[1] The piece was composed in early 1782[2] by Mozart as an alternative final movement to his Piano Concerto No.
Mozart had also just moved from his hometown Salzburg to Vienna in 1781,[4] where he needed to gain a reputation and a subsequent secure income.
His 5th piano concerto had been a great success in Mannheim, which he had visited on his 1777 journey to Paris.
[5] Thus, he revised the work to make it more suitable for his Viennese audience at the upcoming important Lenten concert on 3 March 1782.
Other than the solo piano, the Concerto's instrumentation consists of two oboes, two trumpets, two horns, timpani and strings.