Horn Concerto No. 4
II. Andante Cantabile
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Horn Concerto No. 4 in E-flat major, K. 495, K. 495 was completed in 1786.
This concerto is one of Mozart's two horn concerti to have ripieno horns (horns included in the orchestra besides the soloist), though, in contrast to K. 417, the solo horn in this one duplicates the first ripieno horn's part in the tutti passages.
The last movement is a "quite obvious" example of the hunt topic, "in which the intervallic construction, featuring prominent tonic and dominant triads in the main melody, was to some degree dictated by the capability of the horn, and so was more closely allied with the original 'pure' characteristics of the 'chasse' as an open-air hunting call."
Andante Cantabile | Second Movement
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