SKU: BA.BA08809

ISBN 9790006568970. 31 x 24.3 cm inches. Key: B-flat major. Preface: Gudula Schutz.

Mozart composed his two �??Lodron Serenades�?� for open-air performances on the name day of Countess Antonia Lodron in June 1776 and 1777. Their bright �??al fresco�?� character is immediately recognisable. Alfred Einstein considered these two divertimentos to be �??among the purest, gayest, most satisfying, and most perfect that ever assumed musical form�?�.

For both works Mozart chose an ensemble of two horns, two violins, viola and bass instruments. However, the second Lodron Serenade, the Divertimento in B-flat major K. 287, stands out from this sextet format by assigning a remarkably virtuosic solo role to the first violin, from the richly diverse opening movement to the finale with its almost ironic recitative and an exhilarating passage on the folk song �??D�??Bäurin hat d�??Katz verlorn�?�. Mozart himself played first violin in the 1777 performance. Later he wrote, �??They all opened their eyes! I played as though I were the finest fiddler in all Europe�?�.

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