Mozart: Piano Concerto no.12 – Stefan Vladar –

After viewing the concert online write an essay contextualizing the concert within the matrix of concepts, personalities, and music examined. In general, think of this essay as a “critical analysis” in which you need to explain the points you are asserting. The easiest way to conceptually approach a concert review is to imagine that you’re describing the event to someone who is not at all familiar with the music. So, in addition to recounting the context for the concert – the venue, ambiance, and audience, you must also describe what the music sounded like – the instrumentation, musical style, performer interaction, and how each piece develops and changes over time.
One of the course learning outcomes is to become an “ active” listener, so your observations should reflect a developing awareness of this skill. If you quote or paraphrase an author, website, or other research materials, you must cite your references using parenthetical citations (author last name, page number) or footnotes, and include a bibliography. Although not required, this additional research is encouraged, and may provide you with extra credit.

This is the music that I chose for the essay. I have attached an electronic book that we have been using during the course, this is where the definitions are for all of the terms that can be used for the essay.