Context of Mozart's flute concerto's

[Serpentine]

Hey guys.
I am writing my programme for my A level performance, which contains mozarts concerto for flute and harp in C major mvmt II, and i was wondering if anyone knew the context it was written in. I.e. Who was it written for, what date, where would it have been performed originally, the differences of the classical flute and Bohem (or however you spell it) flute.
And other stuff like that,

Incadentally, i am also performing Debussy's 'En Bateau,' and Rutter's Suite Antique I and VI. So if you have info on any of those then that would also be good.

xxxx
tom

[Masters7]

This information is from the program notes of the Park Avenue Chamber Orchestra.

"The one regret Mozart might have had about composing the Concerto for Flute and Harp was that he was never paid for it. He composed the Concerto for Duc Adrien-Louis de Guines (1735-1806), who was a fine flautist, and his daughter, who was a brilliant harpist. About the daughter Mozart wrote to his father Leopold: “I think I told you in my last letter that the Duc de Guines, whose daughter is my pupil in composition, plays the flute extremely well, and that she plays the harp magnifique. She has a great deal of talent and even genius, and in particular a marvelous memory, so that she can play all her pieces, actually about two hundred, by heart.”
There is hardly an orchestral timbre that brings as much refreshment to the ear as the brilliant consonance of flute and harp that launches the first movement. Sweetness and light infuse the music from start to finish. Mozart’s inevitable flair for the dramatic intrudes upon the development section of the first movement and a reprise of the rondo theme in the last. Without these turns to the minor and to dissonance, the unrelieved sunny character of the bulk of the composition might grow nearly unbearable.
This Concerto was composed for the home rather than the concert stage. Understandably, there are no duo concertos for this combination by composers who made their careers writing principally for virtuosos of the concert stage. The harp itself had not yet won its place as a standard instrument in the symphony orchestra. Technical improvements in the design of the instrument and the Symphonie Fantastique (1830), which features the harp, led to its more frequent use as an orchestral instrument. Yet no later major composer had the inspiration or incentive to write a concerto for flute and harp like Mozart’s. If only Mozart had been paid …

[atoriphile]

After doing some Internet sleuthing, I was able to find the following links that might be of interest:

http://www.musicweb-international.com/P ... rpconc.htm

http://www.chambersymphony.com/ProgramN ... ncerto.htm

http://www.bostonclassicalorchestra.org ... t-concerto

http://www.answers.com/topic/concerto-f ... 299-k-297c

[atoriphile]

Oh, also for Debussy's 'En Bateau':

http://www.symphonysiliconvalley.org/co ... howID=16#1

And Rutter's 'Suite Antique':

http://www.oup.co.uk/music/repprom/rutter/prognotes/ (scroll down to Suite Antique)

http://www.civicsymphony.org/library.as ... 81101.html (again, scroll down)

[Serpentine]

cheers lads and laddets! I handed it in today and my music teacher was really happy the info i got!

Thanks

Tom
xxxx

[deina-kun]

Any out there for Concerto in G? Allegro maestoso especially. ^^

[atoriphile]

Any out there for Concerto in G? Allegro maestoso especially. ^^

http://www.kcsymphony.org/ConcertCalend ... BSHSQAIQB6
(scroll down, mentions the opening movement specifically)

http://www.answers.com/topic/flute-conc ... 313-k-285c

http://www.shostakovich.com/may2000.html#mozart

[Serpentine]

My concert and programme notes went really well, so thanks guys.
and lol, i am playing mozarts concerto in G allegro for flute and harp as well tis a beautiful piece!