Summer Series III - The Mastery of Mozart | Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra

The viola became Mozart's most beloved instrument. The distinctively mellow, plaintive sound of the instrument saturates the composer's sublime Sinfonia Concertante in E major fpr violin and viola, a piece that glows from within when the instruments aren't chasing each other down. Mozart also remained fond of his Symphony No 29 long after it was written. This symphony coming-of-age oozes well-bred charm on the surface but carries a characteristically Mozartian sadness and composer's best-known earworm opens this portrait of music's supreme combiner of energy and grace.