In the last variation of the sonata’s finale, with its ‘hunting’ undertones, we seem to hear a pre-echo of the concerto’s concluding rondo; and the chamber work’s closing bars are also conceived very much in orchestral terms. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart born:Saltzburg January 27, 1756 died:Vienna December 5, 1791 Sonata for piano & violin Kochel Verzeichniss, No.301 I declare to you before God, and as an honest man, that your son is the greatest composer I know, either personally or by name. Mozart managed to complete only two of the concertos and two quartets; but there is evidence to suggest that the Sonata in G major, K301, for piano and violin had also originally been intended for Dejean. Mozart was pleased enough with his transparent two-part texture to recall it some three years later in the variation movement of his string trio Divertimento, K563, also in E flat major. More strikingly still, the central development section is framed by two further appearances of the same passage, played once again in forceful octaves—first, at the start of the section, in inversion; and then, as a lead-in to the recapitulation, in its original form. The theme of the concluding variation movement is laid out in striking fashion, with the melody played by the two instruments in octaves, and a single-line accompaniment in the pianist’s left hand. The tally of Mozart’s early sonatas with violin was completed with a further set of six works, K26–31, composed in The Hague in February 1766. Hilary Hahn (violin) & Natalie Zhu (piano), Catherine Mackintosh and Geoffrey Govier (Duo Amadè), Itzhak Perlman (violin) & Daniel Barenboim (piano), Clara Haskil (piano), with Arthur Grumiaux (violin). Mozart would have been between 6 and 8 years of age when he composed these works; hence it is believed by many that it was written down for the boy by his father, Leopold: all four of these early sonatas are preserved in Leopold's handwriting. Please use the dropdown buttons to set your preferred options, or use the checkbox to accept the defaults. That evening he found himself obliged to organize a private concert centred around the talents of some of the Salzburg court musicians. The precise date and location of composition is disputed: some suggest that it was written in Salzburg, the boy's home town, in 1762 or 1763; others suggest that it was written in Paris in 1763 or 1764, during Mozart's first visit to that city. When Mozart begins a work with a theme in subdued bare octaves, as he does here, that beginning more often than not presages an unexpected harmonization of the same theme at a later stage. If you use and like Free-scores.com, thank you to consider support donation. About / Member testimonies. A second edition issued shortly afterwards contained an optional part for cello, so that the pieces could be performed as piano trios. Despite the circumstances in which it was written, this is one of the most beautiful and original of all Mozart’s violin sonatas. K6 has 4 movements, the third being a pair of menuets: The keyboard and violin interact in various ways throughout the piece: the violin echoing the tune of the keyboard, the two moving in synchronicity. All rights reserved. The six sonatas K10–15 were dedicated to Queen Charlotte, the wife of George III. Wiener Symphoniker, Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux, Berliner Philharmoniker, RIAS Symphony Orchestra, Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Lucerne Festival Strings, Winterthur Symphony Orchestra, Hague Philhrmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic... Arthur Grumiaux (violin), Gregory Tucker (piano), Paul Ulanowsky (piano). In composing these early sonatas, Mozart may have been influenced by the German keyboard player and composer Johann Schobert, who was living and working in Paris when the Mozarts arrived there in November 1763. 2. 18 in G Major (K 301/293a) was composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in March 1778 in Mannheim, Germany and was first published in the same year as part of Mozart's Opus 1 collection, which was dedicated to Maria Elisabeth, Electress of the Palatinate and are consequently known as the Palatine Sonatas. 33 in E flat major K481; Mozart: Violin Sonata No. It is, indeed, so intensely chromatic that it momentarily gives the impression that the preceding development section is continuing.