[P-Marlowe]

This is one of two horn concerti of Mozart to include bassoons (the other is K. 447), but in this one he "treats them indifferently in the first movement."[2] It is the only one of Mozart's horn concerti to be in D major (the rest are in E-flat major) and the only one to have just two movements instead of the usual three (with the exception of the incompletely scored horn concerto, K. 370b+371).

Although numbered first, this was actually the last of the four to be completed. Compared to the other three concertos, it is shorter in duration (two movements rather than three), and is much simpler in regard to both range and technique, perhaps in a nod to Leutgeb's, the horn player and Mozart's great friend, advanced age and (presumably) reduced capabilities at the time of composition.

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[Jim W N]

Ahhh. Sublime.

[SkyPilot]

Beautiful. Just beautiful.

My wife and I were enjoying the beach a few days ago, and we were assaulted by this "song" from Will Smith's daughter:

Willow Smith - Whip My Hair

It is one of the most repetative, gross, obnoxious things I have every heard.

I turned to my wife, and said: "This is not Mozart."

[nwrep]

Divine, ethereal, sublime. Mozart is sui generis.... thanks.

[StoneWall Brigade]

Beautiful stuff

[TEXOKIE]

Can you tell me the name of the hornist?

[PAR]

Yes, it is Dennis Brain. For my money the greatest horn player of all time. I had a scholarship to play the horn in college and performed all 4 of the Mozart concertos. Not As technically technically demanding as some, but easily my favorite.

[ladyjane]

Wonderful. Thank you.