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Mozart - Prodigy of Nature

How did Mozart become Mozart?

World Service,9 episodes

Episodes

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Childhood
First, his early days, prodigy, illness, and life on the road
22 Nov 1991,28 mins
Italy
Still young enough to rouse wonderment, father and son set off for Verona
23 Nov 1991,28 mins
Salzburg
Now 18, Mozart petitions his employer, the archbishop, to leave
05 Dec 1991,28 mins
Idomeneo
Back in Vienna, the archbishop of Saltzburg arrives on state business...
08 Dec 1991,28 mins
Vienna
Going it alone. Mozart makes the unheard of decision to go free-lance
21 Dec 1991,28 mins
Figaro
Mozart finds a libretto he wants to set to music. But it's been banned as subversive
22 Dec 1991,27 mins
Money
Back in Vienna, financial cares descended, and Mozart and his wife fell ill
09 Jan 1992,28 mins
Prague
With his reputation preceding him, Mozart was invited to Prague
09 Jan 1992,28 mins
The End
The story of Mozart's life, as told through the memoirs of those who knew him, as well as through the music itself.
24 Jan 1992,28 mins