David Stewart said in reply to me:

>Bob Draper wrote:
>
>>The pundits seem to be awarding plaudits to M for this line of approach
>>but to me the result seems messy.  There's much too much going on in 'late'
>>Mozart for my liking as the man seeks to impress.  The musicians seem to be
>>having a battle with each other.
>
>This is not true of the Piano Concertos.  Slow movement of 26 is the most
>simple piece I have ever heard.  27 similarly - its slow movement is
>extremely simple yet ambiguous - is it happy or sad?

That's interesting Dave.  I read your note after I'd replied to Bob K.
There I said that some of the piano concertos are amongst the few Mozart
works I like.

Bob Draper