Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

THE ANVIL

Mozart
– Symphony no. 39
– Symphony no. 40
– Symphony no. 41

Robin Ticciati OBE

Mozart's last three symphonies were written in a few weeks in summer 1788, unusually without performances already arranged. They make a satisfying triptych, with the relatively serene no. 39 contrasting with the more agitated and unsettled no. 40.

The final symphony sums up Mozart's achievement in the form, with a spacious opening movement, an expressive and chromatic slow movement, and one of his most famous minuets.

The finale effortlessly combines fugue and sonata form in a five-part tour de force of pure joy.

The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment is Anvil Arts Orchestra in Association.

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