Mozart: Flute Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 / Concerto for Flute and Harp

Featuring

Katarina Andreasson
Patrick Gallois
Roderick Shaw
Fabrice Pierre
Svenska Kammarorkestern
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Composer Biography

Mozart resigned his position in Salzburg in 1777 to seek his fortune elsewhere, an ambition fostered by his father, Leopold Mozart.

Composition History

Mozart's two flute concertos and the concerto for flute and harp were written as a direct result of his attempt to escape the limited musical opportunities in his native Salzburg.

Compositional Technique

The Flute Concerto in D major, K314, is believed to be a transcription for flute of an earlier oboe concerto in C major that Mozart wrote for the Salzburg oboist Ferlendis.

Composition History

The Concerto for Flute and Harp, K. 299, was written for the Duc de Guines, an amateur flautist, and his harpist daughter, during Mozart's time in Paris.

Composition History

The flute concertos were commissioned by a wealthy amateur flautist named De Jean, whom Mozart referred to as 'our Indian' because he had worked as a surgeon for the East India Company in Batavia.

Composer Biography

Mozart did not particularly like the flute and showed some reluctance in fulfilling De Jean's commission, leading to payment issues.

Performer Biography

Patrick Gallois, the flautist and director on this album, studied with Jean-Pierre Rampal and was principal flute in the Orchestre National de France under Lorin Maazel at age 21.