If you\u2019ve ever wondered why composer Mozart became so well known a team at The Open University has created an interactive educational \u2018show\u2019 that demonstrates his brilliance.<\/p>\n
It coincides with the airing of a new three-part Open University\/BBC co-production called Mozart: Rise of a Genius<\/strong> beginning on Monday, 16 September, at 9pm on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer<\/a>.<\/p>\n The film explores the life of Mozart \u2013 just one of many brilliant composers who might be described as a genius \u2013 who rose to fame because his family recognised his prodigious talents as a child.<\/p>\n They took him and his talented sister Maria Anna, nicknamed Nannerl, on tour to perform in the cultural centres of 18th<\/sup> century Europe. This series explores how his relationships and experiences may have influenced his work.<\/p>\n Dr Naomi Barker<\/a> is a musicologist who studies late 16th<\/sup> and 17th<\/sup> century music, and a performer specialising in 18th<\/sup> century music. She worked with the OU Connect producers alongside Dr Helen Coffey<\/a>,\u00a0 a musicologist\u00a0 and specialist in music from German and Austrian cities from the 16th<\/sup> to 18th<\/sup> centuries. Both are senior lecturers in the OU Music department.<\/p>\n Together, they explored Mozart\u2019s brilliance in composing concertos and you can discover a \u2018must-listen\u2019 playlist and learn more about his musical world at OU Connect<\/a>.<\/p>\n Naomi said:<\/p>\n \u201cThe OU team that created the interactive content to go onto the webpage have been brilliant.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cWe have an animated graphic that explains some technical details about the structure of Mozart\u2019s piano concertos using a recording by our learning partner, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (OAE).<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cAnd there are links through to videos from the OAE that provide accurate information and great performances.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Supporting Online Content<\/u><\/strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n Visit our Broadcast and Partnerships site, OU Connect<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0where you can find an animation<\/a> exploring what a concerto is and why Mozart excelled at composing them. This supporting content was developed with support from Dr Naomi Barker and Dr Helen Coffey.<\/p>\n This series was commissioned by Broadcast and Partnerships<\/a> and is supported by the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences,<\/em> with particular relevance to BA (Hons) Music (R25)<\/a>, BA (Hons) Arts and Humanities (R14)<\/a> and MA in Music (F99)<\/a>.<\/p>\n Picture: Bere \u00d6kr\u00f6s for 72 Films<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" If you\u2019ve ever wondered why composer Mozart became so well known a team at The Open University has created an interactive educational \u2018show\u2019 that demonstrates his brilliance. It coincides with the airing of a new three-part Open University\/BBC co-production called Mozart: Rise of a Genius beginning on Monday, 16 September, at 9pm on BBC Two […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":25760,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[860,869,1480,1525,1640],"class_list":["post-25759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tv-radio","tag-faculty-of-fass","tag-fass","tag-mozart","tag-news-home","tag-ou-home"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25759\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}