Mozart's Gran Partita: An Ambitious Serenade

WRTI Your Classical and Jazz Source | By Susan Lewis

Published May 5, 2014 at 7:25 AM EDT

Classical serenades by chamber ensembles were often light, outdoor entertainment in late 18th-century Vienna. As WRTI’s Susan Lewis reports, this week’s WRTI concert broadcast of the Philadelphia Orchestra features one of the more ambitious creations in the genre.

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Listen to WRTI's Susan Lewis talk with Philadelphia Orchestra Principal Bassoon Daniel Matsukawa, Principal Oboe Richard Woodhams, and Principle Clarinet Ricardo Morales about Mozart's Gran Partita.

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Susan Lewis

Susan writes and produces stories about music and the arts. She’s host and producer of WRTI’s TIME IN online interview series, and contributes weekly intermission interviews for The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert series. She’s also been a regular host of WRTI’s Live from the Performance Studio sessions.

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