Mozart’s Serenade for Winds in C Minor, K. 388

OVERVIEW

No one knows for sure when or why Mozart composed his dark-hued Serenade for Winds, but it is a more serious and profound work than its name suggests.

This performance is from CSO Sessions Ep. 12: Mozart & Brahms.

PERFORMERS

William Welter oboe
Lora Schaefer oboe 
Stephen Williamson clarinet
Susan Warner clarinet
Keith Buncke bassoon
Dennis Michel bassoon
David Cooper horn
James Smelser horn

SPONSORS

Sponsorship support for CSO Sessions is generously provided by the Zell Family Foundation; an anonymous donor; Kenneth C. Griffin Charitable Fund; JCS Arts, Health and Education Fund of the DuPage Foundation; the Julian Family Foundation, in honor of Cristina Rocca; Cynthia M. Sargent; Megan and Steve Shebik; Betty W. Smykal; TAWANI Foundation; National Endowment for the Arts; ITW, and PNC.