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Mozart's Serenade in D

KWIT | By Mark Munger

Published June 30, 2015 at 4:21 PM CDT

Mozart's purpose for writing the Serenade in D, K 203, is up for debate. Either it was written for his patron's name day, or it was written for a graduation ceremony. Who knows? What we do know is that it is a light and flitting affair with three minuets for good dancing and celebration. It is played here by the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields and soloist Iona Brown. Sir Neville Marriner directs.

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Mark Munger

Mark Munger first began listening to public radio as a child in the back of his Mom's VW Vanagon, falling in love with the stories on Morning Edition and Prairie Home Companion and the laughter of Click and Clack on Car Talk. Through KWIT, he was introduced to the great orchestras and jazz artists, the sounds of folk and blues, and the eclectic expressions of humanity. This American Life and Radiolab arrived in his formative college years and made him want nothing more than to be a part of the public radio world.

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