Mozart's Last
Chamber Music Work
Adagio
and Rondo
for
Glass Armonica, Flute, Oboe, Viola and Violoncello
KV
617
In
May of 1791, Wolfgang Amade Mozart composed his quintet for
glass armonica, flute, oboe, viola und violoncello KV 617.
Mozart's
meeting with the celebrated glass armonica virtuosa Mariane
Kirchgessner in Vienna impressed him deeply and inspired him to write
this composition. It was to be his last chamber music work.
When Kirchgessner died, both the glass armonica and this
composition fell into disuse.
It
was Christa Schönfeldinger who revived KV 617 in its original
instrumentation. Because she plays in concert on a glass
armonica with somewhat thicker bowls, the composition is
dynamically balanced even when the other instruments in the
performance are modern-day ones.
The
concert repertoire of the Vienna Glass Armonica Duo includes
KV 617 in its original instrumentation as well as in a version
for glass armonica and string quartet, which was also
frequently performed in Mozart's day.
Performances
to date :
Wiener
Musikverein / Armonico
Tributto Austria
Salzburger
Mozartwoche / Mozarteum
Salzburg
Styriate
Radio
Kulturhaus Vienna
/ Members of the Vienna Philharmonics
Bodensee
Festival/ Amati Quartet
Mozartfest
Würzburg / Musica Rara
Paul
Klee Museum Bern / Ensemble
Paul Klee
Brahms
Museum
/ Quartetto Armonico Tokyo
Warsaw
Philharmonie, Rudolphinum Praque, Helsinki, Chemnitz, Erfurt,
Triest,
Bad
Ems, Reichenau, ...
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