Piano Forum

Oh yea definately only for the note marked.  in terms of interpretation.  I believe there is more drama in this music than many pianists give it credit for.  Listen to his symphonies and string quartets and most importantly his operas and you will have a good idea of what to do with it.  It is fact that this is the most detailed score mozart turned out for the piano solo in terms of expressive detail - so he meant it all.  But looks at scores from his ochestral and vocal works to see what he meant. Never do a really jarring hard accent in Mozart. If you think it sounds shocking on a modern piano try it ona forte piano sometime the effect is truely cringeworthy. The sound should always remain full and rounded however loud or accented it becomes. The brittle slap that its possible to achieve on a modern instrument was outside the pallette imagined by Mozarts contemporaries. Phrasing in theis piece is CRUCIAL spend time working over every cadence point in minute detail.. or it WILL catch you out. Also really pay attention to balance of hands and in the chords. The piu allegro tremolo bits rally need to be exciting but that doesnt necessarily meant martellato and stick the pedal down as I have heard it by at least one distinguished pianist. Keep it light and springy and driving forward.  It is very easy to let this piece wind down like a clockwork mouse. Do plenty of metronome work and really spend time memorising your tempo relationships - like a conductor!