Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 6 days ago
Mozart’s Piano Sonata in C major, K. 309, seems almost impossibly simple. Yet with the barest musical material, Mozart creates a complete world of character, tension, tenderness and proportion.
In this video, I explore why this first movement works, how its long notes and silences must be shaped, and how Czerny’s tempo indication reveals the extraordinary risk Mozart takes by reducing music to its absolute essentials.
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0:00 Intro
0:59 Elements of performance
1:55 Performance of the opening
5:04 Closer look at the long notes
13:28 Mozart and story telling
23:19 a forgotten listening experience
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Mozart’s Piano Sonata in C major, K. 309, seems almost impossibly simple. Yet with the barest musical material, Mozart creates a complete world of character, tension, tenderness and proportion.
In this video, I explore why this first movement works, how its long notes and silences must be shaped, and how Czerny’s tempo indication reveals the extraordinary risk Mozart takes by reducing music to its absolute essentials.
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0:00 Intro
0:59 Elements of performance
1:55 Performance of the opening
5:04 Closer look at the long notes
13:28 Mozart and story telling
23:19 a forgotten listening experience
Instant access to our Recordings on Bandcamp: authenticsound.bandcamp.com
Check out our CD/Vinyl recordings here: ▶authenticsound.org/recordings
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