Leopold Mozart arrived at his son’s six-room Landstrasse flat in Vienna in early February 1785 - at a time when Mozart had already sketched out most of this ‘first truly romantic Klavier concerto masterpiece’ - he was working on the ‘Rondo’ 3rd movement and added ‘Salzburg Winter fanfares’ all blasting away in D-major as if to say ‘LE-O-POL-DO Mo-ZART !!’ to honour his father’s visit (which would last through June 1785 and would be the very last time he was ever able to see him - as Leopold died in Salzburg on 17 May 1787… This video without the ‘extempore’ Klavier part (‘I wrote this concerto as with others designed for myself to play-and you know very well that I never play any concerto of mine the same way twice !’ ) is a very instructive way to teach ‘Mozartean harmony & accompaniment’ Even the bravest modern forte-pianists dare to ‘improvise’ around the Klavier part preferring ‘to play each note exactly as written’ - which is the safest way to go - if we had been alive back then we could have suggested that he write down ‘alternative’ Klavier passages at least in a good many places - just to breathe even more life into this startlingly revolutionary concerto …
Can you slow it down to practice a little. I can play most of it, but at this tempo I can barely play just the right hand. So much fun though.. thanks for posting this!!!!!
@@haleschris Unfortunately, when I tried to slow it, it changed the key, so it didn't really work. I was fun to try though. :). I'll just keep practicing. I get there someday. It's a fun project for me.
Can you please do all the other movements? I'm playing it for a concert in a few months so that would be much appreciated! :D BTW in bar 129 there 3 beat rest rather than the written 2 rests (in the violin part)
