Season 1938-9. Sixth Concert from Queen's Hall, London
(Sole Lessees, Messrs. Chappell and Co. Ltd.)
Mary Jarred (contralto)
Walter Widdop (tenor)
Wilhelm Backhaus (pianoforte)
The BBC Symphony Orchestra
Leader, Paul Beard
Conductor,
Sir Adrian Boult
Part 1
Solo pianoforte, WILHELM BACKHAUS
Mozart's first concerto was written while he ,was still the merest child, and yet the work was so difficult that no one in the family's circle of acquaintances could attempt to play it.
Mozart composed some forty-five concertos, most of which are for piano. The A major Piano Concerto, one of the finest of all his concerted works, dates from March, 1786. In other words, it belongs to the Figaro period. It is one of the three concertos composed for Mozart's subscription concerts in the Lent of that year, the other two being the E flat (K.482) and the C minor (K.491).