The present work probably dates from the early 1770s and was doubtless composed by Saint-Georges for performance with the Concert des Amateurs. It was issued in 1773 along with a second work by the Parisian publisher Bailleux. In what was to become a regular practice in the composition and publication of pairs of Saint-Georges concertos, one work in the set is scored for full orchestra - in this case, flutes, oboes horns and strings with divisi violas (Op.3 No.1) - and the other for strings alon...