Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. Concertos, piano, orchestra, K. 459, F major

The Piano Concerto No. 19 in F major, K. 459 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was written at the end of 1784: Mozart's own catalogue of works records that it was completed on 11 December (works surrounding it in the Köchel catalogue are K. 458, the "Hunt" quartet and K. 464, the fifth of the Haydn set). It is part of a series of concertos composed in quick succession; of the eleven works between K. 449 and K. 459, six are piano concertos. It is occasionally known as the "second coronation concerto" on account of Mozart playing it on the occasion of the coronation of Leopold II in Frankfurt am Main in October 1790. The autograph is held by the Berlin State Library. The first edition was produced by Johann André of Offenbach in 1794, and Breitkopf & Härtel produced an edition in 1800. Simon P Keefe, writing in the Cambridge Mozart Encyclopedia comments that "the first and second movements of K. 459 contain particularly rich dialogue between the piano and winds, quickly establishing and maintaining an atmosphere of intimate collaboration".