Lectures will be held on Tuesdays at 10:00 a.m. Pacific time from May 14 - Jul. 2, 2024.

The price for the course is $320 until Apr. 15 and $350 thereafter.

Lecture outline:

1. Understanding Mozart: the man and his work.

2. Reading Mozart’s text: dynamics, articulation, fingering, pedaling, tempo, rhythm, ornaments and other aspects of classical performance practice.

3. Sonatas 1: Sonata form - a musical essay with its rules and marvelous deceptions.

4. Sonatas 2: Mozart’s piano sonatas.

5. Variation forms, rondos, fantasias and other solo works of Mozart.

6. Mozart and the Enlightenment: guest lecture by Douglas Yoder on philosophy, aesthetics and music in relation to Mozart and his operas.

7. Concertos 1: the dramatic language of Mozart concertos.

8. Concertos 2: Mozart’s piano concertos.

9. Rococo, neoclassicism, and Mozart. Relations between music and the visual arts.