Is conducting a gloomy and ambiguous symphony fun? Yes! You only have to watch Gábor Tacács-Nagy as he conducts Mozart's Symphony No. 25 with great gusto for proof. This performance with the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra took place on July 27, 2012, at the Verbier Festival in Switzerland.
(00:00) Applause
(00:16) I. Allegro con brio
(10:44) II. Andante
(14:28) III. Menuetto con Trio
(17:30) IV. Allegro
Contemporaries of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) considered the Symphony No. 25 in G minor (K. 183) to emanate displeasure, discomfort, resentment and discontent. And indeed, Mozart's 25th Symphony is strikingly dramatic and is even marked by an aggressive tone at times. It was the first symphony that the Salzburg composer had written in a minor key, the second being Symphony No. 40 in G minor (K. 550). Symphony No. 25 is also known as the “Little G minor symphony”, and Symphony No. 40 as the “Great G minor symphony”.
Not much is known about the genesis of this first G minor symphony. It was completed on October 5, 1773 in Salzburg, when Mozart was concertmaster to the archbishop there - and just 17 years old. In the two years 1773 and 1774, Mozart composed a total of 9 symphonies; there is little information about the motivation for these symphonic works.
One point of reference for Mozart's Symphony No. 25 in G minor is Joseph Haydn's (1732 - 1809) Symphony No. 39 (Hoboken 1/39). This Haydn symphony is also in G minor. And it features 4 horns - a highly unusual choice of instrumentation that can also be found in Mozart's 25th Symphony. Haydn composed the Symphony in G minor in the 1760s, at a time when many composers of classical music were writing symphonies with a wild and dark character. It is likely that Mozart became acquainted with some of these orchestral pieces when he was in Vienna in 1773.
Whether Mozart's Symphony No. 25 can be considered to belong to the Sturm und Drang style is debatable. Sturm und Drang was a movement in German literature that emerged around the same time and whose central ideas included the cult of genius and an emphasis on emotion and fantasy. Its counterpart in music could be read into stylistic devices such as syncopation, unpredictable dynamic changes, increased use of tremolos and the like. Either way, Mozart's “Little G minor symphony” conveys a highly agitated mood and oscillates between anger, melancholy and wistfulness, sometimes with an ironic twist.
Fun fact: The first movement of Mozart's Symphony No. 25 can be heard in the opening scene of the movie Amadeus (1984). In this dramatic scene, Mozart's adversary Salieri is found after a suicide attempt.
The Hungarian conductor and violinist Gábor Takács-Nagy turned to chamber music while still a student. With the Takács Quartet (1975-1992), he has worked with such stars as Lord Menuhin, Sir Georg Solti, Isaac Stern, Mstislav Rostropovitch, Paul Tortelier, Gidon Kremer, and András Schiff. In 2002, Gábor Takács-Nagy turned to conducting. In 2007, he became director of the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra (VFKO), which performs annually at the Verbier Festival and has toured extensively throughout Europe and Asia.
The Verbier Festival is one of the world’s most prestigious classical music events. The quality of participating artists is matched by the originality of the program. The festival is held from late July to early August in the mountain resort of Verbier, Switzerland.
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