Why is Mozart so much fun?

[henrah]

Is it the simple dynamics of either forte or piano? Or the sudden changes, going from forte to piano, or visa versa? Or is it the sound? Or is it the melodies? Or is it the simple technique when viewed from a far, which actually turns out quite hard but quick and easy to get?


Openly discuss, if you please.
Henrah

[gyzzzmo]

i like the silence behind the pieces.

[franzliszt2]

I just think it's great music, fantstic to play,a nd great to listen to. I love the opera's.

[pianistimo]

simplicity is behind all genius.  (childlike wonder).

i find that with teaching, as well.  you watch advanced teachers and everything comes down to just a few words to express what others might take much longer to say.  this must be the half the secret to high powered piano lessons.  you sort of zoom right in on the energy level, the few bars of music, and the moment.

seems that mozart knew how to be int eh moment.

also, mozart to me seems to read people like shakespeare.  he has this classic sense of characters.  you have the stock characters, from times gone by - but he refines and refreshes them to unforgettable dimensions.

[henrah]

I remember reading a bit about him, his maturity and his childness presented at the same time.

As an account goes, he was playing marvelously for someone with great maturity (the accountee mentioned the look on his face and his posture) and then a cat came in, and they couldn't stop him from playing with it and get back to playing the piece! Oh man I've got such a great cartoon sketch single image in my head from reading that!

Anyway, must get back to practising A Little Night Music. I'm recording it tomorrow with my Dad on the organ for part of my performance unit (ensemble performance) for my Music AS Level. I might even post it up in the audition room for you guys to hear.
Henrah

[mikey6]

It's becuase he's so easy to perform, you need so little thought to play his music that a simpleton could pull it off

[Mozartian]

It's becuase he's so easy to perform, you need so little thought to play his music that a simpleton could pull it off

*quietly and efficiently silences mikey6*

ahem.

Yes, Mozart is a joy to play, isn't it?

[steveie986]

It's becuase he's so easy to perform, you need so little thought to play his music that a simpleton could pull it off

You're absolutely right. The problem is there are too few simpletons around who are genius at being thoughtless enough to play Mozart well.

[maxy]

fun to sightread, hell to play in concert/exam

[henrah]

fun to sightread, hell to play in concert/exam

Yeah he's quite well known for exposing flaws in somebody's technique, and I found that out a few days ago. With romantic works you have the freedom of extensive rubato, which can cover up uneveness, and the same goes for dynamics and everything else. Basically, Mozart is a biyatch to play completely even in every sense of the word.

I wonder if he was actually able to play as well as we expect Mozart performers to play nowadays. Though in his day the dynamic range of the claviers wasn't that wide...
Henrah

[mikey6]

*quietly and efficiently silences mikey6*

ahem.

Yes, Mozart is a joy to play, isn't it?

OK, now I'm confused, people know that i'm joking right? aka the row of  !
I was referring to https://www.pianostreet.com/smf/index.php/topic,17646.0.html