MCO & MitsuKo Uchida: European Journey

30 January 2025

Salzburg

Thursday 19:30 / Salzburg Mozarteum

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Presented by: Mozartwoche

PROGRAMME
  • W. A. MOZART  Piano Concerto No.18 K.456 
  • G. F. HÄNDEL Concerto Grosso op. 3 No. 2
  • W. A. MOZART Piano Concerto No.21 K.467 

  • Mitsuko Uchida piano & director
  • José Maria Blumenschein concertmaster & leader
ABOUT THIS CONCERT

The fifth year of our collaboration with Artistic Partner Mitsuko Uchida brings us from Luxembourg to London. For this concert in Salzburg Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 18 and No. 21 frame George Frideric Handel's Concerto Grosso op. 3 No. 2. 

Often overshadowed by his more famous B-flat concerto (Piano Concerto No. 27), Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 18 leans towards the entertaining rather than the expressive, offering glimpses of the deeper poignance that would characterize his later works.

The opening movement of Handel's Concerto Grosso op. 3 No. 2 bears a close relationship to Handel's Brockes Passion of 1716. Two dance movements, a minuet, and a gavotte complete the concerto. In the Largo, the oboe's expressive cantilena is gently accompanied by the broken-chord accompaniment of two concertante cellos. 

The concert concludes with Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 21, K. 467, a work of depth and beauty. Known for its large melodic leaps and underlying restlessness, this concerto’s middle movement is particularly renowned for its expressive poignancy.

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CONCERTS THIS TOUR

21 January 2025 Luxembourg

Tuesday 19:30pm / Luxembourg Philharmonie

W. A. MOZART / G. F. HÄNDEL 

Mitsuko Uchida piano & director / José Maria Blumenschein concertmaster & leader

23 January 2025 Dortmund

Thursday 19:30pm / Konzerthaus Dortmund

W. A. MOZART / L. JANÁČEK 

Mitsuko Uchida piano & director / José Maria Blumenschein concertmaster & leader

25 January 2025 Dortmund

Saturday 18:00pm / Konzerthaus Dortmund

XTENDED: W. A. MOZART / L. JANÁČEK/ I. GINER MIRANDA

26 January 2025 Hamburg

Sunday 20:00pm / Elbphilharmonie

W. A. MOZART / L. JANÁČEK 

Mitsuko Uchida piano & director / José Maria Blumenschein concertmaster & leader

28 January 2025 Vienna

Tuesday 19:30pm / Musikverein Wien

W. A. MOZART / L. JANÁČEK 

Mitsuko Uchida piano & director / José Maria Blumenschein concertmaster & leader

01 February 2025 London

Saturday 19:30pm / Southbank Centre

W. A. MOZART / L. JANÁČEK 

Mitsuko Uchida piano & director / José Maria Blumenschein concertmaster & leader