Music #141 -Mozart Clarinet Concerto

Clarinet Concerto in A

- K.622
Mvt.1 Allegro
Mvt.2 Adagio
Mvt.3 Rondo: Allegro
Totaling about 30 minutes.
       

It is the only clarinet concerto by Mozart. It was also his last concerto; he died 2 months later. Mozart made his final public appearance conducting the Viennese premiere of this concerto.

Mozart first met Anton Stadler (a virtuoso of the newly invented clarinet) in 1783 and formed a friendship that inspired the Kegelstatt Trio, the Clarinet Quintet, and this concerto.

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* Benny Goodman played this third movement, to impress a cultivated belle (starring Donna Reed), in The Benny Goodman Story (1956) movie.

Music #139 -Mozart Flute Concerto No.1

Flute Concerto No.1 in G
- K.313
Mvt.1 Allegro maestoso
Mvt.2 Adagio ma non troppo
Mvt.3 Rondo: Tempo di Menuetto
Totaling about 27 minutes.

The following is a possible replacement/alternative for the 2nd movement.

Extra:

Andante for flute & orchestra in C
- K.315
* Adagio ma non troppo

Totaling about 7 minutes.

Music #140 -Mozart Oboe Concerto

Oboe Concerto in C
- K.314

Mvt.1 Allegro aperto
Mvt.2 Adagio non troppo
Mvt.3 Rondo: Allegretto ***
Totaling about 23 minutes.

Music #138 -Mozart Concerto for Flute...

Concerto in C for flute, harp & orchestra

- K.299

Mvt.1 Allegro
Mvt.2 Andantino 

Mvt.3 Rondeau - Allegro

Totaling about 28 minutes.

Music #137 -Mozart Sinfonia Concertante

Sinfonia Concertante for violin, viola and orchestra in Eb

- K.364

Mvt.1 Allegro maestoso

Mvt.2 Andante
Mvt.3 Presto

Thomas Crown Affair

The opening two melodic phrases of "The Windmills of Your Mind," a song from the 1968 film The Thomas Crown Affair, were adopted from the opening of the second movement of the Sinfonia Concertante.  

[Source: Wikipedia]

The Windmills of Your Mind,

a song from

 The Thomas Crown Affair (1968) movie

Music #136 -Mozart Rondo for Violin Orc

Rondo in Bb for violin & orchestra

- K.269

* Rondo: Allegro
Totaling about 10 minutes.

Mozart wrote it for violinist Brunetti.

Rondo in C for violin & orchestra

- K.373

* Allegretto grazioso

(L) violin & piano

 
(R) violin & orchestra

   

Mozart wrote it for violinist Brunetti, but he did not have the time to write the piano score; so he played the piano from his memory in the premiere.

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Note: In rondo or rondeaux (轮旋曲) form, a principal theme (sometimes called the "refrain") alternates with one or more contrasting themes, generally called "episodes."  Possible patterns in the Classical period include: ABA, ABACA, or ABACABA.

Music #135 -Mozart Violin Concerto No.5

Violin Concerto No.5 in A

- aka 'Turkisk', K.219

* Bomsori Kim on violin

Mvt.1 Allegri Aperto - Adagio - Allegro Aperto
Mvt.2 Adagio
Mvt.3 Rondo - Tempo di Minuetto


Mozart simplified the above movement 2 for his close peer violinist Brunetti, as follows:

Adagio in E for violin & orchestra

- K.261

* Itzhak Perlman

It runs about 7 minutes.