Mozart's interest in varied textures and colors led him to create unusual, sometimes unique, combinations of wind or wind and string instruments in his chamber music.
Performer Biography
The Gaudier Ensemble is named after Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, a brilliant French sculptor killed in World War I, whose works are represented in Kettle's Yard at the University of Cambridge.
Composer Biography
Mozart's Horn Quintet, K407, was likely written for Joseph Leutgeb, a long-standing friend of the composer for whom Mozart also composed his four horn concertos.
Composer Biography
After leaving the service of the Archbishop of Salzburg in the summer of 1781, Mozart began his life as a freelance musician in Vienna.
Cultural Impact
Beethoven admired Mozart's Quintet for piano and wind in E flat major, K452, and wrote his own Opus 16 for the same combination of instruments in 1796-97.
Composition History
Mozart considered his Quintet for piano and wind in E flat major, K452, to be the best work he had produced, despite it being his only quintet with piano.
Composition History
Mozart's wife, Constanze Mozart, sent a list of his unfinished fragments to publishers in 1800 to enhance his reputation and protect his work from false claims.
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Mozart: Clarinet Quintet in A Major, Op. 108, K. 581 & Piano Trio in E-Flat Major, K. 498 "Kegelstatt"
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Mozart: Quintette avec clarinette K. 581, Trio "des Quilles" K. 498
Mozart: Divertimenti, K. 166, 186, K. Anh 226 & 227
