Mozart - Violin Sonata No. 21 in E minor, K. 304 LIVE

I. Allegro [0:16]
II. Tempo di Minuetto [6:57]

Rebecca Raimondi violin, Alessandro Viale piano
Ardorè Duo LIVE at Willy Ferrero Festival 6/12/2015

This piece was composed in 1778, during the same period that Mozart's mother, Anna Maria Mozart, died, and the love relationship with Aloysia Weber ended badly. The sonata's mood reflects this. Infact it is the only instrumental work by Mozart whose home key is E minor and it is the only violin sonata in a minor key.

This is Christian Schubart's description of E minor key in "Ideen zu einer Aesthetik der Tonkunst" (1806):
Naïve, womanly innocent declaration of love, lament without grumbling; sighs accompanied by few tears; this key speaks of the imminent hope of resolving in the pure happiness of C major. 

video by Holger Lazzaro

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Salone Riario Ostia Antica
Festival Willy Ferrero by Associazione Culturale Corelli