Did you do anything special to Celebrate Mozart's 250th Birthday on Friday, January 27? All hail Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, an unsurpassed genius and child prodigy whose brilliant music has permeated western culture for the last two hundred years, and thrives today in countless performances world-wide.
Having played several early piano compositions of Mozart, and having sung many Mozart Aria's, Duets, and Operetic Ensembles, I have long been a devotee of Mozart. Mozart's music, especially his operas, are infinately more intriguing musically and dramatically than any of his contemporaries. For singers, there is that specific Mozart sound for both men and women which reflects the healthiest and brightest of natural singing.
The finale from Act II of The Marriage of Figaro is one the greatest ensembles ever written. This highly structured, multi-layered selection that begins as a duet for the Count and the Countess evolves majestically into muliple voices and characters that exude the essential meaning of arched classical vocal lines ripe with limitless thematic development into an enrapturing, sonorous conclusion.
Undoubtedly, Mozart's music will continue to influence western society and culture for another 250 years. His celestial music will always be a beacon of greatness with Mozart having accomplished in his 35 short years the stature of being a giant among giants.
All Hail Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Michelle Malkin has a wonderful post on W. A. Mozart.
Read about Cecilia Bartoli replacing Renee Fleming at the Huge Mozart Celebration in Vienna.
A Fabulous article in the New York Times. A wonderful article at Playbill Arts.
This Mozart site is very interesting.
From Opera News: March 4, 1957.
Having played several early piano compositions of Mozart, and having sung many Mozart Aria's, Duets, and Operetic Ensembles, I have long been a devotee of Mozart. Mozart's music, especially his operas, are infinately more intriguing musically and dramatically than any of his contemporaries. For singers, there is that specific Mozart sound for both men and women which reflects the healthiest and brightest of natural singing.
The finale from Act II of The Marriage of Figaro is one the greatest ensembles ever written. This highly structured, multi-layered selection that begins as a duet for the Count and the Countess evolves majestically into muliple voices and characters that exude the essential meaning of arched classical vocal lines ripe with limitless thematic development into an enrapturing, sonorous conclusion.
Undoubtedly, Mozart's music will continue to influence western society and culture for another 250 years. His celestial music will always be a beacon of greatness with Mozart having accomplished in his 35 short years the stature of being a giant among giants.
All Hail Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Michelle Malkin has a wonderful post on W. A. Mozart.
Read about Cecilia Bartoli replacing Renee Fleming at the Huge Mozart Celebration in Vienna.
A Fabulous article in the New York Times. A wonderful article at Playbill Arts.
This Mozart site is very interesting.
From Opera News: March 4, 1957.
1 comments:
Mozart was a very influential man for his time period. It is a fascinating that you took the time to commemerate this great musician.
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