1791 - The Final Bars
Donald Macleod follows the highs, lows and exquisite music of Mozart’s last five years. Today, Mozart’s final year brings high risk and high reward, but luck turns just too late.
Donald Macleod tells the story of Mozart’s Requiem and the creative outpouring of his rollercoaster last year.
All this week, we’ll be hearing Mozart’s famous swansong in its entirety as Donald Macleod charts the highs and lows of the composer's last five years, from veneration to humiliation and back again. We hear how Mozart coped with all that life threw at him and somehow managed to compose many of the works he’s most beloved for today.
Today, we reach 1791.The story of Mozart’s last year is still one that grips the popular imagination, coloured by enigma and intrigue. It’s a year of high risks and significant rewards, and it seems the composer’s luck is finally about to turn… but too late…
La clemenza di Tito: Marcia
Academy of Ancient Music
Christopher Hogwood, conductor
The Magic Flute: Overture
Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Claudio Abbado, conductor
Piano Concerto in B flat, K595 (ii Largo)
Francesco Piemontesi, piano
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Andrew Manze, conductor
Ave verum corpus, K618
The Sixteen
Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields
Harry Christophers, conductor
Adagio for Glass Harmonica, K617a
Vienna Glass Armonica Duo
The Magic Flute, Act II, Scene 5: Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen
Bryn Terfel, bass-baritone
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Sir Charles Mackerras, conductor
Clarinet Concerto in A, K622 (1st movement)
Sabine Meyer, basset clarinet
Staatskapelle Dresden
Hans Vonk, conductor
Requiem: Agnus Dei/Communio
Ying Fang, soprano
Ensemble Pygmalion
Raphaël Pichon, conductor
Produced by Amelia Parker for ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Audio Wales and West
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
La Clemenza di Tito, Act 1, No 4, Marcia
Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Director: Christopher Hogwood.- L`OISEAU LYRE.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The Magic Flute Overture
Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.- DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No 27 in B flat major, K 595 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Francesco Piemontesi. Performer: Andrew Manze. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra.- LINN.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Ave verum corpus K.618
Choir: The Sixteen. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Harry Christophers.- CORO.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Adagio for Glass Harmonica, K 617a
Ensemble: Vienna Glass Harmonica Duo.- K&K.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The Magic Flute, Act 2, No 20, Ein Madchen oder weibchen
Singer: Bryn Terfel. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.- DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Clarinet Concerto in A major, K 622 (1st mvt)
Performer: Sabine Meyer. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Hans Vonk.- EMI.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Requiem in D minor, K 626 (Agnus Dei; Communio)
Ensemble: Ensemble Baroque Pygmalion. Conductor: Raphaël Pichon. Singer: Ying Fang.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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