Playwright Arthur Miller once said “Mozart is happiness before it has gotten defined.” We’ve got Mozart happy, melancholy and masterful on the next Heifetz On Air, featuring performances by outstanding Heifetz Institute students and alumni.
This Episode’s Playlist
Mozart: Violin Sonata No. 21 in E minor, K. 304
II. Tempo di Menuetto
Alina Kobialka, violin
Beilin Han, piano
Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University, Staunton, VA
Heifetz Institute Recording | 07.21.2016
Mozart, arr. Jerrold Rubinstein: Divertimento No. 15 in B-flat Major, K. 287
IV. Adagio
Itamar Zorman, violin
Alexander Tentser, piano
Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University, Stuanton, VA
Heifetz Institute Recording | 07.17.2016
Mozart: Duo in B-flat for Violin & Viola, K. 424.
I. Adagio [excerpt]
Rachell Ellen Wong, violin
Andrew Gonzalez, viola
Blackfriars Playhouse, American Shakespeare Center Staunton, VA
Heifetz Institute Recording | 05.20.2020
Mozart: Divertimento in E-flat Major for String Trio, K. 563
I. Allegro
IV. Andante
V. Minuets I & II
VI. Allegro
Yezu Woo, violin
Laura Liu, viola
Allen Liang, cello
Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University, Staunton, VA
Heifetz Institute Recording | 04.09.2023
Beethoven: 7 Variations on ‘Bei Männern welche Liebe fühlen,’ WoO 46 [excerpt]
Zlatomir Fung, cello
Rohan De Silva, piano
Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University, Stuanton, VA
Heifetz Institute Recording | 08.04.2019
Pablo de Sarasate: Fantasy on Mozart’s Magic Flute, Op. 54
Ji-Won Song, violin
Jun Cho, piano
Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University, Stuanton, VA
Heifetz Institute Recording | 07.05.2017
Go Deeper
Joseph Solman’s charming little book Mozartiana is stuffed with “Notes, Quotes and Anecdotes about Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.” The book is a bargain and a fun read. You can find lots of inexpensive copies here.
Mozartiana is better known as the title of one of choreographer George Balanchines’s most celebrated productions, set to the Mozart-inspired suite by the same name by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, or as author Solomon Volkov put it, “the flourishing bow of the Russian composer to the Austrian genius.” Balanchine choreographed the piece no fewer than three times; the final instance in 1981, in an acclaimed production featuring Suzanne Farrell.
Here’s another informative and inexpensive read that also serves as a handy reference for digging deeper into Mozart: Author Paul Roussel’s Mozart, Seen Through 50 Masterpieces – which happens to include two of the works featured on today’s program!