I had the opportunity this week to revisit the first version of Don Giovanni I ever saw, Joseph Losey's 1979 filmed production, wi...

I came across the late Uwe Scholz's ballet to Mozart's C minor mass on the Classic Arts Showcase a couple of years ago. (I miss the...

Mozart encompasses the entire domain of musical creation, but I've got only the keyboard in my poor head. –F. Chopin Most minds re...

Avery Fisher Hall. August 23, 2013.  It is often boasted that the arts are for everyone and likewise touted that more young people ought t...

I vaghi fiori Giovanni Palestrina A heated debate followed one of The Atlantic ' s puffy articles this week when  Benjamin Schwar...

Mozartian Counterpoint Part I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII  | Addendum String Quarter in C, KV.465 I. Adagio-Allegro ...

". . . in modern conditions Mozart would make a fortune with the products of one side of his genius which he would lose in performanc...

I just purchased Robert Harris' 1991 book, "What to Listen for in Mozart" and to my surprise what did I find inside? Why anno...

Bergman's opening scene to Mozart's final opera is itself a miniature masterpiece. We begin with the Three Ladies veiled ...

"At any time between 1750 and 1930 if you had asked educated people to describe the aim of poetry, art, or music, they would have repli...

I assembled the following to be a pleasing and perhaps instructive journey through music history and because we all know people who refer t...

A Mozart Crossword Puzzle . I think I made it moderately difficult. Click to enlarge . It's an 8.5x11 image if you want to print it out...

Through the years since his death in 1791 the image of Mozart has worn many masks: the traditionalist, the avant-garde, the idiot-savant, t...

The point of Figaro  is not that the Count repents, or that contrition is a virtue. The point is not that he is forgiven, nor even that...

In our first essay on Sacred Music we looked at chant and discussed some of the properties which make it uniquely appropriate for the litu...

In our first look at sacred music last month we discussed some concrete principals and why they functioned as the essence of good sacred m...

Sometimes my lists spiral into large projects. This is not one of those times. I offer only one word of clarification, that I restricted my...

The other day we spoke of sibling themes throughout Mozart's oeuvre. Since you will be deprived of my review of the finale concert to th...

We have discussed the wonderful structural features of Mozart's music many times in this space. From fugues and fugatos, canons, themes ...