Mozart - Rondo in D for Piano and Orchestra, K. 382 [complete]

The Rondo for Piano and Orchestra in D major, K. 382 is a three movement concert rondo scored for piano and orchestra that was composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It was intended by Mozart to be a substitute finale to his Piano Concerto No. 5 in D major. The piece was composed in early 1782 by Mozart as an alternative final movement to his Piano Concerto No. 5, a piece he composed in December 1773 when he was 18. He composed the Rondo for a number of reasons. He considered the use of a Sonata-form movement too complex for the movement’s context, and thus he wrote this alternative ending in a variation form. Mozart had also just moved from his hometown Salzburg to Vienna in 1781, where he needed to gain a reputation and a subsequent secure income. He did this through composition, teaching and piano performances in concerts. As he did not have too many original piano concertos to his name this was an area where Mozart could draw work from. His 5th piano concerto had been a great success in Mannheim, which