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...Requiem,” his final and unfinished work. The piece captures the composer at the height of his creative trajectory, and encompasses desperate, fiery emotions not evident in many of his other compositions. Even before the 1984 release of the blockbuster film “Amadeus,” for which the “Requiem” serves as a musical centerpiece, the unfamiliar stylistic elements in the piece sparked the interest of musicologists. The choir will perform a completed iteration of the work by one such scholar, Harvard’s own Robinson Jr. Professor of Humanities...
...Paine Hall. Tickets available through the Harvard Box Office, (617) 496-2222. $10 general admission, $6 students. Originally founded in 1898 as the “Musical Club of Harvard University,” the Bach Society Orchestra has been alive and performing for quite some time. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, however, has not. Regardless of this minor logistical challenge, the two creative entities will share the Paine Hall stage this Saturday as BachSoc commemorates the 250th anniversary of Mozart’s birth. The performance will be one of only two concerts put on by Harvard’s celebrated...
...described as “the miracle which God let be born in Salzburg”—screamed his way into existence in this very building. Now most parents think their children are miracles. But Leopold Mozart cannot be censured for his paternal arrogance. His son,Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, is, after all, arguably the greatest composer in the history of the universe. Such a man deserves quite a birthday celebration and this year marks his 250th anniversary. Accordingly, this Friday, from 8-10 p.m. in Lowell Lecture Hall, the Mozart Society Orchestra—under the baton...
Diagnosed with acute melancholia and a guilt complex, detective John Ferguson, in Alfred Hitchcock's film Vertigo, is advised by his girlfriend to turn to the restorative power of music. "Mozart. Wolfgang Amadeus," says Madge. "I had a long talk with a lady in musical therapy, Johnnie, and she says Mozart is the boy for you. A broom that sweeps the cobwebs away." In its 50th year, Opera Australia is hoping Mozart will be the boy for it. While its prognosis is better than Johnnie's, the country's flagship company has been gathering a few cobwebs lately. Since...
...everything," says Eliad, 33. "It feels like I've done 10 years of psychoanalysis in just eight months." Blue and green are back in her palette. As for Mozart, "he's become like a grandfather who calms you when you wake up in the middle of a nightmare." Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born 250 years ago, on Jan. 27, 1756, and lavish celebrations are being planned around the world to celebrate his anniversary. This year will be filled with his music, but it will also be a time to re-examine the contradictions and conflicting interpretations of his brief...