Mozart on Tour London: The First Journey (Season 1, Episode 1)
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Mozart on Tour

London: The First Journey (Season 1, Episode 1)

TV Episode | Music

"London" covers one of Mozart's happiest periods, his childhood visit to the British capital, where he and his family were idolized by the royal court and came into contact with some of the foremost musicians of the time. Two musicians who...See more"London" covers one of Mozart's happiest periods, his childhood visit to the British capital, where he and his family were idolized by the royal court and came into contact with some of the foremost musicians of the time. Two musicians who had a seminal influence on the young man were German immigrants who ran an important concert series, Johann Christian Bach and Karl Friedrich Abel, the son of the great Johann Sebastian and one of the Thomaskantor's prize pupils. Both men had spent significant phases of their musical development in Italy, and so their music, which inspired Mozart's style, represented a virtual symbiosis of the greatest musical styles of the century, styles which saw their ultimate realization in works like. Performance: piano concerto No. 12, KV 414; Vladimir Ashkenazy performs the double role of soloist and conductor of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in the Great Hall of Lancaster House. Written by docuwiki.net See less

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Name	Known for
André Previn Self - Introduced by Self - Introduced by See fewer	My Fair Lady (1964)
Vladimir Ashkenazy Soloist and Conductor Soloist and Conductor See fewer	Cold Pursuit (2019)
Mozarteumorchester Salzburg Orchestra Orchestra See fewer	To the Wonder (2012)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Orchestra Orchestra See fewer	Battleship (2012)
Jeffrey Tate Conductor Conductor See fewer	Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)