The Mozart Violins. The first programme in a new nine-part series in which
Andrew Manze explores some of the music written forthe violin in the company of some of the finest players. Today we heartwo of Mozart's violins: a performance by the 12-year-old prodigy Maria-Elisabeth Lott on the violin which Mozart played as a child, and Yuuko Shiokawa playing Mozart's concert violin in the room in Salzburg in which Mozart was born. Plus a look at Mozart's father
Leopold's highly influential treatise on violin playing, which shaped his son's playing and influenced his compositional style. Mozart Violin Sonata in G, K301 Maria-Elisabeth Lott ,
Sontraud Speidel (fortepiano)
Rondo in B flat, K269 Maria-Elisabeth Lott (violin), Orchestra of the Salzburg
Mozarteum, director MarkusTomasi
Violin Sonata in G, K379 Yuuko Shiokawa , Andras Schiff (fortepiano) Producer Jeremy Hayes