The Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola, Cello and Orchestra in A major, K. Anh. 104 (320e), is an incomplete composition by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Background edit
Mozart is believed to have started work on this concerto around the same time as the Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat major K. 364.[1] For unknown reasons Mozart abandoned the work after writing 134 bars of the opening movement.[2]
Structure edit
As completed the work consists of a single movement, Allegro.
Completions edit
Several composers have completed the movement. Around 1870, Otto Bach composed a completion which Dennis Pajot described as having a very obvious join between the part written by Mozart and the part written by Bach.[2] In 1969, Robert D. Levin wrote a completion that was more sympathetic to the surviving material.[2][3] More recently, composer Hans Ueckert announced he was working on a completion for the Octava Chamber Orchestra.[4] Another composer to have made a completion is Philip Wilby.[5] Another completion was made by Italian composer Alessandro Solbiati for I Solisti Aquilani and played first time in Rotterdam during International Viola Congress 2018 (soloists: Daniele Orlando, violin – Gianluca Saggini, viola – Giulio Ferretti, cello).[citation needed]
References edit
- ^ Gutman 2011, p. 562 "...he started work on a triple concerto or sinfonia concertante for violin, viola, and violoncello (K. Anh. 104/320e), whose surviving fragment, like that of the Mannheim double concerto, augurs greatness.
- ^ a b c Pajot 2005
- ^ "CV of Robert Levin". Archived from the original on 2013-05-20. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
- ^ Octava Chamber Orchestra 2007
- ^ Cummings 2000, p. 687.
Sources
- Cummings, David M., ed. (2000). International Who's Who in Music and Musician's Directory 2000/2001: (In the Classical and Light Classical Fields). Routledge. ISBN 0948875534.
- Gutman, Robert (31 August 2011). Mozart. Random House. p. 562. ISBN 978-1-4464-7707-6. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
- Pajot, Dennis (2005). "K320e The Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola, Cello". MozartForum.com. Archived from the original on 8 August 2007. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
- "Hans Ueckert, Composer". Octava Chamber Orchestra. 2007. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
External links edit
- Sinfonia concertante in A für Violine, Viola, Violoncello und Orchester: Score and critical report (in German) in the Neue Mozart-Ausgabe
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