Score Parties. Par BEETHOVEN LUDWIG VAN. When Beethoven wrote these three quartets he was 15 years old and a composition student of Christian Gottlob Neefe in Bonn. They reveal a strong Mozartian influence while the brilliant piano writing already gives a sense of the mature Beethoven. He may conceivably have written the works for the wealthy Mastiaux family in Bonn, as he gave piano lessons to …

Par MOZART WOLFGANG AMADEUS. Composed at the end of 1785, Mozart ’s Piano Concerto in E-flat major forms a group of three with the two famous concerti in A major K. 488 and in C minor K. 491, which he completed in March of the following year. What they all have in common is Mozart ’s inclusion of Clarinets in the Orchestra for the first time. In this he succeeded to particularly impressive effect …

Ouvertüre. Autograph: Biblioteka Jagiellonska Kraków. Par MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY FELIX. An enchanted night, virtually fragrant dreams, floating fairies & the sensory associations evoked and fashioned by the music of Mendelssohn's overture ; A Midsummer Night's Dream are almost inexhaustible. Written by the composer in 1826 in a carefree summer spent between the summerhouse and his siblings, this is…