Symphony No. 14 in A Major, K. 114
2 flutes, 2 oboes (in Andante only), 2 horns, and strings
Allegro moderato
Andante
Menuetto
Allegro molto
Program Notes by Martin Pearlman
The usual listing of Mozart symphonies includes forty-one works, although he may actually have written over fifty. Of these, all but the last eleven were written when Mozart was between the ages of nine and eighteen.
The Symphony in A Major, K. 114 is dated December 30, 1771, when the composer was fifteen years old. He had just returned with his father to Salzburg from his second Italian journey. This delightful early work calls for the light texture of flutes and high horns in A with strings, rather than the more usual oboes and horns. In the Andante, Mozart does call for oboes, while the flutes and horns are tacet, but the same performers would have doubled as flutists and oboists. The work is notable among Mozart's early symphonies for its beautiful, transparent sound and the freshness of its melodies.
Boston Baroque Performances
Symphony No. 14 in A Major, K. 114
December 31, 1998 & January 1, 1999
Sanders Theater, Cambridge, MA
Martin Pearlman, conductor
April 4, 1987
Connecticut College, New London, CT
Martin Pearlman, conductor
April 3, 1987
NEC’s Jordan Hall, Boston, MA
Martin Pearlman, conductor
April 20, 1979
NEC’s Jordan Hall, Boston, MA
Martin Pearlman, conductor