Mozart’s “Horn Concerto No. 4, K. 495: III. Rondo, Allegro Vivace” performed by R. Vlatkovic & Arctic Orchestra
“The work is in three movements app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movement_(music): 1. Allegro app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempo#Italian_tempo_markings maestoso 2. Romance (Andante cantabile) (B♭ major) 3. Rondo app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rondo (Allegro vivace) **6** **8**\[1\] app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horn_Concerto_No._4#cite_note-1 A typical performance duration of the concerto takes 16–18 minutes. The manuscript,\[2\] app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horn_Concerto_No._4#cite_note-2 written in red, green, blue, and black ink, has been suggested as a jocular attempt to rattle the intended performer, Mozart's friend Joseph Leutgeb app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Leutgeb. However, recently it was suggested that the multicolored score may also be a kind of "color code".\[3\] app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horn_Concerto_No._4#cite_note-3 The last movement is a "quite obvious" example of the hunt topic, "in which the intervallic construction, featuring prominent tonic app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonic_(music) and dominant triads in the main melody, was to some degree dictated by the capability of the natural horn app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_horn, and so was more closely allied with the original 'pure' characteristics of the 'chassé app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chass%C3%A9' as an open-air hunting call."\[4\] app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horn_Concerto_No._4#cite_note-4 This concerto is one of Mozart's two horn concerti to have ripieno app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ripieno horns (horns included in the orchestra besides the soloist), #history