Post by erik on Jan 30, 2021 18:24:39 GMT -5
Mozart excelled in a number of fields in his abbreviated life, and one of those in particular was the Divertimento. One of those is in this week's Classical Works Spotlight.
Mozart: DIVERTIMENTO NO. 11 IN D MAJOR, K. 251 (NANNERL SEPTET)
Besides symphonies, concertos, operas, and serenades, another form that Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart excelled at was the form of the Divertimento. Perhaps his most popular in this form (which he delved into on at least seventeen occasions that scholars know of) was the eleventh, in the key of D Major, believed to have been composed in July 1776 while he was still in Salzburg, but planning to go to Paris and then settle in Vienna. Believed to have been composed for the name day of his sister Nannerl, and because it was originally scored for only seven musicians (oboe; two French horns; two violins; viola; double bass), it is often known as the Nannerl Septet; later Mozart expanded the string compliment so that a small orchestral ensemble would be able to play it. It is in six movements ([1] Molto Allegro; [2] Menuetto; [3] Andantino; [4] Menuetto; [5] Rondo; and [6} Marcia alla Francese), making for a work averaging out to twenty-five minutes in length, with the third and fifth movements being the most “characteristic” of the then 20 year-old composer. Although he would compose six more works in this form over the ensuing five years, he stopped after he had settled in Vienna.
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra/CLAUDIO ABBADO (Sony)
Included:
MARCH IN D MAJOR, K. 335 (320-A), NO. 1
SERENADE NO. 9 IN D MAJOR, K. 320 (POSTHORN)
MARCH IN D MAJOR, K. 335 (320-A), NO. 2
Mozart: DIVERTIMENTO NO. 11 IN D MAJOR, K. 251 (NANNERL SEPTET)
Besides symphonies, concertos, operas, and serenades, another form that Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart excelled at was the form of the Divertimento. Perhaps his most popular in this form (which he delved into on at least seventeen occasions that scholars know of) was the eleventh, in the key of D Major, believed to have been composed in July 1776 while he was still in Salzburg, but planning to go to Paris and then settle in Vienna. Believed to have been composed for the name day of his sister Nannerl, and because it was originally scored for only seven musicians (oboe; two French horns; two violins; viola; double bass), it is often known as the Nannerl Septet; later Mozart expanded the string compliment so that a small orchestral ensemble would be able to play it. It is in six movements ([1] Molto Allegro; [2] Menuetto; [3] Andantino; [4] Menuetto; [5] Rondo; and [6} Marcia alla Francese), making for a work averaging out to twenty-five minutes in length, with the third and fifth movements being the most “characteristic” of the then 20 year-old composer. Although he would compose six more works in this form over the ensuing five years, he stopped after he had settled in Vienna.
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra/CLAUDIO ABBADO (Sony)
Included:
MARCH IN D MAJOR, K. 335 (320-A), NO. 1
SERENADE NO. 9 IN D MAJOR, K. 320 (POSTHORN)
MARCH IN D MAJOR, K. 335 (320-A), NO. 2