Organization

Conductor

Paavali Jumppanen

Instrumentalist

Piano

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Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

Marvellous Mozart

Nunawading

Australia

The Round

Werribee

Wyndham Cultural Centre

Melbourne

Melbourne Recital Centre

Marvellous Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, K. 488 Mozart (+2 More)

Public

Concert

Oratorio / Orchestral

Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, K. 488

Concert Rondo for Piano in D major, K.382

Piano Concerto No. 24 KV 491

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Given his reputation as a larger-than-life trickster, it’s little surprise that Mozart’s capacity for crafting characters from sound is unparalleled. ANAM’s Artistic Director Paavali Jumppanen leads the MSO from the piano for this vivid insight into Mozart’s brilliance.

-Both Piano Concertos No.23 and No.24 were composed in 1786 while Mozart was immersed in writing his operatic comedy The Marriage of Figaro, and both are infused with a sense of drama. The 23rd evokes thematic material from Figaro, tempering its bustling, playful energy with almost unbearable longing.

-The dance-like Rondo provides a charming and refreshing palate cleanser, before Piano Concerto No.24 takes us to another realm entirely. Out of a dark, mystical opening emerges a tender and vulnerable piano solo – our characters are set – and a raging battle between ruthless power and quiet honesty ensues. While written years before his opera The Magic Flute, the counterpoint of unbridled fury and grounded simplicity in this concerto feels like a premonition of his famous Queen of the Night aria.

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Ensemble