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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed the Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, K. 216, during 1775 while he was nineteen years old. He created this work in Salzburg while serving as court musician for Prince-Archbishop Colloredo.
Mozart referred to this composition as the Straßburg-Concert because researchers trace the nickname to a motive found within the third movement's Allegretto section. This central section features a local dance style already present in symphonies by Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf that uses similar rhythmic patterns.
The score calls for solo violin paired with two flutes, two oboes, and horns in G and D. Strings form the foundation of the ensemble throughout all three movements while wind instruments provide color rather than driving force in most sections.
The final movement functions as a rondo in G major using cut time signatures with an inserted G minor Andante section breaking the flow before returning to Allegretto tempo. The second movement adopts ternary form set in D major where orchestra presents main theme before violin imitates it one octave higher.
Yehudi Menuhin recorded this concerto with George Enescu and Orchestre symphonique de Paris in 1935 while Viktoria Mullova recently recorded with Oliver Zeffman and Academy of St Martin in the Fields in 2021. Other notable recordings include Anne-Sophie Mutter with Herbert von Karajan in February 1978 and Itzhak Perlman with James Levine leading Vienna Philharmonic in 1983.