Violin Concerto No. 2 in D major, K. 211 was composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1775. The concerto has the usual fast–slow–fast structure. The movements of the work have the tempo headings:
:<score sound="1">
\relative c' {
\key d \major
\time 4/4
\tempo "Allegro moderato"
\tempo 4 = 70
<d d'>4\f a'8. a16 fis8 d r8 \tuplet 3/2 {d16 (e d)}
g8-! r8 r8 \tuplet 3/2 {d16 (e d)} b'8-! r8 r8 \tuplet 3/2 {d16 (cis b)}
\tuplet 3/2 {a16 d (cis} \tuplet 3/2 {d) e-! fis-!} g8-! g-! g-! \trill fis r8
\tuplet 3/2 {d,16\p (e d)} g8-! r8 r8 \tuplet 3/2 {d16 (e d)} b'8-! r8
}
</score>
:<score sound="1">
\relative c' {
\key g \major
\time 3/4
\tempo "Andante"
\tempo 4 = 60
d'2\f e8. (c16)
d8. (b16) g'4 g
b8\p (fis g dis e g)
cis,8 (d e c ais b)
a8.\f (a'16) a4. (g8)
g8. (fis16) fis4. (e8)
d (cis\p c a) b (e)
g,2 (fis8) r8
}
</score>
:<score sound="1">
\relative c' {
\key d \major
\time 3/4
\tempo "Rondeau : Allegro"
\tempo 4 = 150
fis'4. (g8 gis a) b (a) g-. fis-. e-. d-.
e4-! e4-! fis4-! fis8. (g16) e4-! r4
d8 (e fis d cis a) d8 (e fis d cis a)
d8 (fis a fis) b (g) fis2 (e4)
}
</score>
The concerto lasts around 20 minutes. It is scored for 2 oboes, 2 horns in D and strings.
Like the Violin Concerto No. 4 and the Violin Concerto No. 5, the solo exposition and the recapitulation are completed by tutti exposition's codetta.