1774: Mozart: Symphony No. 30 in D major, K. 202/186b, age 18

1774: Mozart: Symphony No. 30 in D major, K. 202/186b, age 18

This is a noisy, in your face interpretation, and the conductor has written out timpani parts. It’s rough, a bit abrasive, not polite, and I really like this.

This is another early symphony written in Salzburg and  completed May 5, 1774.

1774: Mozart: Symphony No. 30 in D major, K. 202/186b, age 18

No timpani in Marriner’s, but this is a fine performance. Unfortunately it’s only the 1st movement, so you would have to hunt down the other movements. I know how to find them, so if someone asks I’ll do it.

Instrumentation:

  • two oboes
  • bassoon
  • two horns
  • two trumpets
  • timpani (the part was lost)
  • strings

There has been at least one attempt to reconstruct the timpani part.[3]

Movements:

  • Molto allegro (D major)
  • Andantino con moto (A major)
  • Menuetto and Trio (D major, trio in G major)
  • Presto (D major)

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