Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 3-5

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Kristian Bezuidenhout
Gottfried von der Goltz
Freiburger Barockorchester
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Compositional Technique

Mozart integrated elements of opera arias into his violin concertos, creating a new concerto type that features a fluid dialogue between soloist and orchestra.

Composition History

Mozart composed these violin concertos in 1775, alongside two operas, making him a complete artist as both a composer and instrumentalist.

Compositional Technique

In the finale of the Violin Concerto in A major, K.219, Mozart includes an exotic 'alla turca' theme with instructions for cellos and double basses to strike the strings with the wood of the bow, imitating Janissary music.

Compositional Technique

The finale of Mozart's Violin Concerto in G major, K.216, includes a folk tune that was identified as a dance composed by Viennese court conductor Georg Reutter, known as a 'Strasbourg melody'.

Composition History

When Mozart moved to Vienna in 1781, he altered the dates on his violin concerto manuscripts from 1775 to 1780 to present them as fresh works to the Viennese public.

Composer Biography

Mozart was a skilled violinist himself, performing his own violin concertos and those of other composers, and was praised for his beautiful and pure tone.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Mozart's violin concertos demonstrate his transversal thinking, where he allowed works from different genres, like opera and concertos, to influence each other.