Symphony Nr 39 in E flat major, KV 543
This symphony begins the trilogy of final symphonies for which Mozart has remained justly famous. Although not as frequently played as its successors it is a work in the grand manner and has some especially original touches in the second movement marked Andante con moto as well as in the Finale. The Symphony Nr 39 was written in the summer of 1788 when Mozart was forced to move to slightly less expensive lodgings and also to borrow money, an issue which was to continually annoy him in the last three years of his life. What was different in this ...
