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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart spent the winter of 1777/78 in Mannheim, where he met Ferdinand Dejean, a wealthy physician and amateur flautist. Dejean commissioned Mozart to write several short works, but during this period he completed only the Flute Quartet in D major, K. 285. In this composition, Mozart experimented with the prevailing Mannheim style and explored the expressive potential of the Baroque transverse flute. Nearly ten years later, he composed his only string trio, the Divertimento in E-flat major, K. 563, which is also his longest chamber work. The three string instruments converse in a finely balanced dialogue, and the score contains two of the most beautiful and technically demanding passages for viola and cello in the chamber music repertoire. In his later years, Mozart himself often performed this piece on the viola.

Performers:
Ksenia Dubrovskaya · violin

Program:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
– Quartet for Flute, Violin, Viola, and Cello in D major, K. 285
– Divertimento for Violin, Viola, and Cello in E-flat major, K. 563

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All three works on this evening’s program demonstrate that Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart did not regard the piano as the dominant voice in his chamber music, but composed the string parts as equal partners—contrary to the conventions of his time. The Sonata in C major, K. 296 was written for his Mannheim pupil Thérèse Pierron, with Mozart himself accompanying on the violin. Many of its themes reflect the brilliant and affective Mannheim style. Only much later, after the premiere of The Marriage of Figaro, Mozart composed the other two works presented tonight, both from the same Viennese creative period. The Piano Trio in B-flat major, K. 502 already anticipates thematic material from the Prague Symphony and was primarily intended for convivial music-making among Mozart’s circle of friends. In contrast, the Piano Quartet in E-flat major, K. 493 struck contemporaries as too demanding—music for connoisseurs—owing to the highly challenging string parts.

Performer:
Ksenia Dubrovskaya · violin

Program:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata for Piano and Violin in C major, K. 296, Trio for Piano, Violin, and Cello in B-flat major, K. 502, Quartet for Piano, Violin, Viola, and Cello in E-flat major, K. 493

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