Mozart 40

The famous 40th Symphony by Mozart (1788) is widely recognized and has been used in advertising, film, and as a cellphone ringtone. It remains a masterpiece by the composer, featuring breathless rhythms and dark melodic lines that respond to the turbulent pre-Romanticism of the Enlightenment era. Jonathan Cohen, a specialist in early music, presents the first of Bach's six Brandenburg Concertos, composed in 1721 for the Margrave of Brandenburg. T...