Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, baptised as Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart (27 January 1756 - 5 December 1791)
Work Title: Violin Concerto No.3 in G major, K.216
Instrumentation: Solo violin, violins, viola, cello, double bass, 2 horns, 2 oboes, 2 flutes.
Performers: Itzhak Perlman (violin), James Levine (conductor), Wiener Philharmoniker (orchestra).
Cadenza from 7:25 to 9:35 composed by Sam Franko.
0:02 - I. Allegro
10:03 - II. Adagio
18:19 - III. Rondeau. Allegro
The Violin Concerto No.3 in G major, K. 216, was composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Salzburg in 1775. Mozart was only 19 at the time.
0:02 - The Allegro is in sonata form, opening with a G major theme, played by the orchestra. The main theme is a bright and happy discussion between the solo violin and the accompaniment, followed by a modulation to the dominant D major, then its parallel key D minor. It experiments in other keys but does not settle and eventually heads back to the tonic, G major, in the recapitulation.
10:03 - The second movement is in ternary form and the dominant key of D major. The orchestra begins with the main theme, which the violin imitates one octave higher. The winds then play a dance-like motif in A major, which the violin concludes by its own. After a conclusion in A, the violin plays the main theme again, remaining in the same key. When it should have sounded A natural, it sounds A sharp, and the melody switches to B minor. It soon modulates back to A major, and to the home key of D major through the main theme. After the cadenza, the violin plays the main theme again, thus concluding the movement in D. This is the only movement in five violin concertos by Mozart where instead of oboes a pair of flutes are used.
18:19 - The finale is a rondo which commences and concludes in G major and in 3/8 time. Mozart inserts into the rondo a G minor Andante section in cut common time.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violin_...)
Source videos:
1st movement: • Video
2nd movement: • Video
3rd movement: • Video