Expert: Stephen Levine - 4/26/2010

Question
Hi
One of the other experts had no luck with this and suggested I shop around. I'm trying to identify the music playing in the background of this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=La7UT6JSuVc which is a snippet from a 1982 TV series about the life of Mozart, made by Marcel Bluwal. So far, everyone seems to think it's not good enough to be Mozart, even Mozart as a kid, but you'd wonder then why they used it as the closing title music when they originally ran the series. There's nothing in the actual titles to help. The opening titles were always K488, the andante, with an unforgettable image of Mozart père carrying the sleeping child into yet another inn (see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fR3S2Oe1oSA - awful quality though) . Before the piece in question is played, we are told it's Salzburg 1776 and you can see Collaredo in the clip, not listening. Afterwards, snarky members of the orchestra whinge about Leopold making them play his son's music all the time, although that scene's missing from the DVD. Boccherini? Salieri? Probably not Hadyn, says the experts so far.
cheers

Answer
hi Bernie
I have to diagree with the others. Although I don't know the piece, it sounds to me like early, probably pre-pubescnt early, Mozart. Maybe one of the early Divertimenti or even one of the 1st dozen symphonies. Your best bet is to get in touch with the makers of the film.
Steve