Sonata for Piano (four hands) and Wind Quintet
(Arrangement of Mozart's Sonata KV 497 by Benedikt Alphart & Richard Dünser)

The Sonata in F major, K. 497, is Mozart's most important work for piano four hands. It has a (quasi-symphonic) slow introducion and, in terms of content, references the 'Prague' Symphony, composed shortly aferwards, and Don Giovanni. It quotes the romance melody from his Horn Concerto, K. 495, in the Andante middle movement and, like all his late works, is densely contrapuntal.

All this suggested that this inherent, almost symphonic power should be unleashed by means of a larger chamber music ensemble, namely, in additon to the piano for four hands, a wind quintet consisting of oboe, two clarinets, horn, and bassoon, to unleash this inherent, almost symphonic power and to allow the piano duo to enter into a dialogue with the wind quintet as an equal partner, reinforcing climaxes and achieving new color effects in the service of the compositional content.