WGBH Music: Mozart on Mozart's Own Instruments
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- Live in concert in the WGBH Fraser Performance Studio, violinist Daniel Stepner and violist Anne Black get a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to perform a work by Mozart on instruments that the composer himself owned and played. From Classical New England's "Mozart Comes to America" special, produced in conjunction with the Salzburg Mozarteum Foundation (owner of the instruments) and the Boston Early Music Festival, Stepner and Black play the Finale of the Duo in G, K. 423, by Mozart.
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Video credits:
Recording Engineer -- Antonio Oliart
Producer -- Alan McLellan, Brian McCreath
Production Assistant -- Rani Schloss
Camera -- Emily Luan
Camera/Editing -- Greg Shea
Host - Cathy Fuller
Executive Producer -- Benjamin K. Roe - เพลง
I wonder if the violin was like “hey I remember this piece”
IDE that was sad and coool at the same time
And “where’s my owner? that bowing is like a massage to my guts”
Hahahaha
It's master is long dead. I wonder if it will be sad spiritually
hahaha
According to a few things I've read, Mozart liked to play his viola more than his violin (the piano was his favorite, of course). That's so cool! I feel even more proud to be a viola player now. :)
He always played the viola when he played chamber music with friends.
And I'm proud to be a pianist squeee
Mozart = Viola king
Actually by his own admission Mozart's favorite instrument was the pipe organ.
Someone call TwoSetViolin right now!
I've never seen such a short finger board! It's absolutely phenomenal to hear Mozart's violin as he heard it, I feel quite privileged to be hearing it... Thank you!!!!!
During the late renisance and baroque period a violin finger board waz shorter than today,s because higher notes waz nat included in music as much. Tuning to a higher octave waz the method used to acheve higher notes
Wow, that viola sounds amazing!
That particular viola's sound compliments Mozart's violin.
My thoughts exactly!
Thanks for the comment, Arthur. This video is just an excerpt from a much longer event at WGBH. The host did talk to the violist and we shot footage that shows the viola more prominently. Perhaps we'll cut a video of that down the road. Thanks for watching!
Okay, nice...but the interviewer and the camera person (and the producer?) almost totally ignored the viola in this DUO. Mozart actually preferred playing the viola; all of his viola parts, especially in the two Duos, and the Sinfonia Concertante, were written for his own use. So, what of it? And why is Ms Beck using a hideous modern shoulder rest on an 18th century, unmodernized viola?
I have heared, these duetts were written for Haydn, who was ill at that time and couldn' write his duetts to finish. The number 2, two duets, show that Mozart didn't want to publish the notes. Smaller pieces were collected up to the number 12 or 6.
dont be that purist about the shoulder rest hahahahaha fuck off
@pretty boy I understand you, but the shoulder rest doesn't make any difference in the sound, and the most important thing, it's obviously more difficult to play without it, specially that kind of repertory. That's why sometimes we prefer to use it (in a concert) because it prevents a lot of problems. Are you that pretty?
@@preachermermaid3980 im sorry but it is not that hard to play without, and that is why most people play with shoulder rest - because it is easier.
Mozart's viola was way better than his violin. No wonder he loved playing viola so much and wrote so many good compositions for it.
I agree. His Viola sounds a lot better than his violin. Nothing was said about it...the maker or anything.
I’m pretty sure his viola is a Maggini
You make a good point. Content producers (like WGBH) do their best to capture the best possible (unadulterated) sound and picture, but there's no control over the end user listening and viewing environment. It's also an interesting point that what one person sees and hears is different than another...
They both sound wonderful. Thank you.
Beautiful! The violin is beautiful!!! I just don’t get why some people the the Viola! Why is the Viola so unappreciated by some people???!!!
It’s a just as lovely instrument!
Mozart likely preferred viola over violin. After finished his 5 violin concertos at the age of 19, he never returned to it. Both Mozart and Beethoven played viola in their works of trios. Viola players should’ve found some consolation from this fact :)
this is so cool. this piece has always been one of my favorites. so much fun to play
Absolutely beautiful playing...Thanks...
This is truly amazing. Very moving to think this was once in the original Master's hands.
Absolutely.
This is unbelievable! Thanks for the post!!
