Piece-Info
Out of the spirit of opera
To Sir András Schiff, Mozart’s piano concertos »form a perfect synthesis of opera, symphony, and chamber music«. This is especially true of the late A major Concerto, which was written in 1785 following a hiatus from the »flood of piano concertos«. His work on »Figaro« broke the creative dam, leading to large-scale works in which the clarinet was for the first time integrated into the orchestra. K. 488 is also the only concerto to feature an exceptionally slow middle movement: the melody in the Adagio recalls an operatic aria. Bach’s Orchestral Suite No. 3 with its famous Air and Mendelssohn’s »Italian« Symphony bookend the concerto.
Programme
Johann Sebastian Bach Orchestersuite Nr. 3 D-Dur BWV 1068
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Klavierkonzert Nr. 23 A-Dur KV 488
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Symphonie Nr. 4 A-Dur op. 90 »Italienische«
More info: staatskapelle-dresden.de
