He started work on it in 1815, and completed it on the morning of the premiere of his opera Der Freischütz, 18 June 1821.
The score calls for flutes, oboes, clarinets, bassoons, horns, and trumpets in pairs, bass trombone, timpani, and strings.
On the morning of the Der Freischütz premiere, Weber played the Konzertstück through to his wife Caroline and his pupil Julius Benedict, and told them the program:[1] The theme of separation and joyous return was one that Ludwig van Beethoven had explored in 1810 in his Piano Sonata No.
The 12-year-old Felix Mendelssohn almost certainly attended the premiere and the piece became a staple of his concert repertoire.
[citation needed] He first played it at age 18, on 20 February 1827, in his first public concert, at which his A Midsummer Night's Dream Overture was premiered.