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A Unique Side of Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23
We all know someone who’s said it—Mozart’s music is light, easy listening, simple. Of the many examples we could provide to disprove this theory, one that speaks so strongly and usually leaves us speechless—the second movement of Mozart’s Piano Concerto No.
23.
Luscious, minor-key slow movements are not a total rarity in Mozart’s grand works; the multi-movement structure calls for contrast. There is something about No. 23 that provoked Mozart’s gothic passion.
Right from the start, there is a simple, half-step sighing motive that immediately becomes a solemn sweeping gesture.
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The sighing motive never disappears, however, leaving the melancholic feeling in all its appearances. Here is the solo piano opening:
The leaping gesture grows and the half-step sighing motive develops, darker still.
When the orchestra enters, it is the classical style at its most romantic. Listen carefully to the