Violin Sonata No. 27 (Mozart)

Violin Sonata No. 27 in G major (K. 379/373a) was composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Vienna in 1781 and first published in the same year.

Structure

This violin sonata consists of two movements.

1. Adagio
2. Allegro
3. Theme: Andantino cantabile, with variations:
   • Variation 1 (piano without violin)
   • Variation 2
   • Variation 3
   • Variation 4 in G minor
   • Variation 5: Adagio
   • Allegretto (Thema da capo – Coda)

Discography

• Oleg Kagan, violin and Sviatoslav Richter, piano: Violin Sonata in G, K. 379 (1982)
• Arthur Grumiaux, violin and Walter Klien, piano: Violin Sonata in G K379 (1982)
• Augustin Dumay, violin and Maria João Pires, piano: Violin sonatas K. 301, No. 18, K. 304, No. 21, K. 378, No. 26 and K. 379, No. 27 (1991)
• Midori Seiler, violin and Jos Van Immerseel, fortepiano: Violin Sonata in G, K. 379 (2000)
• Vineta Sareika, violin and Amandine Savary, piano: Violin sonatas K. 376, No. 24, K. 379, No. 27 and K. 526, No. 35 (2019)

Further reading

• Zaslaw, Neal; Cowdery, William (1990). The Compleat Mozart: A Guide to the Musical Works of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. New York: W. W. Norton.

External links

•  Violin Sonata No. 27 (Mozart): Score and critical report (in German) in the Neue Mozart-Ausgabe
• Violin Sonata No. 27 in G, K. 379: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
• Brian Robins. Sonata for violin & piano No. 27 in G major, K. 379 (K. 373a) at AllMusic