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A piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra.
Examples of concerto in a Sentence
The praise given to his concerto for the violin, which was played at the Conservatoire by Mazas, encouraged him to undertake the resetting of the old comic opera, Julie (1811).
He has recently completed an oboe concerto commissioned by the John Lewis Partnership for Nick Daniel for 10 performances in October 1998.
His recent bassoon concerto was recorded on the ASV CD of English bassoon concerti.
This concerto is as much a concerto for orchestra as it is a concerto for piano.
The concerto's dramatic slow movement shows piano and orchestra in stark opposition to each other and leads directly into the exhilarating finale.
For example, a music prodigy may play a complex concerto on the piano after hearing it played once without any prior music study.
Stephen Hopper was the soloist in a tightly controlled Haydn Trumpet Concerto, with a lovely cadenza at the end of the Allegro.
Britten had in fact always been intending to write a harp concerto, so had been studying the instrument.
I heard him boast of composing a concerto in all its parts quicker than a copyist could write them down.
From its famously commanding opening to its adrenalin-pumping conclusion, there's no doubting the epic status of this great romantic concerto.
In the violin concerto, the second movement opens with a beautiful melody played by the oboe.
Another famous work of Elgar's is his cello concerto.
She recently made her concerto debuts in St. Petersburg and Dublin.
Concerto A piece in which an instrument (or ensemble) contrasts with an orchestral ensemble.
The RKO studios had nearly finished the shooting of dangerous moonlight when they approached Rachmaninov himself for permission to use his Piano Concerto No.2.
The second volume, consisting of the Italian Concerto and the French overture, duly appeared in 1735.
Ella, who spent 15,000 hours from the age of six to 18 practicing the piano, has written a piano concerto.
From 1997 to 2002 she was leader of The English Concert with whom she toured throughout the world, often as concerto soloist.
The work is more in the form of a large trio sonata in four movements rather than a conventional concerto.
He has broadcast as a soloist in many recitals and concertos, including a concerto performance at the Promenade concerts.
One might even consider Smita 's Concertino the most difficult pre-20th century trombone concerto ever written.
His most recent work, a trumpet concerto, was premiered by the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra in 1996.
The Music Bayo 's way is really a miniature tuba concerto in one movement.
What 's the most popular recording of the William Walton viola concerto?
He presented the work to Joachim who was working with Brahms on details of his violin concerto.
Renowned violist Jane Atkins performs the Viola concerto, a work long close to her heart.
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Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor might not have the same appeal to someone who likes Bob Dylan.
Works like The Magic Flute and the Clarinet Concerto K 662 were written during this arduous time period.
He went back to the cabinet and found a concerto in d-minor.
His recent bassoon concerto was recorded on the ASV CD of English bassoon concerto was recorded on the ASV CD of English bassoon concerti.
Music Scholars normally perform a complete concerto with orchestra in the Sixth Form.
The piano concerto was played with similar virtues to the fore.
There are numerous styles of classical music from symphony to concerto to opera and classical music pieces have only increased in difficulty over the years.
The compositions belonging to the period of his residence at Weimar comprise two pianoforte concertos, in E flat and in A, the " Todtentanz," the " Concerto pathetique " for two pianos, the solo sonata " An Robert Schumann," sundry " Etudes," fifteen " Rhapsodies Hongroises," twelve orchestral " Poemes symphoniques, " " Eine Faust Symphonie," and " Eine Symphonie zu Dante's ` Divina Commedia,' " the " 13th Psalm " for tenor solo, chorus and orchestra, the choruses to Herder's dramatic scenes " Prometheus," and the " Missa solennis " known as the " Graner Fest' Messe."