Don Giovanni (1787) is considered to be the opera of operas. Given this, it is no accident that this opera’s overture is also a masterpiece. Don Giovanni’s slow introduction foreshadows the conclusion of the plot and the penultimate scene of the opera.

The first and last movements of Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major (1786) are characterised by a cheerful mood, while the slow movement of the piece is marked by pain and tears. The Concert Aria “Ch’io mi scordi di te?” (1787) was written for operatic soprano Nancy Storace’s farewell concert in Vienna. Mozart’s Symphony No. 36 in C Major “Linz Symphony” was composed on Mozart’s return journey from Salzburg to his home in Vienna in 1783, when he and his wife were guests in Count Thun’s Linz-based house for a short while. Mozart gave a composer’s concert in the theatre of Linz, and wrote his Symphony No. 36 in C Major “Linz Symphony” for that occasion – as he put is ‘in quite haste’.

Programme:

PIECES BY WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART

Don Giovanni – Overture (concert version)

Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, K 488

(I Allegro; II Adagio; III Allegro assai)

Interval

„Ch’io mi scordi di te? ... Non temer, amato bene”, K 505 (Will I forget you? ... Fear not, Beloved!)

Symphony No. 36 in C Major “Linz Symphony”, K 425

(I Adagio – Allegro spiritoso; II Poco adagio; III Menuetto; IV Presto)

With:

Ádám BALOGH – piano

Veronika GESZTHY – voice

Conductor: Péter OBERFRANK

For further information, please visit the web page of Zuglo Philharmonics Budapest