Mozart - Variations on 'Ah, vous dirais-je, Maman,' KV 265

[andhow04]

the archetypical Classical variations are also composed on one of the most widely known folk tunes in western music. even though i don't think of this as one of Mozart's greatest pieces, the fact is that he reached a sort of stylistic perfection in this combination.

his other variations veer much more into fantasy, they are more personal, i am thinking of variations on 'Salve tu, Domine,' which i love and also 'Lison dormait'

but this one sticks to the script, so to speak, and never veers off the phrasing of the theme, except in the finale which morph from duple to triple time. all the boxes are checked: variation for right hand , then for left ; changing the note values for right , then left ; contrapuntal minor key variation ; and a slow one before the grand finale.

anyways it's a piece that never fails to bring a twinkle to someone's eye in the audience, if at least only one person lol

[anacrusis]

Aww I think this is a very fine set of variations, personally. There are some Mozart variation sets where he barely modifies the theme but just has different accompaniments. Here, he is more creative.

Fine playing!

[quantum]

Very well played!

Crisp and articulate fast passages contrasted with introspective lyrical sections.

[dw4rn]

Very nice - colorful, imaginative playing. I love your left hand!

Hmm... I'm guessing you're not having some unstable person filming with a handheld camera from in front, so exactly what is going on here??

[andhow04]

Aww I think this is a very fine set of variations, personally. There are some Mozart variation sets where he barely modifies the theme but just has different accompaniments. Here, he is more creative.

Fine playing!

thanks much ! did not mean to be hard on these variations but they are more 'basic' to me than for instance Lison dormait or Salve tu domine which i love so much and are full of fantasy. of course these are perfect in construction and executioN!

[andhow04]

Very nice - colorful, imaginative playing. I love your left hand!

Hmm... I'm guessing you're not having some unstable person filming with a handheld camera from in front, so exactly what is going on here??

thnaks!

and thanks for noticing the odd camera angle. i have a funny toy, it is a tracking camera that can lock onto someone's face and follow them, at 360 degrees angle even. unfortunately it cannot lock onto a pair of hands, but i decided to use it for this and several other pieces (this is one part of an hour long video recital) for the variety. i hope it is not too distracting