Learning to Listen: Barton Pine and Mozart, Part 2

Violinist Rachel Barton Pine is back to talk about cadenzas and Turkish music in Mozart's Violin Concerti on this week's episode of Learning to Listen.

Mozart wrote five concerti for violin, before he turned 20. Although they all follow the "fast-slow-fast" form (an up-tempo movement, followed by a slower one, followed by another peppy movement), each concerto is unique.

In a broader sense, a concerto often has a "cadenza" at some point, a point in the music where the ensemble stops and the soloist continues. The soloist tends to play alone, in a virtuosic style, for several seconds (even minutes, in some cases).

Rachel will chat about what cadenzas were like in the 18th century, and she'll also delve into why Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 5 is nicknamed "Turkish".

Playlist:

WA Mozart
Violin Concerto No. 3, 1st movement
Rachel Barton Pine, violin
Neville Marriner, cond
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Avie 2317

WA Mozart
Violin Concerto #2, 2nd movement
Rachel Barton Pine, violin
Neville Marriner, cond
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Avie 2317

WA Mozart
Violin Concerto #2, 1st movement
Rachel Barton Pine, violin
Neville Marriner, cond
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Avie 2317

WA Mozart
Violin Concerto #3, full
Rachel Barton Pine, violin
Neville Marriner, cond
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Avie 2317

WA Mozart
Violin Concerto #5, 3rd movement
Rachel Barton Pine, violin
Neville Marriner, cond
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Avie 2317

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