Walter Meyer wrote:
>The earlier one, No. 25 can satisfy anyone's craving for Sturm und Drang;
>the later, No. 40, is in a class by itself. While not his last symphony
>(that would be the 41st, the Jupiter, in C) it corresponds for me to the
>earlier g minor symphony the way Beethoven's last quartet or piano sonata
>corresponded to his middle period quartets or sonatas.
Well if you spoke to Glenn he'd disagree with your view since he believed
the g-minor symphony was "eight remarkable bars surrounded by a half hour
of banality". And we wouldn't have had the 40th if Mozart had followed
Glenn's time period for living on this earth. I think if Mr. Gould went
on a trip with Wolfgang to the Arctic I'm afraid the Wolfster would be
introduced to some wild life....maybe polar bears....;)
Rich