@greatestmusiccomposer: Mozart finished this concerto on March 9, 1785. The next evening, he walked onto a stage in Vienna and played it in public for the first time. He was 29 and at the very peak of his life. Vienna adored him. He was performing almost every night, writing piano concertos at an astonishing pace — this one came only a few weeks after the dramatic D minor concerto, No. 20 — and earning more money than ever before. His father Leopold was visiting that spring and wrote home in amazement at the crowds, the carriages and the constant music. In the middle of this bright, festive concerto sits this slow movement. Listen to the opening: the strings play with mutes, which softens their sound to a veil; the second violins and violas pulse quietly in triplets, the basses pluck gently below. Over it floats a long melody that seems to have no beginning and no end. Then the piano enters and sings it again, adding sudden, aching harmonies that turn sweetness into longing for a moment, then back. For almost two centuries it was simply “the Andante of K. 467.” Then, in 1967, a Swedish film called “Elvira Madigan” — the tragic love story of a tightrope dancer and a soldier — used it as its main theme. The film became an international hit, and the music became one of the most recognizable melodies Mozart ever wrote. Where did you first hear this melody? 🎼 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K. 467, II. Andante (1785) Follow @greatestmusiccomposer for more 🎶 #mozart #pianoconcerto #elviramadigan #classicalmusic #piano

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