Mozart - Colloredo Serenade K.203 and Divertimento K.251 - Janiczek · SCO

Mozart completed the K.203 Serenade in August 1774, a year after the ‘Andretter' Serenade (K.185) included in Mozart ‘Serenades' (Linn CKD 287). It has become known as the ‘Colloredo Serenade' on the supposition that it was composed to celebrate the name-day (30th September) of Hieronymus, Count von Colloredo, who had been elected Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg in 1772, but it is most likely that, as with the Serenades K.185, K.204 and K.320, Mozart wrote it as Finalmusik for the University philosophy students' end-of-year celebrations.

K.251, like K.203 and most of Mozart's serenades and longer divertimenti, has an accompanying march: because it's part of the autograph manuscript and not preserved separately, it doesn't have its own Köchel number. Its title, ‘Marcia alla francese' may refer to the rhythmic basis - five beats, followed by three silent (or de-stressed) ones - the traditional pattern of drumbeats to which the French infantry marched. The pattern can be heard repeated in the bass part of Mozart's march.

Tracklist
[01] Serenade in D - Marcia
[02] Colloredo Serenade (K.203) Andante maestoso – Allegro assai
[03] Colloredo Serenade (K.203) Andante
[04] Colloredo Serenade (K.203) Minuet & Trio
[05] Colloredo Serenade (K.203) Allegro
[06] Colloredo Serenade (K.203) Minuet & Trio
[07] Colloredo Serenade (K.203) Andante
[08] Colloredo Serenade (K.203) Minuet & Trio
[09] Colloredo Serenade (K.203) Prestissimo
[10] Divertimento (K.251) Allegro molto
[11] Divertimento (K.251) Minuet & Trio
[12] Divertimento (K.251) Andantino - Adagio
[13] Divertimento (K.251) Minuet: Tema con Variazioni
[14] Divertimento (K.251) Rondo: Allegro assai
[15] Divertimento (K.251) Marcia alla francese