MOZART’S LAST THREE SYMPHONIES NIKOLAUS HARNONCOURT CONCENTUS MUSICUS from the STEFANIENSAAL in GRAZ MOZART’S Mozart’s three last symphonies are not separate works, but are to be perceived as a single “instrumental oratorio”! That LAST THREE is the view of “Mozart expert and original-sound past master” SYMPHONIES (Der Spiegel) Nikolaus Harnoncourt, after more than 60 years of study and conducting, and he hails it as the discovery of his life. NIKOLAUS According to Harnoncourt there are ample grounds for such a HARNONCOURT conclusion, and not only in the score. The simple fact that Mozart wrote all three symphonies within two months in the summer CONCENTUS of 1788 backs up his case. Harnoncourt also points out that the first of the three symphonies is the only one with a proper MUSICUS introduction and the last symphony the only one with a true finale. Apart from that, there are numerous tonal and dynamic WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART similarities and many harmonic and motivic developments that Symphony No. 39 in E flat major, K. 543 pervade all three works, further supporting the conductor’s Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550 thesis. In practice this means presenting the three symphonies Symphony No. 41 in C major, K. 551 as an integral whole, without a break. At the rostrum of his period-sound orchestra Concentus Video Director Volker Grohskopf Musicus “which played thrillingly well” (The Guardian), Harnoncourt thrills the audience of his long awaited concert in the Stefaniensaal in Graz during the “Styriarte” festival with his Length: 114' innovative reading of the symphonies in E flat major, G minor Shot in HDTV 1080/50i and C major (the “Jupiter”). Cat. no. A045500350000 Harnoncourt astounds the audience with his exposure and emphasis of parts in the score that have never come across A production of before, setting accents, bringing out contrasts and once again ORF Landesstudio Steiermark proving his deep affinity with Mozart’s oeuvre: “Harnoncourt in cooperation with is no lover of easy-listening saccharine Mozart, replacing the ORF 3, Styriarte and UNITEL CLASSICA sugary icing with brusque harshness and rough-edged contrasts” (Kleine Zeitung). “Standing ovation for ultimate Mozart” (Austria). World Sales: All rights reserved · credits not contractual · Different territories · Photos: © Werner Kmetitsch · Flyer: luebbeke.com Kmetitsch Flyer: · contractual Werner Different Photos: © territories credits · not rights · All reserved · Tel. +49.30.30306464 [email protected] Unitel GmbH & Co. KG, Germany · Tel. +49.89.673469-630 · [email protected] www.unitelclassica.com.