Is there any difference at all between Mozart`s Oboe Concerto and his Flute Concerto No.2 besides the fact that one is in D and the other is in C? I`m a clarinetist without too much knowledge of flute or oboe repertoire and was just wondering.

There is a difference, because normally the clarinet or oboe compared to the flute would have different sharps and flats. And plus, the oboe can`t go the higher range like the flute can (like me the #1 flute player in Canada(it was proven))! Normally the oboe in this song is the same but it is different in all it`s many ways.

Not really. I`ll give you the story, even if you don`t want it.

At one point in his life, Mozart was commisioned by a flutist to write three flute concertos and a harp concerto. Mind you, Mozart was a young, rambunctious man at the time (he only lived 36 years or something), so he didn`t like to work.

His father, who acted as his manager, wrote to him and told him to get writing: that`s where the quote about not liking the flute comes in (it`s not that he didn`t like the flute, just that he didn`t like working).

Being somewhat lazy, Mozart wrote the Flute Concerto No. 1 in G Major, transposed the Oboe Concerto in C Major to Flute Concerto in D Major, and wrote a Flute and Harp Concerto.

aka: he owes us one or two concertos, depending how you look at it.

Admitedly, he did make a few minor changes to the oboe concerto when he transposed it and wrote "flute" at the top, but nothing significant.

Hope that was helpful,
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