Musik als Theater, Mozarts Linzer Sinfonie KV 425

Mozart’s symphony KV 425 represents a decisive step in his symphonic thinking. Its movements are constructed as four acts of an opera. Topic spaces like the French overture or the Siciliano Pastoral are transformed into individual scenes where protagonists try to live in a society which wants to control and prevent them from living their own life.

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