Adagio in E major, K.261

The Adagio in E major for Violin and Orchestra, K. 261, was composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1776. It was probably a replacement movement for the original slow movement of his Violin Concerto No. 5 in A. Mozart wrote it specifically for the violinist Antonio Brunetti, because, as Mozart's father Leopold noted in a letter, the original movement was 'too studied' for Brunettle's liking.