Documentary about Mozart in Mannheim, "Mozart meeting Aloysa and Constanze" followed by the perfomance at the Rokokotheater, Schloss Schwetzingen, Mannheim (1991) Christian Zacharias - soloist Gianuigi Gelmetti - conductor Radio Symphony Orchestra of Stuttgart Amadeus Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 6 in B-flat major, K. 238 31:24 Allegro aperto 38:52 Andante un poco Adagio 44:49 Rondeau, Allegro Mozart's time in Mannheim was a period of fateful encounters. For his musical development, the Mannheim Orchestra and the school of composition that went with it represented significant turning points in Mozart's work. His artistic and emotional life also took a major turn in Mannheim when he met the music copyist Fridolin Weber and his singing daughters. He immediately fell in love with the second child, Aloysia, and concocted a master plan to make her an opera star in Italy, a plan that rocked his parents to their heels. Life takes strange turns, Aloysia Weber married another man, but eventually sang leading roles in two of Mozart's greatest operas, "The Abduction from the Seraglio" and "Don Giovanni". Her older sister, Josepha, later created the part of the Queen of the Night in Mozart's last opera, "The Magic Flute". And a third soprano daughter, Constanze, would figure most significantly in his life at a later date. The Mannheim Elector's court spent a great deal of time at their country palace in Schwetzingen, and it is a Schwetzingen Palace that we hear Piano Conerto K. 238, performed by Christian Zacharias with the Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Gianluigi Gelmetti. Watch other Mozart On Tour's episodes: goo.gl/XkXVvz Subscribe to EuroArts: goo.gl/jrui3M

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