Mozart - Flute Quartet in D Major K.V. 285 (II. Adagio) Flautist Holly Cook

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Holly Cook ~ Flute, Harriet Murray ~ Violin, Kate Musker ~ Viola, Alice Murray ~ Cello perform the 2rd movement 'Adagio' of The Flute Quartet in D Major K.V. 285 (1777) is the most well-known of the four flute quartets by W.A. Mozart. He wrote the quartet whilst living in Mannheim working with the court orchestra. He embarked upon a commission from Ferdinand De Jean for three short, easy concertos, and a pair of quartets for the flute. De Jean was a Dutch doctor, and amateur flautist, and was offering Mozart 200 gulden for the commission money which was much needed as the Mozart family who had to fulfil duties as servants in order to live. A well known flautist in the Mannheim court orchestra, Johann Baptist Wendling had helped Mozart to get the commission, and would play parts of it while it was being composed. However, Mozart found the commission difficult to progress with. The quartet was completed on December 25th 1777. Mozart did not complete the full commission. De Jean received two flute quartets, the G Major Flute Concerto (K.313), the Andante in C Major (K.315) which was only a single movement. The D Major Flute Concerto (K.314) was transcribed from the earlier C Major Oboe Concerto. These works, all of remarkable beauty, are part of the standard flute repertoire today. They display the influence of Mozarts operatic style within his instrumental writing.
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Holly Cook has recently graduated with a Masters degree in performance at Trinity College of Music, where she was awarded a Leverhulme Orchestral Mentorship Award for study. Holly studied flute with Anna Noakes and ethnic flutes with Andy Findon and Tony Hinnigan. Her specialist area of study was ethnic flute music, upon which she wrote a dissertation and made a recording of a contemporary Japanese influenced piece of flute music, gaining a distinction for this. As part of her training, Holly undertook a Mentor Scheme placement with the BBC Concert Orchestra, with Ileana Ruheman. Holly has recently been featured in Muso magazine in an interview as a member of the contemporary flute octet Ayre Flutes. As a soloist, Holly has given many recital performances around London and the UK, including at St Martin-in-the-Fields, Cheltenham Town Hall and Royal Tunbridge Wells. Recent concerto performances include the Mozart Flute Concerto in D, Bach Brandenburg Concerto 5 and Nielsen Concerto with the Stamford Chamber Orchestra. Holly was awarded a Fellowship of Trinity College London in 2007 and a Licentiate of Trinity College London in flute teaching in 2008.