Mozart - Symphony No. 31 "Paris" in D KV297 - Mov. 1/3

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756-1791)

Symphony for orchestra in D major No. 31 "Paris" KV297

1. Allegro assai

Performed by the Freiburger Barockorchester
Directed by Gottfried von der Goltz

*The Symphony No. 31 in D major, better known as the Paris Symphony, is one of the more famous symphonies by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

The work was composed in 1778 during Mozart's unsuccessful job-hunting sojourn in Paris. The composer was then 22 years old. The premiere took place on 12 June 1778 in a private performance in the home of Count Karl Heinrich Joseph von Sickingen, the ambassador of the Palatinate. The public premiere took place six days later in a performance by the Concert Spirituel.

The work received a positive review in the June 26th issue of the Courrier de l'Europe, published in London:

The Concert Spirituel on Corpus Christi Day began with a symphony by M. Mozart. This artist, who from the tenderest age made a name for himself among harpsichord players, may today be ranked among the most able composers.
The Concert Spirituel performed the work again on the 15th of August, this time with a new second movement, an Andante replacing the original Andantino (the latter, according to Deutsch, "had failed to please".)

The work evidently was popular. Deutsch lists several further performances by the Concert Spirituel during 1779, on 18 and 23 March, 23 May, and 3 June; and on 14 May 1780. The work was published in Paris by Sieber and announced for sale 20 February 1779. During the years 1782 to 1788, Sieber's catalog described it as "in the repertoire of the Concert Spiritual".

The symphony was later performed in the Burgtheater in Vienna on 11 March 1783 during a benefit concert for Mozart's sister-in-law, the singer Aloysia Weber.

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[MegaYada]

This piece is amazing! But then again, I do not know how else to describe anything Mozart composed.

Love you, Mozart!

[c0nflictRaziel]

mozart was serious business

[ivydude13]

HOLY SHIT!!!!! MOZART KILLED IT!!!

[Andgul63]

Mozart forever!

[Mozartmostly]

2pac hit em up, Mozart Paris, Led Zeppelin When the Levee breaks...Mozart can hang wit em all.

[VintageSteampunk]

@polymath7 ::Giggle Snort:::

[mcopolochelsea]

96,600th view

just shows you how popular Mozart is. Great Composer. I myself am a fan a Bach but I still enjoy Mozart's Music

[polymath7]

@TheCrazyCello Ah, gotcha. Thanks for the enlightening elucidation.

[TheCrazyCello]

@polymath7 The use of period instruments and the Historically Informed Performance movement in general is actually a modern phenomenon and goes against the more conservative traditionalist approach to interpretive performance which is "what we've always done is best" which is not the same as "what they did when the piece was written". However, conservative or not in choice of instruments needn't have any influence on creating an exciting and vital performance of a work ;)

[polymath7]

@TheCrazyCello "...period instruments...tempo is a little conservative..."

The juxtaposition of those terms, the one laudatory the other quibbling, makes your comment seem to me somewhat paradoxical.