It was the arrival of the virtuoso Giuseppe Ferlendis in Salzburg in 1777 that inspired Mozart to write his Oboe Concerto, later taken up by the composer’s friend Friedrich Ramm in Mannheim and Munich. For Ramm he wrote his Oboe Quartet, while the present Quintet is derived from the String Quintet, K. 406, itself based on an earlier wind Serenade. The effective Adagio and Rondo, K. 617, features the newly popular musical glasses and is among Mozart’s last compositions.