The D-major Violin Concerto is the fourth of the five that Mozart wrote in Salzburg in 1775.
After a first movement in the eighteenth century’s most charm‑filled military manner comes an andante that is the very essence of yielding tenderness and grace.
The finale is the most varied of the three movements. Among its themes is the musette‑like tune that was common at the time. It shows up in a symphony by Dittersdorf, where it is referred to as the Strasbourg dance.
Mozart also referred to this as his Strasbourg Concerto, and Mozart himself used it again in a set of contradances completed in January 1777.
Here is a lovely performance of this music by violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter:
