Lang Lang playing Mozart in his usual style and format, nice to listen to as usual.

It was listed as the fastest falling search request as Nr. 2 behind the World Cup. Not that it should surprise anyone, last year was Mozart’s 250 year anniversary and a lot of activity surrounded it, infact if you look at the fastest falling you’ll see World Cup in there together with Mozart as nr. 2 which is actually very amazing. What does this tell you? That Mozart is infact so popular he is nr. 2 behind the World Cup, the most popular sport.

Some facts about the famous Mozart, probably the most famous composer of all time, classical or not.

• Born January 27, 1756 in Salzburg, Austria
• Died December 5, 1791 at the age of 35
• He was born to Father Leopold and Mother Maria Anna Pertl
• He was baptized at St. Rupert’s Cathedral
• On August 4, 1782 he married Constanze Weber
• He was buried in a peasant’s grave in Vienna at St. Marx Cemetery
• His full legal name was Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart
• Wrote of 626 unique works.
• He composed his first symphony at the age of 8
• Haydn once said Mozart is ‘the greatest composer known to me in person or by name; he has taste and, what is more, the greatest knowledge of composition’
• Mozart had a special relationship with Prague - He premiered the opera Don Giovanni there on October 29, 1787, and supported himself for many years through commissions originating from the city.
• He was a Freemason, and belonged to the same Masonic Lodge as Haydn

This is the 3rd movement, only part of it, but it’s beautifully played by Anne Sophie-Mutter on her Lord Dunn-Raven 1710 Stradivarius, though she is also reported to own the Emiliani 1703.