. It generally rejects any romantic notions surrounding his early death or notions of a downward spiral of despair and tragic genius.
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This captivating program combines key scenes from Mozart's singspiel The Abduction from the Seraglio as performed at the spectacular Topkapi Palace with a documentary about the intricate process of rehearsing the production. A winner of the International Broadcasting Convention's Golden Rembrandt, the program also provides fresh insights into the personal life of Mozart, the history of the Enlightenment, and life in the harem through commentary by...
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In this introduction to the biography and work of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart from the Famous Composers series, viewers are offered a glimpse of court lifestyle in Salzburg, where Leopold Mozart, the composer's father, was a musician, and in other European capitals, where his young children toured and performed. Leopold was an accomplished musician himself, but dedicated himself to the development of his children. Mozart's genius was recognized early...