Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 16 (Mozart)
The Piano Concerto No. 16 in D major, K. 451, is a concertante work for piano, or pianoforte, and orchestra by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Mozart composed the concerto for performance at a series of
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The work is orchestrated for solo piano, flute, two oboes, two bassoons, two horns, two trumpets, timpani and strings. The concerto is in three movements: Simon Keefe has noted contemporary comments from Mozart’s era on how the woodwind writing in this concerto showed a “newly intricate and sophisticated” character compared to Mozart’s prior keyboard concerti. Joel Galand has noted that the finale, in rondo-ritornello form, avoids use of a new re-entry theme.
- Composer
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart