Max Derrickson

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Adagio and Fugue in C–Minor, K. 546

We often equate the music of Mozart with brightness and charm, but there are many examples of his music that prove his mastery at delving into the depths of human pathos.  The Adagio and Fugue is one of his most amazing examples.
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And while it looks back to the Preludes and Fugues of Bach, it also looks forward.
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The complexities of its four-part counterpoint in the fugue surely rival Bach’s own work in that realm, but Mozart’s harmonies almost sound as if they were composed 100 years later – so richly complicated and daring are they.
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