Composer of the Week - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) - Episode 3

Donald Macleod explores Mozart's Vienna years, focusing on the importance to the composer of Johann Leutgeb, an old colleague of Mozart's from Salzburg days. Leutgeb was a talented horn player and, somewhat bizarrely, a cheese-shop owner, for whom Mozart wrote several works, including the famous Concerto in E flat, K495. The programme also looks at the end of the Viennese public's love affair with Mozart's music, as the fun-loving Viennese struggled to keep pace with the intensity of works like the String Quintet in G minor, K516. 5 Contredanses, K609 (No 1 in C; No 3 in D) Wiener Mozart Ensemble Willi Boskovsky (conductor) Philips 464 780-2, CD 13, Trs 30 and 32 Horn Concerto in E flat, K495 (1 Allegro maestoso; 2 Romance: Andante cantabile ; 3 Rondo: Allegro vivace) Bournemouth Sinfonietta Michael Thompson (horn/director) Naxos 8.553592, Trs 7-9 String Quintet in G minor, K516 (1 Allegro; 2 Menuetto - Allegretto; 3 Adagio ma non troppo; 4 Adagio - Allegro) Grumiaux Trio: Arthur Grumiaux, Arpad Gerecz (violin) Georges Janzer, Max Lesueur (viola) Eva Czako (cello) Philips 470 950-2, CD 2, Trs 5-8.