Mozart: Flute Quartets Cuarteto Almendra

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791): Flute Quartet No. 3 in C Major, K. 285b:
• 1 Mozart: Flute Quartet No. 3 in C Major, K. 285b: I. Allegro 08:30
• 2 Mozart: Flute Quartet No. 3 in C Major, K. 285b: II. Andantino con variazioni 09:31
• Flute Quartet No. 4 in A Major, K. 298:
• 3 Mozart: Flute Quartet No. 4 in A Major, K. 298: I. Andante con variazioni 06:20
• 4 Mozart: Flute Quartet No. 4 in A Major, K. 298: II. Minuetto - Trio 02:43
• 5 Mozart: Flute Quartet No. 4 in A Major, K. 298: III. Rondeau - Allegretto grazioso 02:48
• Flute Quartet No. 1 in D Major, K. 285:
• 6 Mozart: Flute Quartet No. 1 in D Major, K. 285: II. Adagio 02:24
• Total Runtime 32:16

Info for Mozart: Flute Quartets

The Flute Quartet No. 4 in A major, K. 298, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is Mozart's final composition for flute quartet. Unlike the previous three quartets, written for the flutist Ferdinand De Jean, the Quartet in A is believed to have been written for recreational purposes, as opposed to on commission. The low Köchel number is misleading. The work is thought to have been written sometime in 1786 or 1787, only a few years before the composer's death.

The third movement is notable for its humorously detailed tempo indication: "Rondieaoux: Allegretto grazioso, ma non troppo presto, però non troppo adagio. Così-così—con molto garbo ed espressione" (or, translated, "A joke rondo: Allegretto grazioso, but not too fast, nor too slow. So-so—with great elegance and expression").

Cuarteto Almendra:
Ada Hidalgo, flute
Emmanuel Siffert, violin
Raina Diankova, viola
Vesselin Yanakiev, cello

Cuarteto Almendra
Created in 2021, during the pandemic period, by three members of the UNSJ Symphony Orchestra and its conductor at the time, the Almendra Quartet was born out of the need to perform chamber music in person. Since its creation, it has performed in chamber music concerts and festivals. The violinist (Maestro Emmanuel Siffert) is currently replaced by Professor Indira Gonzalez Oliva - concertmaster of the UNSJ Symphony Orchestra.

Ada Hidalgo
graduate of the Faculty of Philosophy, Letters and Arts at the National University of San Juan. Soloist with the symphony orchestra and teacher at the San Juan music department.

Raina Diankova
graduate of the "Pancho Vladigerov" National Academy of Music - Sofia, Bulgaria, member of the symphony orchestra and professor at the UNSJ music department.

Vesselin Yanakiev
graduate of the "Pancho Vladigerov" National Academy of Music - Sofia, Bulgaria. Substitute soloist in the symphony orchestra's cello row and teacher in the UNSJ music department.

Emmanuel Siffert
A Swiss conductor, Emmanuel Siffert is currently Principal Conductor of the Chile Chamber Orchestra, having previously conducted the San Juan Symphony Orchestra in Argentina, the National Symphony Orchestra of Ecuador, the European Chamber Opera - London, the Aguascalientes (Mexico) and Aosta (Italy) Symphony Orchestras and the Swiss Chamber Orchestra.

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