Sentimental Work
ANTOINE TAMESTIT
The French violist has performed Mozart’s Sinfonia concertante with a host of different violin soloists, but the second movement still packs a hefty emotional punch
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Mozart’s Sinfonia concertante may be the piece I’m asked to perform more than any other. It’s popular with orchestras and audiences, partly because there are two soloists to watch, and simply because it’s such a powerfully dramatic piece. For me, the deep emotion of the second movement is unsurpassed in all of Mozart’s works, and the uplifting humour of the third takes on an opposite, completely charming, character. There’s no way a listener can’t love the spirit of the third movement after the passion of the second!