Month of Mozart

Moss-ly Mozart

The WQXR Archives celebrates Month of Mozart with highlights from Lloyd Moss's WQXR show This is My Music.

Nov 27, 2013

Café Concert: Pacifica Quartet & Anthony McGill

The Pacifica Quartet is joined by Anthony McGill, the principal clarinetist of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, to give a performance of the second movement of Mozart's Clarinet Quintet in the WQXR Café.

Nov 25, 2013

Café Concert: Pacifica Quartet & Anthony McGill

Ten Great Mozart Guitar Shredding Videos

In bedrooms, basements and man-caves around the world, Mozart's music is alive and well among electric guitarists. We’ve found ten of the most mind-blowing, face-melting Mozart “shreds.” Nov 21, 2013

Mozart Mash-Ups: Reimagining the Composer

This Saturday, WQXR will present a variety of wild and inventive reworkings of Mozart's music. Here are a few examples to get you primed.

Nov 21, 2013

Mozart Mash-Ups: Reimagining the Composer

Mozart and the Opera with Matt Aucoin: The Trickster

Mozart sometimes has a reputation for being a "safe" composer of "pleasant" music. But conductor Matt Aucoin says, look closer, and you'll find the mischievous Mozart who is not to be... Nov 20, 2013

Saturday Morning Cartoons: Mozart, Muppet-Style

For this Saturday’s cartoon, Mozart gets the Muppet treatment. Miss Piggy and Link Hogthrob perform the duet "La ci darem la mano" from Don Giovanni between the characters Don Giovann... Nov 16, 2013

Mozart and the Opera with Matt Aucoin: The Last Year

Mozart never let his personal grief or physical pain affect his compositions; he could write music that suited the subject. Mozart was, in this regard, a chameleon. Nov 14, 2013

Quiz: Test Your Mozart Smarts

Mozart's humor, his finances, an appearance on the TV show "M.A.S.H." and a Donald Trump-themed production are among this week's quiz questions. See how much you really know. Nov 14, 2013