Mozart Piano Concerto No. 9, 2nd Mvt, Part 1 Mitsuko Uchida

Mitsuko Uchida plays piano and Jeffrey Tate conducts the Mozarteum Orchestra in Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 9 "Jeunehomme", in E flat major, K. 271.
A Saltzburg Festival performance, recorded in the Mozarteum, Saltzburg, 1989

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed this concerto in Salzburg, 1777. Though only 21 years old, he displayed great maturity and originality in
what is regarded by many as his first great masterpiece.

It was composed for a Mlle. Jeunehomme, of whom very little is known (such as--her first name!). But she must have been a very
fine pianist to be able to perform this! The mix of dramatic and intense emotions, some seemingly mad and anguished with parts of
joy and happiness suggest (one romantically feels) that Mlle. Jeunehomme must have been quite a handful for the young Mozart.

1. Allegro, in E flat major and common (C) time

2. Andantino, in C minor and 3/4 time

3. Rondo (Presto), in E flat major and 2/2 time


update--


thanks to Laemmerhirt, I moved past my old sources and got some new info!

Christopher H. Gibbs wrote in 2005:

WHAT'S IN A NAME?
Countless beloved pieces of so-called classical music have a nickname, often one not given by the composer. Mozart would have no idea what the "Jupiter" Symphony is, Beethoven the "Emperor" Concerto or "Moonlight" Sonata, or Schubert the "Unfinished" Symphony. The names sometimes come from savvy publishers who know they can improve sales, or from impresarios, critics, or performers. The case of the Concerto we hear today is particularly interesting, and only recently explained. Little is known of the genesis or first performance of the E-flat Concerto. Twentieth-century accounts usually stated that Mozart composed it for a French keyboard virtuoso named Mademoiselle Jeunehomme, who visited Salzburg in the winter of 1777. Nothing else was known, not even the woman's first name.

Last year, the Viennese musicologist Michael Lorenz, a specialist in the music of Mozart's and Schubert's time and a brilliant archival detective, figured out the mystery. The nickname was coined by the French scholars Théodore de Wyzewa and Georges de Saint-Foix in their classic early-20th-century study of the composer. As Lorenz explains, "Since one of their favorite names for Mozart was 'jeune homme' (young man), they presented this person as 'Mademoiselle Jeunehomme.'"

In a September 1778 letter Mozart wrote to his father, he referred to three recent concertos, "one for the jenomy [K. 271], litzau [K. 246], and one in B-flat [K. 238]" that he was selling to a publisher. Leopold later called the first pianist "Madame genomai." (Spellings were often variable and phonetic at the time.) Lorenz has identified her as Victoire Jenamy, born in Strasbourg in 1749 and married to a rich merchant, Joseph Jenamy, in 1768. Victoire was the daughter of the celebrated dancer and choreographer Jean Georges Noverre (1727-1810), who was a good friend of Mozart's. He had choreographed a 1772 Milan production of Mozart's opera Lucio Silla and later commissioned the ballet Les Petits Riens for Paris. Although we still know little about Victoire Jenamy—she does not appear to have been a professional musician, though clearly Mozart admired her playing—Mozart's first great piano concerto can now rightly be called by its proper name: "Jenamy."

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[dunavuk]

It is one of the downsides of the You Tube that it allows too many words on something that is just too beautiful for words.

Mitzuko is absolutely wonderful here, the expression is in the music not just the face..

[RaiderEleven]

Mitsuko Uchida playing Mozart's "jeunehomme" with Jeffrey Tate conducting the Mozarteum Orchestra. One of the world's greatest pianists playing a fantastic composition by a master with superb support. Doesn't get any better than this. Close your eyes and enjoy!!!!

[dianat81]

me cae mal las caras que hace....me parece más un acto de histrionismo y no de sensibilidad, pero bueno, cuestión de gustos...

[4174j]

Mitsuko plays with such precision and passion, it is what more than words can describe. A true feast to our senses. Bravo!

[whodee411]

where's the other 1/2 ?

[chobeethaninov]

This is so beautiful that words cannot describe it. A heavenly, ethereal moment to be sure...

[kwastormayt]

@harrynking777 but its usually with pulling faces and you cannot blame someone for ignoring a posibility

[smirnov452]

the opening of this piece is magical, heavenly even.

[KIMORID]

FANTÁSTICO!



[muskndusk]

@harrynking777 Now you're splitting hairs! Okay, if feeling is possible without physical expression, why do all men look like they're in agony when at the peak of pleasure? IMHO only an android can control bodily expression of feeling - because they have none. This has become mixed up, but you know what I mean ;)

[harrynking777]

@muskndusk Feeling is possible without pulling faces.

[harrynking777]

@geisterbahn1 No. For example, listen to the performances of Rachmaninoff playing his own works then compare with Horowitz. Sometimes, the performance can be better than the original conception.