Free Mozart Movies, Every Tuesday Evening, at the Louis B. Goodall Public Library
Introduction and Post-Movie Q & A by Mainely Mozart Festival Artistic Director George Bozarth
Tuesday, July 7th, 6:30 p.m.
MOZART
From Arts and Entertainment’s Award-Winning “Biography” Series
Mozart’s
music, a product of his rebellious genius, revolutionized nearly every
area of music. Performances by some of the world’s most famous
musicians, including conductor Zubin Mehta, violinist Isaac Stern and
flutist James Galway, demonstrate why many consider Mozart’s sudden
death at age 35 one of music’s greatest tragedies.
(1995, 50 minutes)
Tuesday, July 14th, 6:30 p.m.
CLASSICAL VIENNA: MOZART DROPPING THE PATRON
From the “Man and Music” Series
Unwilling to submit his genius to aristocratic servitude, Mozart at the age of 25 quit his safe post as composer/musician to the Archbishop of Salzburg, broke with his
domineering father, and headed for the big city of Vienna to become a
free-lance musician—a perilous move in a culture governed by a strict
social order. How did he fare after “Dropping the Patron”? Music
includes excerpts from a wind serenade, a violin sonata, a string
quartet, and a piano concerto, and the opera The Marriage of Figaro,
all performed with historic instruments.
(1988, 53 minutes)
Tuesday, July 21st, 6:30 p.m.
AMADEUS
Winner of Eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture
As
much fiction as fact, but great fun nonetheless, this extravagantly
costumed production of Peter Shaffer’s London and Broadway stage hit
views Mozart’s life and genius through the eyes of his arch-rival at
the Viennese court, Antonio Salieri. Animal House’s Tom Hulce stars as
a raucous Mozart, and F. Murray Abraham plays the jealousy-ridden
Salieri (Oscar for Best Actor). The incredible music of Mozart is
heard throughout the film, including lavishly staged excerpts from
Mozart’s operas. Directed by Milos Forman and produced by Saul Zaentz.
