Leonard Bernstein, my favorite Mozart conductor. I have always admired Mozart's works, since long before I fell in love with Beethoven. Beethoven only really became a love for me in my teenage years when I started developing a minor key bias and craving. Before that, Mozart and Chopin were my favorites. And I still admire them greatly. And Symphony no. 40 has always been one of my favorite pieces by Mozart and is even more so now that I have that minor key bias and can really appreciate motivic development thanks to a score study I did of Beethoven's Fifth when I was 12. My Mozart favorites basically fall into 3 groups, the Minor Key Pieces, the New Major Key Favorites, and the Nostalgic Favorites(by which I mean pieces that are in major keys, were favorites of mine as a child and have stuck around as favorites to this day). Some of my favorites in each category are: Minor Key Pieces Piano Sonata no. 14 in C minor Piano Concerto no. 24 in C minor Adagio and Fugue in C minor Symphony no. 40 Violin Sonata in E minor New Major Key Favorites Piano Sonata no. 13 in Bb K 333 Piano Concerto no. 26 in D "Coronation" Nostalgic Favorites Piano Concerto no. 21 in C K 545 Sonata Eine Kleine Nachtmusik Marriage of Figaro Overture
The No 40 Simphony is probably the most ahead of its time work of Mozart. And for me one of the most fascinating because it really makes me wonder how the musical landscape would have looked if Mozart would have lived longer. Imagine only that he would have been contemporary with a mature Beethoven (who was only 21 when Mozart died). Classical muzic would have been something completely else than it is today. And this simphony gives us a glimpse of that something else. Absolutely fascinating.
@@MrRick5461 well as it happens being Mozart's anniversary I celebrated it by listening exactly one of his creations in G minor you used as an example (the Piano Quartet no 1). Fallowed by a little search here on RUclips for some references. And I found your video and enjoyed it. Maybe an interesting subject for a video could be his two piano quartets as their history (and context) is interesting. They were not very popular in his time so he never created the third as his initial plan was. I wonder how that third piano quartet would have sounded. 🙂
100%. My father swore by Jupiter, but there’s something about the 40th which just speaks to me. I’ve been obsessed with it ever since I heard the third movement when I was a kid.
As you say, Mozart did have a special relationship with G minor. His 25th Symphony was a sign of things to come and, as good as it is, it's incredible to stop and consider that he was 17 years old when he wrote it! And of course, Mozart's 40th Symphony is IMO the GOAT, it flows seamlessly from one unforgettable melody to the next and it's never boring. The 2nd movement is magical. And thanks for recognizing his 20th Piano Concerto, IMO it is second only to his 23rd Piano Concerto.
There should have been more of an explanation about the 40th symphony, including the 2nd and 3rd movements, plus the development and recalculation sections of the 1st and 4th movements.
![Mozart - Symphony No. 25 in G minor, K. 183 [complete]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/rNeirjA65Dk/mqdefault.jpg)
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Leonard Bernstein, my favorite Mozart conductor. I have always admired Mozart's works, since long before I fell in love with Beethoven. Beethoven only really became a love for me in my teenage years when I started developing a minor key bias and craving. Before that, Mozart and Chopin were my favorites. And I still admire them greatly. And Symphony no. 40 has always been one of my favorite pieces by Mozart and is even more so now that I have that minor key bias and can really appreciate motivic development thanks to a score study I did of Beethoven's Fifth when I was 12.
My Mozart favorites basically fall into 3 groups, the Minor Key Pieces, the New Major Key Favorites, and the Nostalgic Favorites(by which I mean pieces that are in major keys, were favorites of mine as a child and have stuck around as favorites to this day). Some of my favorites in each category are:
Minor Key Pieces
Piano Sonata no. 14 in C minor
Piano Concerto no. 24 in C minor
Adagio and Fugue in C minor
Symphony no. 40
Violin Sonata in E minor
New Major Key Favorites
Piano Sonata no. 13 in Bb K 333
Piano Concerto no. 26 in D "Coronation"
Nostalgic Favorites
Piano Concerto no. 21 in C
K 545 Sonata
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
Marriage of Figaro Overture
The No 40 Simphony is probably the most ahead of its time work of Mozart. And for me one of the most fascinating because it really makes me wonder how the musical landscape would have looked if Mozart would have lived longer. Imagine only that he would have been contemporary with a mature Beethoven (who was only 21 when Mozart died). Classical muzic would have been something completely else than it is today. And this simphony gives us a glimpse of that something else. Absolutely fascinating.
Amen to that...I've always been in awe of this symphony...the Jupiter as well, for that matter. Thank you for taking the time to watch and comment!
@@MrRick5461 well as it happens being Mozart's anniversary I celebrated it by listening exactly one of his creations in G minor you used as an example (the Piano Quartet no 1). Fallowed by a little search here on RUclips for some references. And I found your video and enjoyed it.
Maybe an interesting subject for a video could be his two piano quartets as their history (and context) is interesting. They were not very popular in his time so he never created the third as his initial plan was. I wonder how that third piano quartet would have sounded. 🙂
100%. My father swore by Jupiter, but there’s something about the 40th which just speaks to me. I’ve been obsessed with it ever since I heard the third movement when I was a kid.
As you say, Mozart did have a special relationship with G minor. His 25th Symphony was a sign of things to come and, as good as it is, it's incredible to stop and consider that he was 17 years old when he wrote it! And of course, Mozart's 40th Symphony is IMO the GOAT, it flows seamlessly from one unforgettable melody to the next and it's never boring. The 2nd movement is magical. And thanks for recognizing his 20th Piano Concerto, IMO it is second only to his 23rd Piano Concerto.
Thank you for taking the time to watch and comment!
There should have been more of an explanation about the 40th symphony, including the 2nd and 3rd movements, plus the development and recalculation sections of the 1st and 4th movements.
Thank you Rick!
Leticia
Awesome explanation
Thank you for taking the time to watch and comment! #40 really is an amazing work!