Whs Drumline
Over Christmas break, the Wellington high school band performed their winter concert series. There were different bands and ensembles that played throughout the night. The main band was the Wind Ensemble, under the direction of Mary Oser. The piece they closed with was the Symphony No. 40 by Mozart. Symphony No. 40 is a one of Mozart’s most well known pieces that show a sympathetic tone to relate to musical period in the 1760’s.
Mozart wrote these pieces in 1788, which was a popular time in musical composition. During that time period Mozart also wrote the 39th and 41st symphonies as well. During the time period there is no documentation showing that the piece was ever performed, not even during his life time. There are two known original versions that Mozart composed.
The symphony is scored (in its revised version) for flute, two french horns, two clarinets, two bassoons, two oboes, and a string section containing the first and second violins, double basses,......
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