 | No. 387 of the ongoing ITYWLTMT series of audio montages is this week's Friday Blog and Podcast. It can be found in our archives at https://archive.org/details/pcast387 |
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Original posts: TalkClassical;
Blogger
As may has five Tuesday, my A la Carte post doubles as our
quarterly Tuesday podcast. For the occasion, I am extending my Vinyl’s Revenge
share from 2016 by adding a Mozart symphony, which in turn uses one of the
three symphonies we had featured in our 2011 post called “Mozart’s European
Vacation”. Here’s what I wrote then about the Prague symphony:
Mozart is often said to have had a special relationship with
the city of Prague and its people. Mozart is claimed to have said, "Meine
Prager verstehen mich" ("My Praguers understand me"), a saying
which became famous in the Bohemian lands.
Mozart's opera The Marriage of Figaro, which premiered in
Vienna, was produced in late 1786 in Prague with tremendous success. The
orchestra and some affiliated music lovers funded a personal visit by Mozart so
he could hear the production. Mozart arrived on 11 January 1787 and was feted
everywhere. On 19 January he gave an "academy" (that is, a concert
for his own profit) at which the “Prague” Symphony in D major was premiered.
Again, this performance features Otto Klemperer and the
Philharmonia Orchestra
I think you will (still) love this music too
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