Sesquibicentennial Mozart

Today marks the 250th birthday of that great stalwart of western classical music, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (which, I have been informed from a radio announcer this morning, is an Anglicised version of his real name). Aficionados and quick-buck entrepreneurs worldwide are commemorating this event with gala festivities including cake&concerts, 24-hour Mozart marathons, Mozart cuddly toys, Mozart T-shirts, Mozart baseball caps and Mozart golf balls. In his birthplace, Salzburg at the stroke of seven in the evening when Mozart's mother was 'delivered of a boy' hundreds of church bells will be struck to celebrate that happy moment. In addition, the Vienna Philharmonic has lined up an evening concert playing some of Mozart's classic and well-known compositions. The wonderful local Western classical music radio station, K-Mozart has provided a live radio feed to the event. And for the obligatory contrarian point of view, please tune to Alex Ross' 'The Rest is Noise'.

Mozart's 250th marked in Austria with baseball caps and golf balls

Caltech's All-Mozart concert

K-Mozart's Mozart Program

Alex Ross: Ignore Mozart

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