Mozart - Concerto for Flute & Harp in C Major - Mov. 1/3

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756-1791)

Concerto for flute, harp, and orchestra in C Major ("Concertante alla harpa e flauto") KV299

1. Allegro

Performed by the Freiburger Barockorchester
Directed by Gottfried von der Goltz

*The Concerto for Harp, Flute and Orchestra in C major was written in April 1778 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart during his sojourn to Paris for the Court of Guines. It was commissioned (although never paid for) from Mozart, by the flautist Duke of Guînes, Adrien-Louis de Bonnières, and his harpist daughter who was taking composition lessons from the composer.

This concerto is the only piece of music that Mozart wrote that contains the harp. In the classical period, the harp was still in development, and was not considered a standard orchestral instrument and was regarded more as a plucked piano. Therefore, harp and flute was considered an extremely unusual combination.

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[Oathkeeper1992]

I don't like this one....plus it's in the wrong key. Or at least, it sounds like it compared to the recording posted by recordholdings.

[HARMONICO101]

@Oathkeeper1992 it's on period instruments using a tuning used in Mozart's time, not the modern A=440 hz

[hacktik101]

is it true that he stole his work from exiled moorish litature.........only answer if u know about world history please

[HARMONICO101]

No.

[charlycrett]

¡¡GENIUS!!

[Benedam75]

as always, this is a matter of definition. where does inspiration end, where does the "stealing" begin. well, to be honest, i have sincere problems with the word "stealing". in art, is there such thing as "stealing"? in my opinion: NO! of course, mozart has many influences, as well as he influenced many other composers, from contemporaries to modern day heavy metal bands (e.g. metallica) or electronic musicians (e.g. vangelis). as the greek say: panta rhei - in art as well as in life itself!

[plaartla]

happy bday good buddy!

[TzakiMan]

@Oathkeeper1992 It's in 415 HZ

[tubermier]

must be a flute fanatic to note the octave is off when it's in a different tuning. Sometimes we ordinary folk can tell there is something a bit off when we hear it but not tothis level of audible discepancy. I guess if you hang out with orchestras you pick up on those nuances. I can't listen to too much classical music as it kind of grates on me after a while, like country. Enjoy folks. I'm off to here some dance club beat tunes.

[1AdrianR]

@hacktik101 No.

[colourfulwithaU]

@Benedam75

Of course there is stealing in art. If I sit down and copy Bach's BWV1052 out by hand, and try to pass it off as my own work, that is theft.

[MsAlexy26]

geniale ed intenso

[ipykipyk]

@hotwaiter I've heard that story as well. Also her father or some other relative was the one who commissioned the piece - and he fancied himself as something of a harpist . . . hence the outrageous arpeggios for harp behind the relatively simple flute parts :-)

[hotwaiter]

this wasn't a stolen piece if I remember it correctly but Mozart was commissioned to write it for a Princess who was not a spectacular flute player so he dumbed it down a bit. I think that's the right story.

[aldudennie]

what kind of flute is he playing? is a traditional C flute?