Some time during the cold, dark days of December, 1773, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed 16 Minuets (K176), the very ones to which I listen at 7:15 on this cold, dark December morning nearly two and a half centuries later. After eating my Asiago bagel (sliced and toasted) with cream cheese, and cupping my chilly hands […]
Entries Tagged as 'Salzburg (June 1772)'
Of Year’s End and Tea Parties (Serenades and Dances, Box 2)
December 31st, 2009 · No Comments · Boston Tea Party, Box 2: Serenades Dances Marches, K164/130a, K176, K315g/315a, K61h, Minuets, Mozart at 15, Mozart at 16, Mozart at 17, Salzburg (1771-72), Salzburg (December 1773), Salzburg (June 1772), Salzburg (late 1773), Wiener Mozart Ensemble, Willi Boskovsky
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Of Young Composers and Old Soldiers (Symphonies, Box 1)
December 17th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Box 1: Symphonies, K134, K162, K181, K182, Mozart at 16, Mozart at 17, Salzburg (August 1772), Salzburg (June 1772), Salzburg (May 19 1773), Salzburg (October 3 1773), Salzburg (October 5 1773), Sir Neville Marriner, Symphony No. 21, Symphony No. 22, Symphony No. 23, Symphony No. 24, Symphony No. 25
Today was a busy day. I worked on another client project, did a bit of Christmas shopping, and had planned to see the movie White Christmas at 5:45 but instead decided to take a walk with my wife at the “creepy mall” and then get back to work. (And I really wanted to see the […]
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