András Schiff has described Mozart as “a gift to mankind”, his music of “such sublime quality, its message so universal”. This evening he conducts and directs from the keyboard, three of Mozart’s most extraordinary works, including the darkly brooding D minor piano concerto, No. 20, which is thought by many to anticipate the brooding and shadowy world of Don Giovanni, written two years later. The concert ends with his final – and to most, greatest – symphony, the Jupiter, in many ways the summation of his compositional life, notable for its dazzling Finale, combining six themes simultaneously.
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More concerts at Royal Festival Hall:
Gatti conducts in London
May 17 2012, 19:30 - Royal Festival Hall
Daniele Gatti conducts Mahler's Symphony No. 5 and Wagner's Prelude to Act III and Good Friday Music from Parsifal
Valčuha conducts in London
May 19 2012, 19:30 - Royal Festival Hall
Juraj Valčuha conducts Dvořák's Cello Concerto performed by Alisa Weilerstein alongside Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5 and the Overture from Mozart's Don Giovanni








