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Composer of the Week: Mozart theKeyboard Player

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2/5. In 1784 Mozart was at the height of his powers, newly married and happy. He composed a spectacular series of six piano concertos and one of the greatest chamber works in the entire repertoire. Donald Macleod tells the story of this annus mirabilis.
Piano Concerto No 14 in E flat, K449
Malcolm Bilson , English Baroque Soloists, director John Eliot Gardiner
Quintet in E flat for piano and winds, K452
Murray Perahia (piano), Neil Black (oboe), Thea King (clarinet), Anthony Halstead (horn), Graham Sheen (bassoon)
Piano Concerto No 15 in B flat, K450 (finale)
Robert Levin (fortepiano), Academy of Ancient Music, conductor Christopher Hogwood Repeated on Monday at 12 midnight

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Unknown:
Malcolm Bilson
Director:
John Eliot Gardiner
Piano:
Murray Perahia
Piano:
Neil Black
Oboe:
Thea King
Clarinet:
Anthony Halstead
Bassoon:
Graham Sheen
Unknown:
Robert Levin
Conductor:
Christopher Hogwood
Source: Radio Times

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