Mozart On Tour | Mantua: Initial Steps (Episode 2)

Mozart On Tour | Mantua: Initial Steps (Episode 2)

- DOCUMENTARY SEGMENT: In December 1769,Leopold Mozart (1719–1787) set out with his son Wolfgang on a journey to Italy, the center of European musical culture at the time, to further Wolfgang′s musical development and his fame as a performer.

In early 1770, they visited first Verona and then Mantua, and in both cities Wolfgang′s performances drew large and enthusiastic crowds.

Wolfgang composed his first string quartet, String Quartet No.

1 in G major, K.

80/73f, during this journey.

By this time, Wolfgang, with help from Leopold, already had begun to compose and perform early piano concerti – pasticcio arrangements for piano and orchestra based on piano sonatas by other composers.

Music performed during the documentary includes a portion of Piano Concerto No.

1 in F Major, K.

37 performed by the Orchestra della Radiotelevisione della Svizzera Italiana ("Radio and Television Orchestra of Italian Switzerland") conducted by Marc Andreae with soloist Heidrun Holtmann.