Violin Concerto No. 2 in D major, K. 211 was composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1775.Simon, Edwin J. "Sonata into Concerto. A Study of Mozart's First Seven Concertos". Acta Musicologica 31, no. 3/4 (1959): 170–185. The concerto has the usual fast–slow–fast structure.
Stanley Sadie describes the first movement as uncharacteristic of Mozart, almost clumsily written and curiously old-fashioned. He points out that the last movement, a rondo in the style of a minuet, instead of bringing back the original thematic material at the end as would be expected, uses material from the second section.
Structure The movements of the work have the tempo indications :
The concerto lasts around 20 minutes. It is scored for 2 oboes, 2 horns in D and strings.
Like the Violin Concerto No. 4 and the Violin Concerto No. 5, the solo exposition and the recapitulation are completed by tutti exposition's codetta.
References
External links
"Work details, sound file", Köchel-Verzeichnis, International Mozarteum Foundation , Arthur Grumiaux, violin, London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Colin Davis; includes program note