MixedTimes Literary Supplement (UK)Patrick Mackie’s book places us firmly in this new world, and that’s the best part of it – a feeling of looking over Mozart’s shoulder as he jounces in a carriage, plays for an inattentive salon, negotiates with patrons ... One of the clear virtues of the book is Mackie’s feel for the original ... Mackie takes us inside the salon environment for Mozart’s three great piano sonatas of 1784, where his sensitivity to Mozart’s mood is remarkable ... The larger problem with the book lies in its attempts to convey a wider context ... Mozart in Motion is at its best in the beginning.
