Mozart Snapshot #33: Mozart and the Miraculous Image

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Salzburg is full of churches, and the Mozarts spent a lot of time going to church. Leopold and Wolfgang Mozart were employed in the Salzburg Cathedral and they performed and composed for mass and special festivities in the numerous other churches around town as well. One such church was the Wallfahrtskirche Maria Plain. Overlooking Salzburg from the north-east, the famous pilgrimage church with its Mount Calvary and stunning natural surroundings attracts visitors today just as it did in Mozart’s day. In this episode of Mozart Snapshots, Colorado pianist Katie Mahan takes us up to Maria Plain to see the views and speak with the current organist, who fills us in on the mass that Mozart composed for this church.

About Mozart Snapshots:

Each and everyone of us is shaped by the place where we spend our earliest years. Mozart was no exception. One of the first true cosmopolites of classical music, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a native of the picturesque alpine city of Salzburg, Austria. In this new series, I will explore Mozart's relationship to his home town through fun-filled conversations, insightful interviews and once-in-a-lifetime visits to interesting locations in Salzburg that have a special connection to Mozart and his family, then and now.

Treffpunkt Klassik: "Mozart Snapshots" is a collaboration with Colorado Public Radio.

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More information:

https://www.cpr.org/classical-mozart-...
http://www.katiemahan.com