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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) Aus der Oper \Le nozze di Figaro, KV 492 From the opera The Marriage of Figaro, K. 492 Ouver1üre/Over1ure Arie des Figaro/Figaro's Aria: "Non più andrai" Aus der Oper "Le nozze di Figaro", KV 492 From the opera The Marriage of Figaro, K. 492 Arie der Susanna/Susanna's Aria "Deh vieni non tardar" Aus der Oper "Le nozze di Figaro", KV 492 From the opera The Marriage of Figaro, K. 492 Duett Graf-Susanna/Duet of the Count and Susanna: "Crudel! perche finora" Konzert für Klavier, A-Dur, KV 488 Piano Concerto in A Major, K. 488 2. Adagio 3. Allegroassai Symphonie Nr. 40, g-moll, KV 550 Symphony No.40 in G minor, K. 550 1. Molto allegro Aus der Oper "Die Zauberflöte", KV 620 From the opera The Magic Flute, K. 620 Arie der Königin der Nacht/Aria of the Queen of the Night "Der Hölle Rache" Posthorn-Serenade, KV 320 6. Menuetto Konzert für Klarinette, A-Dur, KV 622 Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622 2. Adagio Aus der Oper "Die Zauberflöte", KV 620 From the opera The Magic Flute, K. 620 Arie des Papageno/Papageno's Aria "Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja" Duett Papageno -Papagena/Duet of Papageno and Papagena "Pa-pa-papageno" Symphonie Nr. 35, "Haffner", KV 385 Symphony No.35, "Haffner", K. 385 4, Finale: Presto Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in Salzburg in 1756, the son of a court musician who, in the year of his youngest child's birth, published an influential book on violin-playing. Leopold Mozart rose to occupy the position of Vice-Kapellmeister to the Archbishop of Salzburg, but sacrificed his own creative career to that of his son, in whom he detected early signs of precocious genius. With the indulgence of his patron, he was able to undertake extended concert tours of Europe in which his son and his eider sister Nannerl were able to astonish audiences. The boy played both the keyboard and the violin and could improvise and soon write down his own compositions. Childhood that had brought signal success was followed by a less satisfactory period of adolescence largely in Salzburg, under the patronage of a new and less sympathetic Archbishop. Mozart, like his father, found opportunities far too limited at home, while chances of travel were now restricted. In 1777, when leave of absence was not granted, he gave up employment in Salzburg to seek a future elsewhere, but neither Mannheim nor Paris, both musical centres of some importance, had anything for him. His Mannheim connections, however, brought a commission for an opera in Munich in 1781, and after its successful staging he was summoned by his patron to Vienna. There his dissatisfaction with his position and the denial of opportunities for advancement resulted in a quarrel with the Archbishop and dismissal from his service. The last ten years of Mozart's life were spent in Vienna in precarious independence of both patron and immediate paternal advice, a situation aggravated by an imprudent marriage. Initial success in