CONTINUUM: As Mozart Heard It?

By Milton G. Scheuermann Jr.

Published January 15, 2017 at 6:00 AM CST

What did Mozart’s music sound like to him when it was performed during his life time? This Continuum program attempts to answer the question. A few contemporary performers have researched what Mozart may have heard. This program presents performances by some of these contemporaries. The CDs used are: Arien für Sopran (Helen Donath) - ACANTA 43470, Songs of Mozart (Baird & Tilney) - Dorian DOR-90173m, Exsultate Jubilate - Motets (Kirkby & Academy Ancient Music) - L’Oiseau-Lyre 411 832-2, and Mozart Requiem (Figueras et al, La Capella Real de Cataluna, Le Concert des Nations - Savall) - Alia Vox AVSA 9880.

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Milton G. Scheuermann Jr.

Milton has been the co-host (with Thais St. Julien) of Continuum since 1976. He is a true New Orleanean, born on Mardi Gras day, attending P. A. Capdau Grammar School and Warren Easton High School. After completing the five year program of the Tulane School of Architecture in 1956 he was drafted into the Army. After a two year stint in the combat engineers in Germany he returned to New Orleans to work with the architectural firm of Goldstein, Parham & Labouisse, becoming an associate in the firm of Parham & Labouisse after Mr. Goldstein’s death. He was appointed University Architect for Dillard University in 1972 and retired from that position in 2002.

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