Andante for Flute and Orchestra KV 315

The Andante in C for Flute and Orchestra, KV 315 was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1778 when he visited Mannheim and commissioned by a rich Dutch merchant and amateur flautist. According to a number of scholars, it is likely that thisAndante was written as a replacement for the Adagio ma non troppo in the Flute Concerto in G Major KV 313. But it is also speculated the Andante may have been part of the third flute concerto Mozart that he never completed. Nowadays theAndante KV 315 has become a very popular piece in the literature for Flute.