Oboe Concerto in C — 1st movement

W. A. MozartK. 314

Key

C

Time

C

Tempo

♩=120

AO focus

AO1

Form

Allegro aperto — sonata form. The standard oboe audition piece. Mozart later transposed it to D for flute (became Flute Concerto No. 2). Both versions are widely performed.

Teaching points

• Audition standard — every conservatoire oboe audition includes this
• Reed making + breath — the long-breathed solo entries require highly-tuned reed setup
• AO3: 18th-century practice of self-arrangement — Mozart's flute version uses identical material in a new key. Discuss instrument idiom