Mozart - Piano Concerto no. 19 in F major K.459 (Bilson, Gardiner)

When I was watching a sheet music video of this piece, I thought, what a good ideia to make this in period instruments.

0:00 Mov. I - Allegro. The movement starts with a simple theme, but really beautiful.

The piece continues with the winds and strings, singing the theme, with no second theme, a thing that is quite rare in Mozart's mature concertos (19-27), (I invented this name). After the theme we hear some transition to the piano entrance, and I like to highlight the bassoon and the bass, making a fast "thing" (I forgot the name) to the tonic.

In the piano entrance we hear all again, all the theme, but now, It has a second theme, but the motifs in the transition to the piano entrance, are back now in the dominant.

After this we have a BEAUTIFUL tutti, making a lot of unique passages imitating the first theme. The piano is back doing fast arpeggios, in this case I like to highlight what Bilson makes, it sound so nature, so beautiful. After this some false transition to the minor relative, but Mozart surprise us making this for F major actually.

Surprisingly, Mozart don't copy exactly what is in the piano entrance and make everything different.
In the entrance of the second theme, I like to highlight the natural horn making the theme sound so natural.

The cadenza it's a pleasure to hear. Beautiful in all the ways. And the orchestra tutti before the cadenza has a E flat (concert pitch A flat) from the natural horn, and the stopped is just so beautiful to hear.

The finale Tutti It's only as good as the rest of the piece.

11:30 Mov II - Allegretto. The movement is just beautiful, normally I don't like that much of slow movements, but this one is an exception.

The theme starts with a orchestral Tutti, what is completely normal for Mozart slow movements. Keeping the first theme aside, I like to highlight the flute solos and the bassoon solos, in the second theme, and of course the G minor part of it, including the oboe solo.

And I cannot just ignore this incredible passage in 14:14, the winds just flow, and we can see what the heaven sound like, And look, it's an atheist saying that, lol. After the winds, the piano and strings repeat It in a different way.

The middle section, doesn't exists, it's actually just the first theme and the second theme again. I like to highlight one of the most beautiful passages in all classical literature, it is in 15:47, all the winds just make a collaborative section that also sounds like the heaven. I like to highlight the incredible part again, but now in C minor, It is in 16:39.

The movement ends in a beautiful and satisfying way, with a solo of the wind players.

18:09 Mov III - Allegro Assai. I really can't describe this movement so I recommend you to watch Richard Atkinson video below.

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