Mozart’s birthday and images of Salzburg

by Jamie Rhein on

If Mozart was alive today, he’d be 253. January 27 was his birthday. I found that out this afternoon when my husband told me Mozart’s Bakery and Piano Cafe, a lovely European-style bakery/restaurant in Columbus was giving out free pastries yesterday in honor of the occasion.

Thinking about Mozart reminded me of my two visits to Salzburg and eating Mozart balls chocolate. Don’t go to Salzburg without trying one. Yesterday, however, I savored pastries in Mozart’s honor and remembered those two days of wandering around his birthplace. Now that I’ve had an elegant sugar feast, here’s a visual and musical feast for you.

The blend of Salzburg’s scenery and sites with Mozart’s music is nicely done in this video. Consider it a taste. The combination captures Salzburg, Austria–as I remember it–breathtaking. Its streets steeped in elegance. If you’re ever in Salzburg, you can take a Mozart tour to see the city similar to how Mozart might have seen it.

Mozart's B-day

by Erik Olsen on

Mozart would
be 250 years old this year and if he were around today, why, he’d be one ugly old dude. But hey, he might still have the
spark. He still might be cranking out those golden oldies like Offertory in D, "Venite populi". Yeah, baby. Or
maybe he’d be a rock star. I can imagine him in a bleary, brandy-induced haze on stage, "Yo, dudes, more
Harpsichord!"

You know, the folks in Vienna and Salzburg, Austria still consider old Amadeus to be one
of their greatest talents. And indeed he may be (unless you cont Arnold Scwartzenegger, who is from Graz). And so when
it comes time for as important a date as Mozart’s 250th, well, you know they’re going to pull out all the stops and
there will be Mozart Kugeln for everybody.

So yes, all this is to say, if you are considering a trip to
Europe this year, why not plan it around Mozart’s 250th? That might
create exactly the excuse you need to get yourself to the continent this year.