Great Composers: Mozart

Great Composers: Mozart; BBC TV Great Composers Series; Narrated by Kenneth Branagh; DVD; Color; 59 min. The Great Composers series presents the lives and works of seven musical giants from the Baroque era to the twentieth century. It examines the backgrounds, influences and relationships that make these seven composers part of the history of western music. Each composer's life and work is presented through extensive performance sequences, and through interviews with some of today's greatest artists and most respected authorities. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) was the most prodigiously gifted of all Western composers. More than any other composer, it is his mythological biography - from the archetypal "Wunderkind" childhood to his early obscure death - that defines our popular conception of a great composer. This film unravels two hundred years of fiction and myth. The deteriorating relationship Mozart had with his father, and his choice of Constanze for his wife are re-assessed in this film which expertly depicts the intrigue and jealousy that surrounded his life. Contributors include Charles Rosen, Imogen Cooper, Jonathan Miller, Sir George Solti, Cecilia Bartoli, Sir Colin Davis, Lillian Watson and H.C. Robbins Landon with extracts from Le nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni, Die Zauberflote, Cosi fan tutte, Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail and Piano Concerto in E Flat. Music is performed by the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Colin Davis, the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, and Endellion Quartet. Imogen Cooper is the pianist. Chapters: 1. ;Child Prodigy , ; Minuet in G, K.1 2. ;The Early Years , ; J.C. Bach: Grand Overture No. 2, Op. 18 , ; Symphony No. 1, K.16 -1st movement 3. ;Salzburg , ; A Major Violin conerto, K.219 - 1st movement 4. ;Visit to Paris , ; Symphony No. 31, K.297 "Paris" - Finale 5. ;Move to Vienna 6. ;Opera , ; Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail, K.384 , ; Welche Wonne, Welche Lust, Act II 7.,The Piano Concerto , ; Piano Concerto No. 2, K.488 - 1st movement 8. ;Improvisation , ; Piano Concerto No. 2, K488 - 2nd movement 9. ;Marriage to Constanze , ; Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 10. Baroque Influence , ; Suite in the Style of Handel, K.399 , ; G Major String Quartet, K.387 - Finale 11. Meeting with Haydn , ; String Quartet, K.465 "Dissonance" - 1st movement; 12. Italian Opera; , ; Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 Overture , ; Che soave Zeffiretto, Act III , ; Se vuol ballare Act I , ; Voi che sapete Act II 13. Don Giovanni , ; Don Giovanni, K.527 Overturen , ; Finale, Act II 14. Last Three Symphonies , ; Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K.550 - 1st movement , ; Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, Op.125 , ; Symphony No. 41, K.551 "Jupiter" - Finale 15. Cosi fan tutte , ; Cosi fan tutte, K.588, Quintet, Act I 16.;The Final Years , ; Die Zauberflote, K.620, Der Vogelfanger bin ich ja, Act I , ; Clarinet Concerto, K.622 - 2nd movement 17. Credits Other films in the series: Puccini #853134 Bach # 853135 Beethoven #853136 Tchaikovsky #853137 Wagner #853138 Mahler #853139