So last week went well with the Mozart posting, the nice effect of having a full time job had an influence in there.

I've combined both of last week's Tuesday/Thursday posts into one sort of "mega" post. As most of them corresponded with last week's "100 Concerto" post, which never got started either it kind of puts the rest of the Month and what I had planned in an awkward place. Oh well.

Today's post features four Mozart instrumental works. No piano posts??? I know it feels weird. Among them are three concertos for Oboe, Horn and Bassoon and a short work for flute and Orchestra (piano reduction in the video).

Oboe Concerto in C Major, K.314
There isn't a more widely known concerto for Oboists than the Mozart K.314 Concerto. It is one of the most celebrated concertos for the instrument. It was originally composed around 1777 for oboist Giuseppe Ferlendis.


Part 1 of 2, Heinz Hollinger (soloist) with the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra

Horn Concerto No.1 in D Major, K.412
Mozart wrote four concerti for horn and even though the D Major is labeled his first, it was actually the last of the group to be written in 1791. The work is in two movements compared to the other three which have three, and is notably simpler in range and technique in comparison. There is a rumor floating around that the second movement was completed by pupil Franz Xaver Süssmayr, after Mozart's death.


Radek Baborak performing with Daniel Barenboim conducting

Bassoon Concerto in B-flat Major, K.191
Another concerto where almost every serious bassoonist will perform this once in their career. Mozart wrote this when he was 18 in 1774 and it is believed he actually wrote three concertos for the Bassoon but only the B-flat work survived. The second movement is believed to have inspired the "Porgi, Amor" aria from The Marriage of Figaro.


Saxton Rose and the Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra perform the 1st Movement

Andante for Flute and Orchestra in C Major, K.315

Composed in 1778 and was commissioned by Ferdinand De Jean as a possible replacement or alternative second movement for the Adagio ma non troppo from Mozart's Flute Concerto No.1, K.313.


Honk Kong Saxophonist/Flutist Zhang Zhi Yong(zhi) performing

Till next Class, hopefully Tomorrow!