Sonderkonzert mit Sir András Schiff by Bach, J. S., Mozart, Mendelssohn, lør. 17 feb. 2024, Fra (2024/2024), Dirigent András Schiff, Kulturpalast, Dresden, Germany

Sir András Schiff calls Mozart's piano concertos a “synthesis of opera, symphony and chamber music”. This applies in particular to the late A major concerto – composed in 1785 after the suddenly interrupted “piano concert frenzy”. It was only when he was working on »Figaro« that the blockade was resolved and led to large-scale works in which the clarinet was integrated into the orchestra for the first time. In addition, KV 488 is the only concerto with an expressly slow middle movement: the proximity to the operatic aria can undoubtedly be heard in the Adagio. Bach's Orchestral Suite No. 3 with the famous Air and Mendelssohn's "Italian" frame the solo concerto.