Mozart – Al mio caro amico – choir a cappella
music: W.A. Mozart (from beginning of Quatuor KV 465 Les dissonances)
words: W.A. Mozart (from a letter to J. Haydn)
duration: around 2′
Mozart dedicated an ensemble of 6 quatuors to Haydn and wrote to him a letter of introduction. I instinctively wanted to bring them together by choosing the opening bars of the quartet of dissonances, onto which the words from friend to friend naturally slipped.
Description
Ah, padre, amico! Ecco dunque i miei figli mandati nel gran Mondo! Pietà! Padre pietà! Ti supplico mentre sono di tutto Cuor’ io io tuo Amico Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Ah, father, friend! Here are my children, sent into the great world! Have mercy! Father, have mercy! I beg you, while I am my whole heart, I, your friend, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Ah, père, ami ! Voici mes enfants, envoyés dans le vaste monde ! Aies pitié ! Père, aies pitié ! Je t’en supplie, de tout mon cœur, moi, ton ami, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Ach, Vater, Freund! Hier sind meine Kinder, ausgesandt in die große Welt! Hab Erbarmen! Vater, hab Erbarmen! Ich bitte dich, bei allem Herzen, ich, dein Freund, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
