What Mozart wrote when his mother died - Sonata n°8 K.310 (A minor)

Описание: For me, this sonata really stands out in Mozart's oeuvre. Not because of its structure, which is perfectly conventional, but because of its musicality.

It is characterized by a stubborn, sad, even desperate tone at times.

From the very first note, I sense a momentum, a power. But it is a fragile power. A power that hides an extremely fragile sincerity.
This fragility comes to the fore at 0:36.
I find that the development (0:54 to 1:44, then 2:43 to 3:38) evokes childhood memories. A past joy tinged with sorrow.

The drama hits at 3:58. Mozart, in his own words, speaks of despair. Of the chaos in which he is immersed. Each chord falls like a knife. At 4:24, the despair is total. It is a headlong rush.

The highlight of the show starts at 5:37. That's also when I start to lose control. The tone is unique. An indefinable color. A kind of pale blue. Maybe purple. A stubborn, combative tone, yet fundamentally broken.

At 6:15, Mozart repeats himself over and over again, stubbornly, then everything explodes, objects shatter, and the curtain fall.

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In short, for me, this first movement is the work of a Mozart torn between despair, fear, regret, and childhood memories. Terrified by the death of his mother, which he tries to hide, he finds himself stuck, in crisis, between these feelings that tear him apart.

Mozart's genius lies in having managed to capture these incapacitating and contradictory emotions in a musical score. Thank you, Mozart.