The Symphony No. 5 in B major, K. 22, was composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in The Hague in December 1765, at the age of nine, while he was on his musical tour of Western Europe. Mozart fell seriously ill during his stay in The Hague, and he wrote this symphony probably while he was convalescing from his illness. The same theme would also appear in a much later, more mature work of Mozart's: the act 2 finale of his 1786 opera buffa, Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492.
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\relative c { \set Staff.midiInstrument = #"string ensemble 1"
\override Score.NonMusicalPaperColumn #'line-break-permission = ##f
\key bes \major
\tempo "Allegro" \set Score.tempoHideNote = ##t \tempo 4 = 144
<bes d,>2. d8.\trill( c32 d) |
es8 r d r es r d r |
f2\fp( d8) r d8.\trill( c32 d) |
es8 r d r es r c r |
bes2
}
</score>
Discography
Below is an incomplete list of recordings of the symphony:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Conductor
!Orchestra
!Label
|-
|1973
|
|Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
|Philips Classics
|-
|1991
|
|Prague Chamber Orchestra
|Telarc
|-
|1995
|
|Northern Chamber Orchestra
|Naxos
|-
|2013
|
|Danish National Chamber Orchestra
|Dacapo Records
|}