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Sentimental Work: Antoine Tamestit on Mozart’s Sinfonia concertante
The French violist has performed Mozart’s Sinfonia concertante with a host of violinist, but the second movement still packs an 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!
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