German Dance "The Sleigh Ride" Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Arr. Bruce Pearson

Series Standard of Excellence: In Concert

This dashing work in one of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's more frequently heard German Dances (K. 605, No. 3), which he specifically titled "The Sleigh Ride." The composition was originally written during the last year of Mozart's life in 1791. That year was one of his more productive years, composing other well known masterpieces such as The Magic Flute, Piano Concerto in B-Flat Major, The Concerto for Clarinet, and his very last composition, the Requiem which he finished only twelve of the fifteen sections before his death.