OK, both of these kind of drone on around half an hour. In the late 18th century there was no TV, no video games, no magazines, no paparazzi, no phones. So to Mozart's credit, he spends his time writing out his songs, even if there's no singing, no drumming, no really catchy memorable melodies like twinkle twinkle little star. So neither of these kind of works have singing or drumming. The flute concerto doesn't even have a harp or anything most of the time, and it's kind of effeminate. How are you going to make a flute sound masculine without a baritone singer and timpani drums? Not surprisingly, the themes the flautist seems to evoke are kind of girlie, like a teenage girl or something. This is constantly counterbalanced occasionally by the orchestral movements which are frequently silent. It's funny with gay marriage being legalized and common, people are less embracing of Mozart music than gay culture. This seems odd.
The harp concerto is a lot cooler, better music, plus the harp. Definitely better than the other. Sorry if any lesbians were offended by this post (not really). Peace out!
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