RN Documentary: A Dutch Divertimento in six movements
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
Length: 29:30
In 1765 the Mozart family came to stay in the Netherlands. It was the last leg of their ?Great Western Tour? and brought nine year old Wolfgang?s prodigious talent to the attention of the world. The trip was meant to last for just one month. The hand of fate made it a much longer stay.
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Piece Description
In 1765 the Mozart family came to stay in the Netherlands. It was the last leg of their ?Great Western Tour? and brought nine year old Wolfgang?s prodigious talent to the attention of the world. The trip was meant to last for just one month. The hand of fate made it a much longer stay.
Transcript
A DUTCH DIVERTIMENTO ? IN SIX MOVEMENTS
Producer: Christopher Chambers
Broadcast: 25th and 27th January 2006
Production no:
Length: 29?30?
Music:
CD: Mozart in Holland (207.547)
Title: Symphony no.5 in Bes /Mozart
Track: no.1/ allegro
Length: 1?40?
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields/Sir Neville Marriner
Philips 432 788-2
Leopold Reading:
19th September 1765. I must confess that I would have regretted it if we hadn?t have come to Holland. Nearly all European cities we?ve been to look the same, but here the towns and cities are completely different. The neatness which can often appear exaggerated , here I find outstanding. Leopold Mozart.
Link: And so begins the Mozart?s journey to the Netherlands. Father Leopold, mother Maria Anna, daughter Nannerl and their son Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Just nine years old but already feted across Europe. Wolfgang was a...
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Musical Works
CD: Mozart in Holland (207.547),Title: Symphony no.5 in Bes /Mozart, Track: no.1/ allegro, Length: 3?09?, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields/Sir Neville Marriner, Philips 432 788-2
CD: Mozart. Les Plus Belles Symphonies, Title: Symphony no.40 in G minor, Track: no.1 molto allegro, Length: 2?05?, Nikolaus Harnoncourt/Royal Concertgebouw, Orchestra, Teldec 4509-97490-2
CD: Mozart in Holland (207.547), Title: Conservati fedele, Track: no.4, Length: 1?12?, Soprano: Hanna Schwarz/Mozarteum Orchester, Salzburg, Philips 432 788-2
CD: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Title: Fantasy in D minor, Track: no.4, Length: 53?, Pianist: Bart van Oort, Columns classics 99169
CD: Mozart in Holland (207.547), Title: Galimathias Musicum, Track: no.18/ fugue, Length: 1?24?, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields/Sir Neville Marriner, Philips 432 788-2
CD: Mozart in Holland (207.547), Title: Symphony no.5 in Bes /Mozart, Track: no.1/ allegro, Length: 1?06?, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields/Sir Neville Marriner, Philips 432 788-2
CD: Brilliant organ works, Title: Mozart F minor fantasy, Track: no.1 allegro, Length: 1?19?, Jos van der Kooy, Intersound 1008
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