Mozart and Prague: A Special Love

The very first evening of Klosters Music 2021 will make the hearts of all music lovers and especially aficionados of the great Salzburg composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) beat faster: together with the Basel Chamber Orchestra conducted by the renowned Czech conductor Jakub Hrůša, the French pianist Lucas Debargue, the Italian soprano Giulia Semenzato and the German baritone Hanno Müller-Brachmann, we will follow in the footsteps of Mozart, who visited Prague at least four times.

Klosters Music takes you away for an evening into the charm and vibrant musical life of the Bohemian metropolis of the 18th century, where Mozart celebrated great successes with “Le nozze di Figaro”, “Don Giovanni” and “La clemenza di Tito”, among others. The opening evening of Klosters Music 2021 will therefore be dedicated to Mozart’s special musical relationship with Prague, which is said to have led him to exclaim enthusiastically, “My Praguers understand me!” The fact that Mozart found a musical home in Prague is shown, among other things, by the fact that Mozart’s Symphony No. 38 was premiered in Prague in 1787, which is why it is often referred to as the “Prague Symphony”. This fascinating musical masterpiece is a wonderful “prelude” to the start of the first evening in Klosters, followed by the Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, which is considered one of Mozart’s greatest musical creations. After a short break, overtures and sensitive arias from “Le nozze di Figaro” and “Don Giovanni” among others, let the soul float.