In the second movement, I'm really stuck with pedalling. My teacher seems to like quite a bit of pedalling, especially in the alberti bass sections.
But I think most of it sounds better without pedalling.. and I know you have to be careful not to add too much pedal with Mozart.
So.. does anyone have experience of playing this movement? How do you treat the pedalling?

I think the best for pedal is to give pedal a little so not full pedal, n it will be good.
Can u get what i mean? If not, tell me n I will explain it more details.

Hi malrase

The function of the sustaining pedal is to enhance the tone; the label given to the pedal is misleading. You are right to want to avoid blurring the sound but you can have the best of both worlds - rich tone and clarity.

Throughout this movement, I change the pedal on every rh note of a quaver or more to enhance the tone. Semi and demi se3mi quavers I leave unpedalled to avoid blurring the sound but use it on the last one of each group so I can avoid a gap in the sound, for example the A at the end of bar 2. This needs care to avoid catching the Ab but is easy enough.

I let my ears tell me how to pedal the alberti bass section. I will use more or less pedal depending on the location, so dry accoustics = more pedal and reverby accoustics = less.

Hope this helps

Steve

Thanks very much Steve, that was extremely useful!!
At the end of bar 2, I don't think my pedalling's quite good enough to only catch the A - I've taken to sneakily bringing my left hand up sooner, and using it to play the A. This avoids the gap, too, but I'm not too sure if it's good practice to do this

That's a great idea. Good practice is anything that works

i use quite a lot of pedalling....but it varies..espeically when i use different pianos....but it's a late mozart work....so i think pedalling can be slightly done....