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Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra and Stephen Kovacevich
Part of the Oxford Piano Festival 2021
Part of the Oxford Piano Festival 2021
Add to my Calendar 28-07-2021 20:30 28-07-2021 22:30 36 Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra and Stephen Kovacevich For many listeners K. 491 is the ultimate Mozart piano concerto, with a dark, mysterious, and passionate intensity hard to believe in concert music of the mid-1780s. And whether or not it’s the greatest, it certainly ranks among the grandest in terms of scoring and duration. The effect on early audiences must have been startling, prompting Beethoven to say ‘we shall never be able to do anything like it’. And its mysteries extend to the original score (a prized possession of the Royal College of Music in London), which gives no tempo markings: they can only be deduced from other sources by detective work. As a pre-eminent Mozartian who knows this music inside out, Stephen Kovacevich can be relied on for good judgement. As can the accomplished players of the Oxford Philharmonic under Marios Papadopoulos, who pair the piece with what is literally the ultimate Haydn symphony, No. 104 – the last in his catalogue, known as the ‘London’. Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford DD/MM/YYYYDetails
Sheldonian Theatre
Broad Street
Oxford
Oxfordshire
OX1 3AZ
England
Programme
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Piano Concerto no.24 in C minor, K.491
Joseph Haydn – Symphony no.104 in D major 'London', Hob.I:104
Performers
Stephen Kovacevich – piano
Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra
Oxford Piano Festival
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Programme Note
For many listeners K. 491 is the ultimate Mozart piano concerto, with a dark, mysterious, and passionate intensity hard to believe in concert music of the mid-1780s. And whether or not it’s the greatest, it certainly ranks among the grandest in terms of scoring and duration. The effect on early audiences must have been startling, prompting Beethoven to say ‘we shall never be able to do anything like it’. And its mysteries extend to the original score (a prized possession of the Royal College of Music in London), which gives no tempo markings: they can only be deduced from other sources by detective work. As a pre-eminent Mozartian who knows this music inside out, Stephen Kovacevich can be relied on for good judgement. As can the accomplished players of the Oxford Philharmonic under Marios Papadopoulos, who pair the piece with what is literally the ultimate Haydn symphony, No. 104 – the last in his catalogue, known as the ‘London’.
