mozart 40 - last movement no 2

 

Fig 1 - Mozart 40 last movement

 

This excerpt was set by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra for casual auditions in 2011. Its a good excerpt for a number of reasons:-

1 is not standard

2 the player needs to handle the quavers after a held note, tricky to get in time

3 later in the passage Mozart steer us into some interesting keys, which create intonation issues to be resolved - I have to work had to avoid straying sharp

 

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