The Mozart Festival series of radio programs is comprehensive coverage of one of the world's most spectacular music events. Location-recorded in Mozart's hometown of Salzburg, Austria, The Mozart Festival includes performances by some of the world's leading soloists and orchestras, backstage clips with performers, and location-recorded features touring the Mozarteum Foundation's priceless collections, including Mozart's original manuscripts and personal possessions.
Behind-the-scenes features take listeners to Mozart's birthplace to examine an original edition of his father's legendary textbook on violin playing; to the Mozart family's residence to hear Mozart's own piano; and to the Mozarteum Foundation's underground vaults for a first-hand look at some of Mozart's earliest original manuscripts.
Program
Part 1 — Friday, August 3, at 8 p.m.
Mozart: Overture to Idomeneo
Pablo Heras-Casado, conductor
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Mozart: Violin Concerto in G, KV 216 (Allegro)
Carolin Widmann, violin
Louis Langrée, conductor
Camerata Salzburg
Mozart: Aria, "Vedrai carino" from Don Giovanni
Mojca Erdmann, soprano
David Afkham, conductor
Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg
Feature: Leopold Mozart's Violin Treatise from Mozart's Birthplace
Gabriele Ramsauer, Director of Museums/Mozarteum Foundation
Mozart: Mass in C, KV 257 "Kyrie"
János Czifra, Domkapellmeister
Salzburg Dom Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra
Mozart: Symphony in C, KV 338
Louis Langrée, conductor
Camerata Salzburg
Part 2 — Friday, August 10, at 8 p.m.
Feature: "Mozart's Pianoforte" from the Mozart Family Residence
Ulrich Leisinger, Director of Research/Mozarteum Foundation
Mozart: Recitative and Aria, "Quando avran fine omai - Padre, germani, addio!" from Idomeneo, KV 366
Mojca Erdmann, soprano
David Afkham, conductor
Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg
Mozart: Trio in B-flat, KV 502
Robert Levin, Mozart's pianoforte
Frank Stadler, Mozart's violin
Peter Sigl, cello
Feature: "Mozart Original Manuscripts" from the Mozarteum Vault
Armin Brinzing, Director of Bibliotheca Mozartiana/Mozarteum Foundation
Mozart: Symphony in C, "Linz" KV 425 (Menuetto-Trio/Presto)
Ivor Bolton, conductor
Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg
Part 3 — Friday, August 17, at 8 p.m.
Mozart: Mass in C, KV 257 "Gloria"
János Czifra, Domkapellmeister
Salzburg Dom Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra
Mozart: Piano Concerto in E-flat, KV 382 (Allegro)
Emanuel Ax, piano
Pablo Heras-Casado, conductor
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Mozart: Aria, "Tiger! wetze nur die Klauen" from Zaide, KV 334
Mojca Erdmann, soprano
David Afkham, conductor
Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg
Feature: "Nannerl's Notebook" from The Mozarteum Vault
Armin Brinzing, Director of Bibliotheca Mozartiana/Mozarteum Foundation
Mozart: Symphony in C, "Jupiter" KV 551 (Menuetto. Allegretto - Trio/ Molto Allegro)
Louis Langrée, conductor
Camerata Salzburg
Part 4 — Friday, August 24, at 8 p.m.
Salieri: Arias, "Père barbare, arache-moi" & "Par les larmes" from Les Danaïdes
Mojca Erdmann, soprano
David Afkham, conductor
Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg
Mozart: Symphony in g minor, KV 550 (Molto Allegro)
David Afkham, conductor
Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg
Mozart: Sonata for Violin and Pianoforte in C, KV 403 (completed by Levin)
Robert Levin, Mozart's pianoforte
Frank Stadler, Mozart's violin
Feature: "The Mozart Portrait" from Mozart's Birthplace
Gabriele Ramsauer, Director of Museums/Mozarteum Foundation
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 in a minor, Op. 56 "Scottish" (Adagio. Allegro vivacissimo/Allegro maestoso assai)
Pablo Heras-Casado, conductor
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
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