Symphony Listening Program - Mozart
- What
- Symphony Listening Program - Mozart
- When
- 11/17/2025
Day 1: This week's feature composer is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The feature composition is the third movement from Horn Concerto No. 3. A concerto is a piece of music composed for orchestra that features one instrument. In this concerto, Mozart decided to feature the French horn. During Mozart's time, the horn was often used outdoors. Sometimes, it was used as a way of calling people together and sometimes it was used as a signal in activities like fox hunting. Mozart decided to capture the outdoor flavour of the horn in his concerto.
Day 2: This week's feature composer is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The feature composition is the third movement from Horn Concerto No. 3. When Mozart was alive, the horn was often used outdoors, sometimes to call people together and sometimes as a signal in activities like fox hunting. Mozart wanted to create an outdoor flavour in his concerto. He used galloping, riding rhythms in his themes and wrote melodies that sounded like those played by a hunting horn.
Day 3: This week's feature composer is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The feature composition is the third movement from Hom Concerto No.3. Mozart created an outdoor flavour in his horn concerto by writing themes that sounded like those played by hunting horns. He added to this outdoor feeling by using galloping, riding rhythms for his themes. Mozart also created the sensation of being outside by having the orchestra repeat the theme immediately after it was played by the horn. It's almost like you hear the horn echoing back off far away hills.
Day 4: This week's feature composer is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The feature composition is the third movement from Horn Concerto No. 3. Mozart wanted to create an outdoor flavour in his concerto because when he was alive, the horn was an instrument that was often used outdoors. Mozart was very clever.' He created the sensation of being outside by having the orchestra repeat the horn's themes so it sounded like an echo. He also wrote melodies that sounded like those played by hunting horns and used galloping, riding rhythms for his themes.
Day 5: This week's feature composition is the third movement from the Horn Concerto No. 3. Do you remember the name of the composer? (Short pause.) If you are thinking of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, good for you. Mozart created an outdoor flavour in his concerto by composing melodies similar to those played by hunting horns, using galloping, riding rhythms, and having the orchestra echo the horn's themes.