Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor, K.466

  • Written during Mozart’s most successful Vienna period.
  • Premiered March 11, 1785, with Mozart as soloist
  • His father Leopold was visiting and witnessed the premiere
  • Only one of two minor-key piano concertos (with K.491)
  • Romantic anticipation, especially in the darker outer movements, heavily influenced Beethoven.
  • Serene inner romance in B-flat.