Louis Langrée and Mozart’s Gran partita
About This Event
Conductor Louis Langrée, music director of New York’s Mostly Mozart Festival, leads a performance of Mozart’s Gran partita at David Geffen Hall. The programme places Langrée’s opera and orchestral experience alongside Mozart’s Gran partita, an example of the composer’s wind writing.
About Gran partita(chamber)
At David Geffen Hall, Louis Langrée leads the New York Philharmonic in Mozart’s “Gran partita,” the Serenade in B-flat for winds, a landmark of late-18th-century ensemble writing. Scored for pairs of winds with basses, it treats each instrument as a character, moving between courtly dance forms and long-breathed lyric lines. In New York, the piece carries a familiar resonance through the city’s wind and festival traditions, including the Mostly Mozart lineage Langrée directs. One clear strength is how its chamber scale still invites operatic attention to voice and pacing.
About the Artists
Louis Langrée
Louis Langrée is a French conductor known for his work with various orchestras and opera companies, including his role as the music director of the Mostly Mozart Festival in New York.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Step into the enchanting world of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, a timeless maestro whose compositions continue to captivate audiences worldwide. Known for his extraordinary ability to blend melodic beauty with intricate harmony, Mozart's work transcends time, finding a vibrant home in New York City's cultural tapestry.