Digital Concert
Digital Concert | Mozart vs. Vogler: Rivals in Mannheim
Works by: Mozart, Vogler, Carl Theodor
Artist: Anders Muskens, fortepiano
This concert film presents solo keyboard repertoire from the Mannheim school, including pieces by Mozart and George Vogler. Recorded on an original 18th century fortepiano, the film showcases historic monuments around Mannheim and the nearby courtly retreat of the Schwetzingen Palace and commemorates the 300th jubilee of Carl Theodor.
The fortepiano used in this digital concert was restored by Maxime Schleyer.
This program presents a combination of works for fortepiano by both Mozart and Georg Joseph Vogler (1749-1814): two famous composers in their day who had a sort of rivalry (atleast in Mozart’s eyes) when they met in Mannheim in 1777. As a notable member of the “Mannheimer Schule,” Vogler was an extremely innovative composer, music theorist, important teacher, and famous performer on the keyboard (organ, harpsichord, fortepiano, clavichord) in his day.
Mozart arrived in Mannheim in 1777 searching for a job, and soon met Vogler, who occupied the high rank of second Kapellmeister within the Mannheim court orchestra. Mozart must have been jealous of Vogler, who was only 7 years his senior, and Mozart immediately dismissed Vogler as a charlatan in letters to his father. Mozart’s disdain for Vogler posthumously ruined Vogler’s reputation, so interest in Vogler’s music today is extremely limited. Regardless, he had many famous students including Peter von Winter and Carl Maria von Weber, and his many proponents included Robert Schumann.
– Anders Muskens
PROGRAMME
W.A. Mozart (1756-1791):
Allegro from Sonata in D Major K. 311
G. J. Vogler (1749−1814):
Selected Variations on “Malbrough S’en Va-t-en Guerre”
W.A. Mozart (1756-1791):
Rondo. Allegretto Grazioso from Sonata in C K. 309
