The composer
Though only in his early 20s when he wrote his Sinfonia Concertante K364, Mozart already had a very substantial number of works on his CV. These include nine of his 27 piano concertos, all five of his violin concertos, more than 30 symphonies and a huge body of chamber music and solo keyboard works. And while big-hitters such as The Marriage of Figaro and were yet to come, opera featured strongly too. He was also well travelled, having toured Europe widely as a performer from childhood onwards – something that inevitably gave the Salzburg-born composer a certain …
