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Re: Martin Frost, Mozart

Author: mrn
Date: 2008-08-07 22:26

I think Sabine Meyer plays it about that fast (of course, she's known for playing fast). Based on what my teacher told me years ago, I don't think anyone in Mozart's time would have played it that fast. But I think that may be more a function of the difficulty of playing the instruments used at that time.

This sounds like a question for Tony Pay. I hope he's reading this, because I'd really like to know what he thinks about what the tempi in the Mozart Concerto ought to be and why. I seem to remember reading something in one of his past posts about how certain runs in Mozart are easier to play tongued on period instruments because of cross-fingerings (but, of course, this potentially limits the speed you can play to the speed you can tongue).

That suggests to me that perhaps Mozart would not have disapproved of playing the concerto at this quick speed had anyone been able to play it at that speed back then. But that is a question better left to the experts...

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