The Concertos

    Piano Concertos  (full list of Mozart's piano concertos)

      (Note:  Mozart's first four piano concertos, written at age 11, are arrangements of other 
                  composer's material, including C.P.E. Bach and J.C. Bach.)


        Piano Concerto No. 5 in C minor  (December 1773 - one month before his 18th birthday)  

              Mozart' first concerto of original material.  It was popular and Mozart played it throughout his life.

              Performed by Sviatoslav Richter  (play) 


    (Note:  Concertos Nos. 6, 7 & 8 were all written in 1776 and show growth in Mozart's concerto style.
                 No. 7 was the first of two concertos for multiple pianos.) 


        Piano Concerto No. 9 in Eb major, K. 271  (1777)  "Jenamy"

                Composed for French piano virtuoso Victoire Jenamy, usually considered Mozart's first
                concerto masterpiece.

                Performed by Mitsuku Uchida  (play) 


        Piano Concerto No. 10 for Two Pianos in E-flat major, K. 365/316a  (1779?)

                Performed by Daniel Barenboim & Vladimir Ashkenazy  (1960s)  (play)


Mozart in Vienna:

    (Note:  Concertos Nos. 11, 12, & 13 were written in Mozart's first two years in Vienna (1782/3)
      and were written to be played with full orchestra or string quartet to make them more marketable.)

          "These concertos [Nos. 11, 12, and 13] are a happy medium between what is too easy and 
            too difficult; they are very brilliant, pleasing to the ear, and natural, without being vapid.  
            There are passages here and there from which the connoisseurs alone can derive satisfaction; 
            but these passages are written in such a way that the less learned cannot fail to be pleased, 
            though without knowing why....  The golden mean of truth in all things is no longer either
            either known or appreciated.  In order to win applause one must write stuff which is so 
            inane that a coachman could sing it, or so unintelligible that it pleases precisely because  
            no sensible man can understand it."

                                                            Mozart to his father, Dec. 1772
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   The Six 1784 Concertos:

        Piano Concerto No. 14 in E♭ major, K. 449  (9 February 1784)

              No. 14 was the first of three concertos performed in Spring 1784 in Mozart's 
              public subscription concert series.

              Performed by Rudolf Buchbinder  (play)


   (Note:  Concertos 15, 16, & 17 show a new focus on writing for wind instruments.  A standard 
                was flute,two oboes, two oboes and two horns.  Nos. 22 - 24 replaced the two oboes with 
                two clarinets.  A number of the concertos also had trumpets and tympany. ) 

        Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major, K. 453  (12 April 1784)

               Performed by Lang Lang  (play) 


        Piano Concerto No. 18 in B♭ major, K. 456  (30 September 1784)

               No. 18 was written for blind pianist Maria Theresia von Paradies who 
               toured Europe twice.

               Performed by Sviatoslav Richter  (play) 


        Piano Concerto No. 19 in F major, K. 459  (11 December 1784)

               Said to have the greatest finale (final movement) of all of Mozart's sonatas.

               Performed by Maurizo Pollini  (play)
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   The Three 1785 Concertos:

        Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466   (10 February 1785)

               The first minor key Sturm und Drang concerto.  Often considered Mozart's best concerto.

                Performed by Mitsiku Uchida (play)


        Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K. 467  (9 March 1785)

                 Another of Mozart's highest rated concertos.

                 Performed by Seong-Jin Cho  (play)


        Piano Concerto No. 22 in E♭ major, K. 482   (16 December 1785)

                  Performed by Andras Schiff (play)

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  The Three 1786 Concertos:

        Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K. 488  (2 March 1786)

                  Another very popular Mozart concerto.

                  Performed by Vladimir Horowitz  (play)


        Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor,  K.491  (24 March, 1786)

                 Mozart's second (and last) minor key Sturm und Drang concerto.  Very popular.

                 Performed by Murray Perahia  (play)


        Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major, K. 503   (4 December 1786)

                  Performed by Paul Lewis  (play)

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  The Last Two Concertos:

        Piano Concerto No. 26 in D major, K. 537  (24 February 1788)

                  Performed by Friedrich Gulda  (play)


        Piano Concerto No. 27 in B♭ major, K. 595  (5 January 1791)

                  Mozart's last concerto came in the last year of his life.  Its is very popular.

                   Performed by Emil Gilels  (play)


Rondos for Piano and Orchestra (1 movement pieces, not really concertos)

        Rondo for piano and orchestra in D major, K. 382  (1782)

        Rondo for piano and orchestra in A major, K. 386  (1782) 


Concertos for Other Instruments

    Violin  (a list of Mozart's 5 Violin Concertos)

         Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K. 219  "Turkish"  (1775)
                   Pinchas Zukermann, violin  (play)


    Clarinet:

        Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622  (10/1791)

             The first important concerto for clarinet (from Mozart' last year).

             Performed by Arngunnur Árnadóttir  (play)


    Oboe:

         Oboe Concerto in C major, K. 314 (271k)  (1777)


    Bassoon:

         Bassoon Concerto in B-flat major, K. 191/186e  (1774)



    Horn:

          Horn Concerto No. 3 in E-flat major, K. 447  (1784-87)

          Horn Concerto No. 4 in E-flat major, K. 495  (1786)



    Flute:

         Flute Concerto No. 1 in G major, K. 313  (1778)


    Sinfonia Concertante (for violin, viola, & orchestra), K.364  (1779)

        A precursor to concertos for two string instruments.  A highly rated Mozart work.

        Itzhak Perlman, violin, Pinchas Zukerman, viola, Zubin Mehta, cond.  (Part 1)  (Part 2)