Sonate für Klavier zu vier Händen und Bläserquintett
(nach KV 497 bearbeitet von Benedikt Alphart und 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.