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Mozart koncertaria Popli di Tessaglia Alcandra KV 316 performed by Marcus Forss, clarinet and Anna Buchenhorst, piano in an arrangement made by Marcus Forss at Ulriksdal Palace Theatre the 24th of August 2012.

Popoli di Tessaglia!, K. 316, for soprano, with its two famous G6's (i.e., the G above high C, or 1568 Hz by modern concert pitch - according to the Guinness Book of Records, the highest musical note ever scored for the human voice) that come shortly before the end. This aria was composed in order to be inserted into Gluck's opera, Alceste, and also specifically to showcase the superlative vocal skills of Mozart's sister-in-law, Aloysia Weber, who was only 18 at the time. However sopranos who are able to cope with the aria's demands have been few and far between, and the aria is usually omitted from performances of Alceste. It has been therefore redesignated a concert aria, to be presented in concerts by such rare singers as are able to deliver its fiendishly difficult coloratura.

Aloysia was Mozarts first love, he even expressed a disire to marry her, but eventhough he wrote this beautiful aria to her she rejected him.
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