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Piano Concerto No. 15 in B-flat major, K. 450

178423 min

This guide follows Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 15 in B-flat major, K. 450 (1784) in three parts: Allegro (sonata form), Andante (theme and variations) and Allegro.

Recording: Yeol Eum Son (piano) (2019)

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Follow all 18 sections as they play

  1. I · Sonata form
  2. II · Theme and variations
  3. III
ISonata form0:03–10:36

The orchestra plays alone in a until the begins. A woodwind starts it and the strings . The piano enters with a short flourish and brings a new of its own. The orchestra in a to round off the . The is more like a than a working-out of , the is considerably altered, and a last follows.

IITheme and variations11:02–16:12
III16:22–23:27

Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.

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Wolfgang Amadeus MozartConcertosClassical periodB-flat majorSonata formTheme and variations

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