Because of the virtuosic oboe parts in the final two movements, it has been suggested that the work's composition may have coincided with the employ of the oboist Vittorino Colombazzo in the fall of 1768.
[3] This innovation in scoring expands upon an earlier common baroque practice of cadential phrase-repetition.
The work is scored for two oboes, bassoon, two horns, trumpets, timpani and strings with continuo.
The trio of the minuet contains a virtuosic solo oboe part that spans the entire range of the instrument and contains leaps of almost two octaves.
[2] The finale is another showpiece for the solo oboe which includes virtuosic display, notes held fermata and a spot for a cadenza.