I do love a live concert, and there is nothing to compare, of course. However, there is something spectacular and personal about listening to a recorded performance. Via microphone, one can here the bowing, sliding and lifts of fingers, and the preparatory breaths!
A little confused by your comment, however: Gut strings were what Mozart would have used - and the sound you're hearing is what the instrument sounds like in a "normal" environment like a concert hall. Otherwise, it's like putting up a sethoscope to an exhaust pipe to determine how an engine sounds.
What a DELIGHT! Most beautiful rendition of this piece I've ever heard -- filled with delicacy and Mozartian surprises and contrasts JOYFUL as can be. Bravo and THANK YOU
Thank you so much for posting this video! fantastic!!!
Wonderful !
So gorgeous!
Love it.
Please, do you have more videos about this violin, or other parts of this concert>>? I would love to listen more of it...!!
An exemplary treat! Thank you all. Mozzart would be proud!
Ahhh Mozart...the worlds first rock star.
Great performance.
even though i play violin i still think the viola has a darker prettier tone. I dunno why it isn't appreciated.
I think the viola is tuned a octave lower
It's actually tuned just 1/5th lower. The Viola has a C string which is lower than the G string. The G string is the lowest for violins.
steve154life tuned a 5th lower
It is
Sounds good, just like Mozart's piece of music, very proper to be recorded into CD. Even better than many contemporary violin maker's violins.
It looks so beautiful, I really love how the f-holes were carved! :O
" a golden quality" - like Mozart himself.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for leaving a nice comment.
Thank you!
this is a very precious video.
It sounds so right.
I remember Daniel Stepner from his time with Handel&Haydn&Hogwood. H&H is my favorite America orchestra.
Such a short fingerboard, and a bone (ivory?) nut. Very interesting thank you.
Unfortunately, it's pretty much impossible to get a completely accurate sound of something in a recording. Everything in the signal chain affects the color, volume, etc. of the sound. The sound engineers (especially in classical) do their best to make up for the inaccuracies that recording creates, but even if they were perfect, the D/A converters and speakers on the listener's side would be a problem. I'm not saying this to be a jerk: I also wonder about the "true" sound of things.
You can’t heard a dac if it passes it 10 times.
that viola sound though . . oh my!!! , , i might actually be a violist :O
Heaven ❤️
I’m pretty sure my violin is also an Aegidius Klotz (like Mozart’s, we aren’t really sure)! It’s so cool that my violin might be a sibling of his!
On this Mozart's own violin - the member of Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra - Christoph Koncz together with Les Musiciens du Louvre recorded complete of composers violin concertos (Sony Classical)
Wonderful performance by both Daniel and Anne. Thanks so much for sharing this video with us.
Glad you feel that way! Thanks for the comment!
the higher end of this violin is very sweet and alegent
Yes he did prefer viola, but was good at violin too. Oh, yeah and a virtuoso piano player and composer... amazing man.
They say Mozart was the 1st Indigo Child...true or not, he was definitely a frikn genius!
It looks as if the strings are modern... not period gut strings. I definitely think that a classical bow should have been used.
Summer.... they are using gut strings..... and the violinist's bow is late classical (the violist's bow is modern)
Mozart would have likely used a transitional bow. Sort of an early French.
they look modern cus the 2 lower strings D and G are wound, around that time they were plain gut too I believe so you're half right
G and C was wound.@@mrmensje1
@@martinh1277 I'm sorry but a violin is tuned G D A E, like I said in this case the G and D are wound
short fingerboard , is it baroque violin?
What kind of shoulder rest is the woman playing the viola using? I've never seen one like that before. I'd like to get one like that.
Melissa0774 It looks like a bon musica?
I've never seen one with a hook on it like that. I think I'd like one like that to use with my viola.
Yeah, a bonmusica: very comfy.
Daniel Stepner Reminds me of John Williams
Thanks for your input, Captain Sourpuss! Just kidding, appreciate the feedback & thanks for watching the vid.
The viola sounds so rich
WAIT. Who exactly made the violin?
Me 😎😎
*Very nice video!*
A true rock & roller smashes their instrument after an epic jam.
hahaha totally
2:06 ouch!
Ha ha ha, it was a bit OUCH wasn't it :-) There were a couple more but not as bad. Anyway, if I could play like that I would be VERY happy
Yes I noticed that too. Whoops
Mozart’s viola should have been presented!
So this violin is totally original? Even down to the strings? How could such an instrument withstand being played like normal after so long?
The violin would not have it's original strings and I doubt that the sound post and bridge would have last this long. Also, baroque violins like Mozart's were converted in the classical era to suit the new standard of violin design. Whether this violin was converted in that era is a different story.
MrAsc0001 by the looks of fingerboard - it was not.
The strings are no the same ones Mozart played with in the past, they are gut strings, which means they are organic, so they would eventually get broken
2:42
Great Instruments. Maybe the musician could prepare better...to present instrument better with correct intonation.. anyway, nice video.
Its an absolute sin from hell to tune this instrument to anything near 440HZ. People just dont think, at all.
I mean I don’t get why some people hate the Viola.
So, you are “aware what type of strings Mozart used”. Really? Given the choice of strings types available to him, I don’t see how you can make such a claim. Of course gut was the basic working material, but by the late 18th century, there were all sorts of plain, wound & half-overspun strings in a variety of materials (including silk or silver).
Obviously the Mozarteum Foundation instruments are gut-strung. I would hardly expect them to use scoubidous.
One possible material of the e-string was "Frauenhaar", woman's hair. So you know why violinists always look after pretty women.
The instruments sound wonderful considering it seems these two have never heard of rosin...
K M what do you mean
what do you mean why would they do it on stage let alone on video and those bows look pretty white
😊m lc
This is why I blame my self being born at 2000
You'd think if the instrument was made by a Klutz, it may not have lasted this long ... ; )
Μονο εμενα μου ακούγονται ξεκουρδιστοι;😢
Why does he have his chin on the opposite side?
Shame he didn't have a baroque bow to play with it
Mozart isn’t baroque
I wonder if we could we get his fingerprints and clone him?
need DNA to clone. and even if you picked up mozarts bones you might not get mozarts. lots of things effect baby's in there mother like the age of the egg so forth. so an older mother is more likely to give a child with asperger. then then younger mother so forth. also the way he grew up as well might factor in. as well there have been a lot of twin studies done on the subject of nurture or nature.
Beethoven first instrument was a Viola
Piano*
Should have used a Baroque bow instead.
Jon Can it is
TheMattGaming it’s not.
Should have used a transitional bow.
@@spencercole8507 but he's using one...
Menno Barten Deffinitely not.
Nice story but the sound of the violin is not convincing
Oh my God, such beautiful women!
where ?
Jacques Luu She plays the viola )
Dafuq?
So, do you like grannies?
Existentia I've known people who liked milfs, that's kind of common, but never heard anybody who liked a g-milf
He's playing flat, again and again, or is it just me....
I heard that too. Might be that he is not overly familiar with this particular instrument, but still.
Classical tuning was A4 = 430 hertz. That's why. It's more authentic this way.
It was somewhere around there, 430 hertz, yes. Tuning the open strings is one thing. Placing the fingers on the correct spot another. Here, I think, the problem is the latter.
So she won't hurt herself?
Seriously? Playing Mozart´s violin on gut strings is great - but using a modern bow?? The old bows allows the player to do technical things that aren´t possible with the modern bow, and vice versa. This is bullshit.
It is not bullshit. If you know the old bow you can make a similar sound with the modern bow. But nevertheless, old bows woul have been better here.
The old bow have different characteristics
This is not necessary. Listen to Thomas Zehetmair and some young Violinists. They play with a modern bow on a modern Violin and even to me it sounds old. But this is artificial and this Lady on the Viola couldn't do this.@@PirateKing1256
i am not particularly fond of mozart as i am with Bach.
:O my god man!
cool. no one asked
se7ensnakes I am equally fascinated with both
mommy?
They shouldn't be playing it!
Acoustic instruments never benefit from just sitting, year after year, never being played. Wood is a living material. Vibration from playing is good for the instrument & wood. For instance, I've been taught that an acoustic guitar - when you're not playing it - should be put on a stand next to your own stereo speakers, at home, to let the wood vibrate with the music you play on the stereo. At reasonable volume, of course.