Performance

Gran Partita (Serenade No. 10 for winds in B-flat major, K. 361/370a)

1 upcoming performance in New York

Mozart’s *Gran Partita* (Serenade No. 10 in B-flat, K. 361/370a) is a large-scale wind serenade scored for pairs of oboes, clarinets, basset horns, bassoons, four horns, and bass, a lineup that turns chamber music into something orchestral in weight. At David Geffen Hall, Louis Langrée leads this live New York performance as part of the city’s long relationship with Mozart on the concert stage. The seven movements move between outdoor-dance origins and inward, slow-breathed lyricism. One can hear Mozart testing how far wind color alone can carry extended form.