Marriner founded the ensemble as a small, conductorless group. The ensemble's name comes from Trafalgar Square's St. Martin in the Fields church, where the orchestra gave its first convert on November 13, 1959.
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
A Musical Note!
Listening to Mozart symphonies this day, including the 27th, 38th and 39th. They are among his last, and mature, works. He started writing his first symphonies as a child! The recordings I have been enjoying today are from St. Martin in the Fields, conducted by Sir Neville Marriner.
Marriner founded the ensemble as a small, conductorless group. The ensemble's name comes from Trafalgar Square's St. Martin in the Fields church, where the orchestra gave its first convert on November 13, 1959.
Mozart's last symphony is #40, the Jupiter as it is called, and borders on another style. There are elements beyond the Classical period; listen carefully and you might hear some "Beethovenesque" themes, of the Romantic age.
Marriner founded the ensemble as a small, conductorless group. The ensemble's name comes from Trafalgar Square's St. Martin in the Fields church, where the orchestra gave its first convert on November 13, 1959.
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