Serenade in E flat major K. 375 for 2 clarinets, 2 horns and 2 bassoons

While in 1781, on his feast day, Mozart was about to go to bed, he suddenly heard familiar sounds: six musicians who, two weeks earlier, had created his serenade in E flat major and he had described as "poor buggers, but who are not bad at giving their wind instruments" had gathered in his yard to play his own serenade. Formally composed for Therese Hickel, this music was intended to impress, in particular, Emperor Joseph II, whose "Kammermusikus", the chamber music conductor, often frequented Therese's home. "That's why I also wrote it a little wisely," says Mozart. Did it help him? A few years later in any case, Mozart will be appointed by Joseph II composer of the Court.