Violin Sonata No. 27 (Mozart)

Violin Sonata No. 27 in G major (K. 379/373a) was composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Vienna in 1781 and first published in the same year.

Detail of Wolfgang from the 1780–81 Portrait of the Mozart Family

Structure

This violin sonata consists of two movements.

1. Adagio (G major) - Allegro (G minor)
2. Theme: Andantino cantabile, with variations:
   • Variation 1 (piano without violin)
   • Variation 2
   • Variation 3
   • Variation 4 in G minor
   • Variation 5: Adagio
   • Allegretto (Thema da capo – Coda)

Discography

• Oleg Kagan, violin and Sviatoslav Richter, piano: Violin Sonata in G, K. 379 (1982)
• Arthur Grumiaux, violin and Walter Klien, piano: Violin Sonata in G K379 (1982)
• Augustin Dumay, violin and Maria João Pires, piano: Violin sonatas K. 301, No. 18, K. 304, No. 21, K. 378, No. 26 and K. 379, No. 27 (1991)
• Midori Seiler, violin and Jos Van Immerseel, fortepiano: Violin Sonata in G, K. 379 (2000)
• Vineta Sareika [fr], violin and Amandine Savary, piano: Violin sonatas K. 376, No. 24, K. 379, No. 27 and K. 526, No. 35 (2019)