The journey begins in Vienna in 1788. Mozart, fascinated by the music of Bach and Händel, revisits a fugue from 1783, transcribes it for strings, and precedes it with a solemn Adagio: thus is born the Adagio and Fugue in C minor K. 546, in which the Salzburg genius engages in a direct dialogue with the masters of the past.
This thread runs through Berlin in 1823, where a fourteen-year-old Felix Mendelssohn, considered by Goethe a 'second Mozart' even superior to the first, composes the Concerto in D minor for violin, piano, and strings. The model is classical and limpid, yet animated by a new romantic intensity and a tight dialogue between the soloists, clear echoes of the Mozartean mastery.
The parabola is completed in Moscow in 1880 with Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, who considered Mozart the very reason for his dedication to music. In the Serenade for Strings Op. 48, the first movement pays a declared homage to Mozart with a classical sonatina introduced by solemn accents, before opening up to the waltz, the elegy, and Russian folk motifs.
Three eras, three great composers, and a single, powerful artistic gesture: looking backward to find one's own voice.
Contrametric Ensemble: Gabriele Totaro violin, Alessandro Vaccarino piano, Giuseppe Montesano conductor.
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