Fired up to perform this tonight!
![You know that whole thing about Mozart’s music arriving on the page fully finished?
No piece in the composer’s catalogue contradicts that pervasive notion more than Idomeneo, conceived in Munich between late 1780 and early 1781. Frustrated by the wordiness of his librettist and the musical quirks of the available vocalists, Mozart revised the opera extensively in preparation for its premiere [and again five years later for a performance in Vienna].
Read Mozart’s in-depth account of the composition of Idomeneo as documented in a series of letters to his father, and if you are in the area come check out the opera’s exuberant ballet music live tomorrow at the WCFSO.](http://www.tumblr.com/photo/1280/jasonweinberger/1493205368/1/tumblr_lbd76pAnZx1qaocac)
You know that whole thing about Mozart’s music arriving on the page fully finished?
No piece in the composer’s catalogue contradicts that pervasive notion more than Idomeneo, conceived in Munich between late 1780 and early 1781. Frustrated by the wordiness of his librettist and the musical quirks of the available vocalists, Mozart revised the opera extensively in preparation for its premiere [and again five years later for a performance in Vienna].
Read Mozart’s in-depth account of the composition of Idomeneo as documented in a series of letters to his father, and if you are in the area come check out the opera’s exuberant ballet music live tomorrow at the WCFSO.
![Igor Stravinsky in 1966, photographed by David Hume Kennerly
Sometimes when I’m burying myself in the compexities of this guy’s music – as I am this week – I feel like two pairs of glasses might actually help.
[Image found via ihatemusic1943, attribution provided by me]](http://www.tumblr.com/photo/1280/jasonweinberger/1461485582/1/tumblr_laie7mWsWe1qe9cdi)
Igor Stravinsky in 1966, photographed by David Hume Kennerly
Sometimes when I’m burying myself in the compexities of this guy’s music – as I am this week – I feel like two pairs of glasses might actually help.
[Image found via ihatemusic1943, attribution provided by me]
