Mozart's sister Nannerl performed Piano Concerto No. 14 from a solo piano part she wrote out herself, which included an embellished variant of a passage in the first movement.
Composer Biography
Barbara Ployer, the dedicatee of Piano Concerto No. 14, was a talented pianist and a pupil of Mozart.
Composition History
Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 14 was the very first composition he entered into his personal handwritten Thematic Catalogue of his works, which he began in 1784.
Compositional Technique
Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 14 was designed to be performable 'a quattro' with just single strings, making the piano function more as a chamber music partner within the ensemble.
Composition History
The concert aria Ch'io mi scordi di te? was composed for Nancy Storace, an English soprano who performed the role of Susanna in the first production of Le nozze di Figaro.
Historical Context
For the premiere of Piano Concerto No. 21, Mozart used a special pedal attachment made to fit his Walter fortepiano, which his father noted was very heavy and cumbersome to move.
Cultural Impact
Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 21 became perhaps his most famous concerto largely due to its slow movement theme being used in the film Elvira Madigan.
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