I have always been a fan of Michael Nyman ever since my friends Georgia and Rachel did a dance at east 15 to some of his music and having discovered that the wonderful music from the film ‘Drowning By Numbers’ was based on a few bars from Mozart’s ‘Sinfornia Concertante’ I decided to seek out the original and this is what I found - one of the most sublime and truly wonderful compositions from the great Mozart.
It was the film ‘Amadeus’ that first drew my attention to Mozart and his truly amazing talent. There is something very special about his music and the fact that he would just ‘knock up’ a symphony or an opera so quickly and so immaculately without any self doubt (and any corrections, if Peter Shaffer is to be believed!) simply enforces the notion that he was a truly exceptional composer. I love so much of Mozart’s music that I have a lot of in my collection but I love this work and this second movement from this work above all others. If you ever get a chance (if you haven’t already seen it) watch ‘Amadeus’ at the Theatre or the film and listen to this piece.
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