The Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K. 467 (sometimes nicknamed as the Elvira Madigan Concerto due to its usage as soundtrack in the 1967 film Elvira Madigan), is a concerto that was completed on 9 March 1785 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, four weeks after the completion of the previous D minor concerto, K. 466.
It is the music that was used in Annie's Love Song and Music Monsters.
Summary[]
In Season 2[]
In Annie's Love Song, Piano Concerto No. 21 was used to sing her friendship song, so that the red and blue hermit crabs can reunite together after they were seperated.
In Music Monsters, Piano Concerto No. 21 was used to sing the smile song, which makes the enemies to the Little Red Monster smile, and to instill a feeling of happiness and relief among the team as they embark on a mission to save Little Red Monster's friends.
Structure[]
The concerto has three movements:
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K. 467[]
- Allegro maestoso; in common time (The tempo marking is in Mozart's catalog of his own works, but not in the autograph manuscript.)
- Andante in F major (In both the autograph score and in his personal catalog, Mozart notated the meter as alla breve.)
- Allegro vivace assai
Episode Appearances[]
Season 2[]
Songs adapted from Piano Concerto No. 21[]
Annie's Love Song[]
Music Monsters[]
Trivia[]
- This is the 3rd song not to be included in Little Einsteins Classical Collection.
- The autograph manuscript of the concerto is preserved in the Morgan Library & Museum.
In popular culture[]
- The second movement was featured in the 1967 Swedish film Elvira Madigan, using a recording by Géza Anda as the soloist. As a result, the piece has become widely known as the Elvira Madigan concerto.
- Neil Diamond's 1972 song "Song Sung Blue" was based on a theme from the andante movement of the concerto.
- The second movement is used for the main theme of the weather program TV Tiempo of Televisión Nacional de Chile.
- The opening theme of the 1983/84 TV series Whiz Kids is an electronic version adaptation of the concerto's first movement.
- This piece was used in Baby Galileo, a video by Baby Einstein.
