Leader, J. MOULAND BEGBIB
Conductor, GUY WARRACK
DAVID McCALLUM (violin)
This is the fifth of six concertos written by Mozart during 1775 and 1776. He was about twenty at the time of the first, and since he was then practising the violin hard-he was actually quite an accomplished player-it is presumed he composed them as much for his own use as for use by others. This concerto is scored for small orchestra, two oboes, two horns, and strings, and the solo part is written with superb understanding of the genius of the instrument. Klgar's march, Pomp and Circumstance No. i, begins with a rousing introduction, and then all the strings together have a fine march tune. It's continuation is afterwards cunningly used in the base. The first tune is repeated, and then the Introduction is made to serve as a sort of bridge to the middle section corresponding to the conventional ' Trio '. As everybody knows, the tune of it is the one to which, in the Coronation Ode, we sing 'Land of Hope and Glory'.