W. A. Mozart: Quintet for Horn and Strings in E flat major, K 407
Antonio Rosetti: String Quartet in c minor, Op. 6 no. 4
W. A. Mozart: String Quartet No. 17 in B flat major, K 458 “The Hunt”
Most composers wouldn’t dare write a work for a horn, a violin, one cello, and TWO violas; fortunately for us, Mozart is not “most composers!” Natural hornist Elisabeth Axtell joins La Speranza for Mozart’s Quintet for Horn and Strings in E flat major, juxtaposed thematically with Mozart’s “Hunt” quartet. A string quartet written by Antonio Rosetti, Mozart contemporary and double bassist, rounds out the program.
