Mozart K 563

[Barbirollians]

This is not a work that I know well but listening to it tonight on the Grumiaux recording of the String Quintets it is the " filler " I am struck by how extraordinarily modern a piece it sounds and it is one of those works that makes one think what a different musical world we almost might live in had Mozart been spared another 20 years . It has none of the sweet beauty of so many of his string quartets and almost seems an angry, questing work of music .

Stunning .

[Ferretfancy]

This is not a work that I know well but listening to it tonight on the Grumiaux recording of the String Quintets it is the " filler " I am struck by how extraordinarily modern a piece it sounds and it is one of those works that makes one think what a different musical world we almost might live in had Mozart been spared another 20 years . It has none of the sweet beauty of so many of his string quartets and almost seems an angry, questing work of music .

Stunning .

It's extraordinary how Mozart could invoke disturbing moods even when he was very young. One of his youthful string quartets, I think it's K174, has a tragic depth that you would not expect from one so young.

My copy of the Grumiaux set of the string quintets comes as 2 CDs in a slip case, and it doesn't contain K 563 unfortunately, but if I had to rescue my collection in a hurry,it would be a top priority!

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Hyperbole is inadequate - simply one of the very greatest works by one of the very greatest Musical minds ever. (And, in Grumiaux, one its greatest recordings)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Seaso9_fszs

[Bryn]

I only have the recording in the Brilliant Classics Complete Mozart, and a somewhat HIPP 1977 offering from principals in Collegium Aureum. The latter is the more impressive of the two, but I have just ordered the Grumiaux, which these days also comes on a double album with other trios and duos from members of ASMF et al:



ASIN: B0000041EK

The triple album with the quintets is at ASIN: B000065TV7.

[JFLL]

This is not a work that I know well but listening to it tonight on the Grumiaux recording of the String Quintets it is the " filler " .....

Some filler! It was discussed in a BAL a couple of years ago, when I think the Grumiaux recording was recommended. Thread here:
http://www.for3.org/forums/showthread.php?7603-BaL-23-02-13-Mozart-s-Divertimento-for-String-Trio-K563

Pure delight from beginning to end (the work, not the thread ).

[richardfinegold]

I think I remember hearing this piece arranged once for full string Orchestra and as with other conflations of Chamber works, it misses the that sense of striving and strain and gains a sense of mass that just doesn't seem right.

[teamsaint]

thread title is a bit of a wolf in sheeps clothing......

but thanks.

[Bryn]

Some filler! It was discussed in a BAL a couple of years ago, when I think the Grumiaux recording was recommended. Thread here:
http://www.for3.org/forums/showthread.php?7603-BaL-23-02-13-Mozart-s-Divertimento-for-String-Trio-K563

Pure delight from beginning to end (the work, not the thread ).

Perusing that thread and noting the contributions from Julien Sorel, I was prompted to remind all of the Concert in memory of Simon Howard (who posted here as Julien Sorel) at City University on Tuesday 24 March. A understand a number of present and past contributors here and on the old BBC Classical Forum will be participating.

Unquiet lullabies, dream-visions of nightless night, sound-images of time stilled and time reversed … A concert tribute to the poet Simon Howard (1960–2013), based around the themes that pervade his work and featuring contributions from the many composers and performers who were his friends.

PROGRAMME:

RICHARD BARRETT – lost for piano
J.S. BACH – Prelude and Fugue in C# minor (WTC Bk 1)
JOHN HAILS – Enlightenment for harp and electronics (WP)
ALISTAIR ZALDUA – contrejours for piano and electronics
HEINRICH BIBER – Passagalia ‘The Guardian Angel’, from Mystery Sonatas
RICHARD BARRETT – tendril for harp and electronics (UKP)
BARBARA WOOF – Utopians for fixed-media electronics (WP)
EVAN JOHNSON – three reversed movements, to bring destroyed objects back to life for piano
ANDREW NOBLE – The Laugh of the Medusa for speaking pianist (UKP)
PHILIPP BLUME– Departures: for Simon Howard (WP) for 4-channel electroacoustic sound [based on a text by Yiannis Ritsos]
PHILIP VENABLES – Numbers 91-95 for speaker (with tape recorders), flute, harp and woodblock [text by Simon Howard]

Pavlos Antoniadis (piano)
Milana Zarić (harp)
Richard Barrett (electronics)
Persephone Gibbs (Baroque violin)

FREE ADMISSION, all welcome.

Directions: http://www.city.ac.uk/visit

Performance Space (ALG10)
College Building
City University London
St John St (between Spencer St and Wyclif St)
London EC1V 4PB

http://www.city.ac.uk/concerts

http://www.twitter.com/CityUniConcerts

Address: Performance Space (ALG10), College Building, City University London,, London
Against the Day: A concert for Simon Howard (1960-2013)

[EdgeleyRob]

The 2nd movement Adagio is the most beautiful thing written by Mozart IMO.

[gurnemanz]

Prompted by the thread I played the Grumiaux today. Beautiful playing and ideal stereo balance.

[gamba]

Would agree with all comments re. Grumiaux. However am also clutching another version to my breast. Copied from a R3
Broadcast a few years ago. Zimmermann, Tamestit, Poltera,, Edinburgh festival, 2012. The cello featured more strongly than is usual, always a means to manipulate my feelings ! Am hoping to have mine see daylight again soon & back to Bach Suites no.s 1 & 3, the easier ones..