Cooke's Tour 15: Mozart Sinfonia Concertante, an introduction #CookesTour

‘One does not have to dig too deeply to appreciate that what Mozart left us hugely outshines the output of his contemporaries on every level, the only near rival being Haydn. Great as Haydn was, I might suggest he is the Wise to Mozart’s Morecambe.’

In Blog No. 15, Richard Cooke explores Mozart’s sublime Sinfonia Concertante in E flat, ‘one of his most accomplished compositions, predating the very great works of his full maturity, but standing alongside them in its scope of expression and depth’, according to Richard. Composed for orchestra with violin and viola soloists, it is a truly magnificent work, and Richard takes us through it step by step, including explaining the ‘scordatura’ tuning.

Richard Cooke is Music Director of the Royal Choral Society, University of Essex Choir and Canterbury Choral Society.

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