Rondo from Horn Concerto in D Major, K. 412 David Bobrowitz

Rondo from Horn Concerto in D Major, K. 412 David BobrowitzCompleted the last year of his life, the Mozart "Horn Concerto in D Major" is full of the exuberant melodic material and spontaneous creativity for which much of Mozart's output is known. This movement of the concerto stands alone very well, and works terrifically well as a string orchestra piece without horn.

It contains beloved pieces from well-known composers as well as a Rag of Scol Joplin (1868-1917)

" including audience participation

and the men go to their wives and collapse in their arms

For your safety

There are detache bow strokes

and it would make a great concert opener or closer

with every moment filled with anticipation and adrenaline

a more serious middle section evokes the long history and sadness of the unsettled gypsy culture

The composer opens this work with a quiet principal theme depicting a city that is in overnight slumber

as the main melody has been transformed from the major to the minor key

3/4 and 2/4 thereby reducing the difficulty of Mussorgsky's complex piano version

Also note the slightly faster tempo at measure 65 to give a strong drive to the end of the piece