Mozart Violin Concertos

Review: Spirited soloists share the spotlight at Orchestra Hall (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
The Minnesota Orchestra's ongoing Centennial Commission series has produced some worthy pieces over the years, and a few less worthy. The latest, premiered Friday night at Orchestra Hall, the Sinfonia Concertante for Flute, Oboe, Bassoon, Violin and Cello by Kevin Puts, definitely falls into the worthy category. Puts' Sinfonia draws its form from the concerto grosso of the 18th century, where a
On-fire Fruhbeck draws brilliance from BSO - Boston Herald

On-fire Fruhbeck draws brilliance from BSO Boston Herald, United States - Apr 7, 2006 ... While Mozart s violin concertos do not attain the weight that his late piano concertos do, the Fifth is still a bold work from a composer who knew exactly ...

Published: April 14, 2006
New York Times - We might begin with the ending, also known as the Requiem. No hope for background music here, especially with John Eliot Gardiner at the helm of a gutsy period-instrument band. The disc boasts a wonderful quartet of vocal soloists and the Monteverdi ...
Official pops students' bubbles (Columbus Ledger-Enquirer)
A sticky situation has come to an end. This week, some 20,000 students throughout Muscogee County are taking the Criterion Referenced Competency Test -- something they and teachers say is akin to being stuck in the ear with a No. 2 pencil.
Mozart s music in revolutionary times - Socialist Worker Online

Mozart s music in revolutionary times Socialist Worker Online, IL - Apr 11, 2006 ... A series of five violin concertos written in 1775, when Mozart was 19, for example, marked the first use of a solo instrument leading an orchestra. ...