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Georg Feldmayr (1756-c.1818) left a second Oboe Concerto in C Major, this one more sumptuous than the first. The opening movement sets the stage for a major entertainment. The first ritornello, itself, is gigantic: its 70 measures contain no less than three substantial themes and many closing themes. Three episodes follow, trailed by three corresponding ritornelli. There is more than a passing reference to sonata-form overlay within the three episodes. The central one contains no real development, although the usual modulation to the relative minor is present. As in the initial movements of Feldmayr's other oboe concertos (C Major and F Major) the orchestra has much to do. The solo oboe part indicates that the composer understood the capabilities of the 18th-century oboe quite well: both its lyric and technical capabilities are well represented.

As expected, the slow movement is a Romance. Feldmayr's Concertante and also his Oboe Concerto in C Major of 1785 both contain this style of movement. Unfortunately, the slow movement of the F Major Oboe Concerto is missing, but one might surmise that it, too, was a Romance. In the case before us, Feldmayr has laid out a rondeau with two couplets as the primary structure. In keeping with French operatic tradition, the oboe line within the refrain should be treated to variations during the second and third times it comes around. This is a very beautiful movement.

The finale is a straightfoward rondeau containing three couplets surrounded by the refrain and a coda. The third couplet in the parallel minor is outstanding music, made all the more interesting through Feldmayr's multiple usage of the rinforzando dynamic.