Mozart

[mojosmom]

So yesterday I said that Leonard Bernstein was the greatest American composer. True enough. But the greatest composer ever in the whole wide world was W.A. Mozart. And I've just seen an utterly brilliant film about him, In Search of Mozart, by the British director, Phil Grabsky. It is a biography, following Mozart's life and his travels, through his music, with interviews with music historians and musicians (Renée Fleming, Jonathan Miller, Roger Norrington and many others), readings from letters by and to Mozart, and all through the film his glorious, heavenly music! The showing was followed by a Q & A with the director, which was as interesting as the film itself. Do yourself a favor, and go see it if you get the chance.