Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K. 467

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) - Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K. 467 (1785)

I. Allegro [0:00]
II. Andante [14:01]
III. Allegro vivace assai [21:00]

(Cadenzas: Murray Perahia - Mvt. 1, Rudolf Serkin - Mvt. 3)

Murray Perahia, piano
English Chamber Orchestra (1976)

Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is in three movements and typically lasts around 28 minutes.

"In keeping with the Piano Concerto in D Minor, K. 466, the C Major Concerto was composed for the series of Lenten subscription concerts given by Mozart in 1765. This was an extraordinarily busy and successful period of Mozart's life, as we can gauge from a series of letters sent by his father Leopold to Mozart's sister Nannerl, now married and living with her husband in St. Gilgen. 'Every day there are concerts; and the whole time is given up to teaching, music, composing and so forth...It is impossible for me to describe the rush and the bustle.' Leopold had arrived on February 11, the day of the first of the concerts and the occasion of the premiere of the D Minor Concerto. Mozart first played the newly completed K. 467 not at one of his subscription concerts (although he must surely have included it in one of the last of those as well), but at his benefit concert at the National Court Theater on March 10, the day after it was entered into his thematic catalog. A handbill for the concert announced that it would include 'a new, just finished Forte piano Concerto,' in addition to Mozart playing improvisations (for which he was particularly famed) employing 'an especially large Forte piano pedal.'

The C Major Concerto gives absolutely no sign of being composed in an atmosphere of 'rush and bustle'; neither could the contrast with the stormy drama of its immediate predecessor be greater. The first movement, an expansive Allegro of Olympian grandeur and design is followed by an Andante of sublime beauty made famous in more recent times by its use in the film Elvira Madigan. This movement, with its few notes and bare outline, is incidentally a classic example of the manner in which Mozart frequently left himself room to improvise within the context of his own concertos, a technique lately reintroduced by performers such as Malcolm Bilson and Robert Levin. The final movement is an Allegro vivace assai, its evocation of the world of opera buffo typical of many of Mozart's finales, both in concerto and symphony. Like the D Minor Concerto, K. 467 is scored for a large orchestra: flute, pairs of oboes, bassoons, horns and trumpets, timpani and strings."

(source: AllMusic)

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The cadenzas and Eingänge were sloppily transcribed by me.

[elisenguyen]

Listening to Mozart 21 on the 21st second of the 21st minute of the 21st hour of the 21st day of the 21st year of the 21st century

[karllieck]

My all time favorite Mozart piano concerto. It has always possessed a magical, mysterious quality.

[MrRon-lwri]

"There is nothing perfect on earth except Mozart's music." How any human being could have created this is beyond me. In fact, it doesn't even seem to have been created, but, as Einstein put it, " always existed as part of the inner beauty of the universe waiting to be revealed."

[matthewm]

At 3:53 and 15:04, there's something heavenly about both of these parts. The way the bass ends on the third in the first and how the bassoon leads the bass down to the third gives them a unique quality.

[IQSD-zsqn]

One of his best concertos ever. the cadenza is finesse! And the second movement is beautiful.

[rafaelmucci]

The Second Movement, Andante, is one of the most romantic and sublime music ever composed.  I love it.

[korkorkorkorkor]

4:32 the most music moment in music history

[derby]

This music is really at the limits of human expression. I can't imagine that this was written by a human. It seems as if music that has always just existed. Mozart does this to me so often, the only composer that gives me that sense.

[studiomilo]

Possibly the most beautiful development section - for shadows late romantic 'climaxes' !

[GermanShreider]

Каждая секунда этой музыки насыщенна энергией больше чем есть во всей вселенной.

[jasonroberts]

My favorite piano concerto by the divine Mozart.

[waxerstarwarsexplained]

listening to mozart calms me down always. god bless him and may he have a great live in heaven thanks for all the great composing

[vittoriomarano]

Look to the analogies of the 3rd movement Cadenza with that one of the 3rd movement of Concerto no. 19 in F K.459...😊🎼

[barralpha]

I am amazed at how simple the writing for the piano part is, especially the second movement. So expressive but so simple a first year piano student could do it.

[jojimarkennethgonowon]

I love this piano concerto. I will play this for my graduation recital... ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[vioara_nyc]

thank you so much for transcribing the cadenzas

[trang]

What a great masterpiece, I would play it at my wedding

[YT-txov]

the most Mozart sounding music. I feel like I'm attending the coronation ceremony for an Austraian Kaiser or at a cafe in Vienna drinking coffee and reading philosophy

[dimitrisnikoloulis]

My beloved and absolute piano- orchestra piece, written ever by Wolfgang.
Wolfi Mozart, is a music genious . Ma ' man!
Great and incredible orchestration for that masterpiece, as piano concerto in d - minor .

[olivierdrouin]

Le thème enfantin de la minute 4 fut utilisé comme générique d une émission de la télévision francaise des années 80, "mes mains ont la parole", ou il accompagnait les signes de bienvenue en langage des signes d une animatrice a l expression d une gentillesse surnaturelle .
Larmes de gratitude à vous, Marie Thérèse Abbou e ta la personne qui a eu l idée de vous associer à cette musique, et donc un petit peu a Mozart.