Mozart
Posthumous painting by Barbara Krafft in 1819
Divertimento No. 3 in E♭ major, K. 166/159d (1773)
The divertimento is set in 5 movements:
1. Allegro (0:00)
2. Menuetto (2:31)
3. Andante grazioso (5:24)
4. Adagio (8:12)
5. Allegro (9:36)
Composed in Salzburg and dated March 24, 1773.
Performers: Zefiro.
The autograph is preserved in the Biblioteka Jagiellońska Kraków and is dated 24 March 1773. The work consists of the following five movements:
- Allegro
- Menuetto with Trio and Coda
- Andante grazioso
- Adagio
- Allegro
The opening Allegro features an exposition which is immediately followed by a recapitulation in varied harmony. The Trio is a true trio in that it is scored for the two English horns with bass only. The main theme of the Andante grazioso, an almost literal transcription of an operatic sinfonia by Giovanni Paisiello,[6] is performed by the first oboe and first English horn an octave lower, supported by the bass. The Adagio is thematically linked to No. 30 in K 135a (see above)[6] and generates a peculiar atmosphere with its long notes, legato line and great clarity. The final Allegro is a boisterous contredanse.
Divertimento No. 4 in B♭ major, K. 186/159b (1773)
00:00 - Allegro assai
01:38 - Menuetto & Trio
03:58 - Andante
06:30 - Adagio
10:11 - Allegro
Members of the New York Philomusica (1979)
The divertimenti in B-flat major, K 186/159b, and E-flat major, K 166/159d, are two companion compositions for pairs of oboes, English horns, clarinets, horns and bassoons by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
The autograph is preserved in the State Library Berlin – Prussian Cultural Heritage (Music Department) and is undated. The work consists of the following five movements: Allegro assai Menuetto with Trio Andante Adagio Allegro The rather straightforward opening Allegro assai is a Ländler that functions as an Intrada to the rest of the work. Originally, Mozart had a different Trio in mind, one written for two oboes and bassoon, but this was crossed out and replaced with another featuring a dialogue between the oboes and the English horns, supported by the bass;[10] the original is available in the NMA. The theme of the final Allegro is identical to no. 31 in K 135a (see above). Although the explicit indication is missing from the autograph the horns in K 186/159b are corni alti in B [high horns in B-flat].[6]