Mozart Fest

[Mr Pee]

I'm very fond of duck, but I wouldn't want it for breakfast, dinner & tea every day for a week!

But if it's been served in many different ways,some of which you've never tasted before, prepared by the world's leading chefs, all accompanied by talks and explanations by said chefs, gourmets, quackophiles, and duckologists, then you might find it an intensley enjoyable and educational week. (peaceduck)

[rodney_h_d]

In answer to my own question, the Oboe Concerto in F K293 is being broadcast today at 1400.

In that case Alexei Ogrintchouk and Ingo Goritzki owe Stella McCracken at least a drink!

[Bryn]

Further to message #267 a couple of threads have been initiated on the BBC iPlayer message boards concerning the absence of "Herr Mozart Presents ... " from the iPlayer:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/mbiplayer/NF7331803?thread=7988790

and

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/mbiplayer/NF13735684?thread=7989112

[french frank]

Hmmm, I think I'll give up the idea of flagging it up in the Now iPlaying box and choose something else

[lordmhoram]

Only one day to go, then normal service will be resumed, and I'll be able to retune all my radios back to R3. Yippee!!!

The worst thing was that it was impossible to escape Mozart even by listening to R4 - they kept doing the Genius of Mozart trailers.

[James Wonnacott]

Yes lordmhoram, thank goodness.
(You're obviously a Donaldson fan too)

[mercia]

No doubt a messageboard mathematician has already worked this out, but by my reckoning if all the 'chat', interviews and repetition of works was removed (e.g. we have just had the opening movement from the Requiem with two further complete performances later today) the Mozartfest could have been reduced to ten or even nine days.

[Freddie Campbell]

...Well having heard the Clarinet Concerto for about the fifth time in the Series,one would have to question whether ALL the Concertos are being Played? Where are the Horn Concertos?
And Violin Concertos? Fine Work though the Clarinet Concerto is it pails by comparison to any
of these,IMV...

[Bax-of-Delights]

Please god, let it be over.

[Mr Pee]

...Well having heard the Clarinet Concerto for about the fifth time in the Series,one would have to question whether ALL the Concertos are being Played? Where are the Horn Concertos?
And Violin Concertos? Fine Work though the Clarinet Concerto is it pails by comparison to any
of these,IMV...

Well, given that Radio3 are playing every note Mozart wrote, or at least that we know he wrote, then, yes, the horn and violin concertos are obviously being, or have obviously been, played at some point.

And I will beg to differ on your assesment of the Clarinet Concerto. With the exception of some of the Piano Concerti, it's by far the most profound and musically advanced of his concertos, even though the performance we heard this morning on Classical Collection- Bernard Walton, the Philharmonia, and Herbert Von Karajan- managed to drain it of any semblance of life or musical interest. Quite an achievement.

[BBMmk2]

Thank goodness it's ending today!!!

[knodge41]

What a fine performance of Mozart's "Prague" Symphony by Markevitch & the BPO this morning. Is it still available on CD?

[Pianorak]

Just been to R3 website: Mozart Highlights where you are invited to "Listen now: complete works". So in my innocence in click on Piano Concerto no 17 in G and what do I get: No longer available. Why the hell list it?????

[Flosshilde]

Thank goodness it's ending today!!!

seconded

[mikerotheatrenestr0y]

The Philips edition ran to 180 CDs. They weren't all filled to an overflowing 80 minutes, but even if they had been, we could have got through the whole lot in 10 days flat. Most ran to an hour or less, so we could have had a 9 days' wonder. [And nobody mentioned the amazing stucco-work and beautiful fake marble in Mozart's apartment in the Figaro-Haus!]