Mozart's Last Years

This week, Donald Macleod charts the highs and lows of the composer's last five years, from veneration to humiliation and back again. We hear how Mozart coped with all that life threw at him and somehow managed to compose many of the works he’s most loved for today.

Music featured:

Requiem Ein musikalischer Spass (4th mvt, Presto) Symphony No 38 “Prague” (3rd mvt, Presto) Canon: Ach zu kurz ist unsers Lebenslauf String Quintet in G minor, K515 (2nd mvt. Adagio, arr. for piano) Serenade in G, K525 "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik" (1st and 2nd mvts) Don Giovanni, Act I, Madamina (Catalogue aria) Contredance in C major “La Bataille” Symphony No 40 (3rd mvt, Menuetto) Divertimento in E flat major, K 563 (1st mvt, Allegro) Piano Sonata No 16 in C major, K545 “Facile” (2nd mvt, Andante) Symphony No 41 “Jupiter” (1st and 2nd mvts) Kleine Gigue in G minor, K574 Vado, ma dove? Oh dei! K583 Piano Concerto No 26 "Coronation" (2nd mvt) Cosi fan tutte, Act 1, Un’ aura amorosa “Prussian” String Quartet No 1 in D, K575 (2nd mvt) Clarinet Quintet in A, K581 (1st and 2nd mvts) Cosi fan tutte Overture Cosi fan tutte, Act II, Una donna Adagio and Allegro in F minor (originally for organ), K594 String Quintet in D, K593 (1st and 2nd mvts) La clemenza di Tito (Marcia) The Magic Flute Overture Piano Concerto in B flat, K595 (2nd mvt, Largo) Ave verum corpus, K618 Adagio for Glass Harmonica, K617a The Magic Flute, Act II, Scene 5, Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen Clarinet Concerto in A, K622 (1st mvt)

Presented by Donald Macleod Produced by Amelia Parker for BBC Audio Wales & West

For full track listings, including artist and recording details, and to listen to the pieces featured in full (for 30 days after broadcast) head to the series page for Mozart's Last Years https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0029psw And you can delve into the A-Z of all the composers we’ve featured on Composer of the Week here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3cjHdZlXwL7W41XGB77X3S0/composers-a-to-z