With Donald Macleod.
3: Symphony No 39 in E flat, K543
In 1787 the Prague performances of Don Giovanni caused such a stir that it wasn't long before Emperor Joseph II ordered a Viennese production. Riding high on the success of his new opera, Mozart even managed to secure a job at court: he was appointed Joseph's chamber composer in succession to Gluck, who had died suddenly. Nonetheless, financial difficulties forced him to move to cheaper lodgings in the Viennese suburbs. His productivity was undiminished, and within a week of moving to Wahring, Mozart completed a new work, the first in a trilogy of ground-breaking symphonies. Overture: Don Giovanni
Academy of St Martin in the Fields, conductor Neville Marriner
Piano Sonata in C, K545 Maria Joao Pires Symphony No 39 in E flat, K543
New York PO, conductor Leonard Bernstein Repeated on Tuesday at 12 midnight