Psychologist Joanna Schaffhausen said, “Mozart was a child prodigy; Beethoven was not. The world still marvels at both of them.”
But over all her technique never failed her, nor did her sense of color, especially in the twin pillars of her repertory, Spanish music and Mozart.
So that's the last music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and his pupil, Suessmayr, and — not to leave you in a somber mood — let's listen to Louis Armstrong as we go out. Okay?
She made her orchestral debut with a Mozart concerto in Madrid when she was 11.
The Mozart "Requiem" with the Vienna Symphony, is from 1956 and is superb: taut, muscular, dramatic, and in very fine mono sound.
And repeat again. There appear to be no real shortcuts: even Mozart, who was a musical prodigy at age 4, took 13 more years before he began to produce world-class music.
The rumor that Salieri had poisoned Mozart, however, likely originated from Salieri himself.
This last is noteworthy, especially with respect to Mozart, who was often scathing about colleagues. When he spoke of Haydn, however, it was with reverence.
But Mozart had been right in his premonition: he had written his own requiem.
Then there was Mozart's friend Joseph Leutgeb (to whom Mozart dedicated his horn concerto, K417, calling him "ass, ox and simpleton").
Famously, listening to Mozart improves peoples’ ability to problem solve over the long-term by thinking critically.
It's also about Mozart and Mendelssohn, the piano and the violin, and how we made it to Carnegie Hall.
Three of us opt to stroll to the Mozart Café, indulge in a luxury breakfast, then head to the Spanish Riding School with its Lipizzaner horses.
The concert ended with a Mozart violin concerto.
Pictures of Mozart and Beethoven hang on the walls.
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