Mozart Fest

[Bryn]

Can't we have time off for good behaviour?

Good Behaviour and Mozart?! It does not compute!

[StephenO]

If I could only listen to one composer it would be Mozart. However 12 days of nothing but Wolfgang strikes even me as a bit excessive. I felt the same about the previous Bach, Beethoven and Tchaikovsky/Stravinsky fests. I intend to pick and choose, filling in the gaps with Wagner and some Late Romantic indulgences courtesy of my CD player.

[Jonathan]

I quite like Mozart in small doses but fail to understand the logic of 12 solid days worth! As someone else said, what about the other composers who actually have an anniversary in 2011?

(Roll on 2013 for Alkan!)

[StephenO]

I quite like Mozart in small doses but fail to understand the logic of 12 solid days worth! As someone else said, what about the other composers who actually have an anniversary in 2011?

Like Mahler, you mean?

[Jonathan]

Nope, I think we've all had enough Mahler in 2010 (ducks behind a nearby wall...)

[Anna]

I cannot think of anything worse than 12 days of Mozat, and anyone tuning in will surely re-tune to Classical FM and R3 lose so many more listeners ?

Lovely post by tony yyy on the Blog asking if RW had considered a R3 MB about this!

[StephenO]

Nope, I think we've all had enough Mahler in 2010 (ducks behind a nearby wall...)

Enough Mahler? Surely a contradiction in terms!

[Lion-of-Vienna]

Here's a little party trick to impress your musical friends with during the Mozart Fest. Ask them to name any work by Mozart (with K number) and tell them the year in which it was written.

How do you do it? Divide the K number by 25 and round off the answer to the nearest whole number. Add the result to 1766 and hey presto!

eg. Symphony No.29 is K201. 201/25 = 8 (rounded)
8 + 1766 = 1774.

It works within a year for most of Mozart's works.

[french frank]

Wait a mo"

K 626/25 = 25.04 = 25 + 1766 = 1791

Yes, strange Tom poses so many questions on his blog and then we're not allowed to reply ...

Anna - tony yyy is quite the naughtiest poster on the boards, isn't he?

[custardfish]

Just popped over here from Roger Wright's blog, and adding my voice to those who regard this as overkill. I hastily admit to not being a fan of Wolfgang - Bassoon Concerto and Requiem are my only exceptions [just because I like bassoons and requiems] - but that's not the point; this would be a bad move for *any* composer.

Even if they did, say, wall-to-wall Mozart from Breakfast to the start of Night Waves, that would be much better so it would afford *some* contextual relief in the evenings.

[Anna]

Anna - tony yyy is quite the naughtiest poster on the boards, isn't he?

Indeed he is frenchie, after you of course!

[Roehre]

Here's a little party trick to impress your musical friends with during the Mozart Fest.

It generally works well after KV100, and it is very impressive indeed :cool2:

[Idamante]

Roll on 2013 for Alkan!

he'll be competing with Wagner, Verdi, Britten and Lutislawski - so good luck with that

http://www.classical-composers.org/search/year3

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

[QUOTE=Anna;9778]I cannot think of anything worse than 12 days of Mozat, and anyone tuning in will surely re-tune to Classical FM and R3 lose so many more listeners ?

QUOTE]
I shall be dipping in so as to hear new interpretations of one the greatest composer's music. It'll still be much better than CFM.
But I'll give the divertimenti a miss.

[Ian Thumwood]

I thought the Lion of Vienna was Nat Lofthouse and not Mozart? Shame no one ever did a Lofthouse like tackle on Roger Wright!