Concerto
noun
A music piece made for one or more solo instruments and an orchestra.
The violinist performed a beautiful concerto last night with the local orchestra.
Often appears as...
- piano concerto
- violin concerto
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Musical
noun
A music piece made for one or more solo instruments and an orchestra.
The violinist performed a beautiful concerto last night with the local orchestra.
Often appears as...
- piano concerto
- violin concerto
Usage tips
Musical
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Pro Tip 1/3Multiple Soloists
A concerto can feature multiple soloists, often called a 'double' or 'triple' concerto.
The orchestra performed a triple concerto with a violin, cello, and piano soloist.
Pro Tip 2/3Instrument Highlight
A concerto spotlights the solo instrument, showing off the player's skill and the instrument's range.
The flutist's skill was highlighted in the concerto, captivating the audience.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Significance
Certain concertos have historical or cultural significance, often linked to famous composers or periods.
Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5 is revered for its beauty and historical importance.
Pro Tip 1/3Multiple Soloists
A concerto can feature multiple soloists, often called a 'double' or 'triple' concerto.
The orchestra performed a triple concerto with a violin, cello, and piano soloist.
Pro Tip 2/3Instrument Highlight
A concerto spotlights the solo instrument, showing off the player's skill and the instrument's range.
The flutist's skill was highlighted in the concerto, captivating the audience.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Significance
Certain concertos have historical or cultural significance, often linked to famous composers or periods.
Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5 is revered for its beauty and historical importance.
Pro Tip 1/3Multiple Soloists
A concerto can feature multiple soloists, often called a 'double' or 'triple' concerto.
The orchestra performed a triple concerto with a violin, cello, and piano soloist.
Pro Tip 2/3Instrument Highlight
A concerto spotlights the solo instrument, showing off the player's skill and the instrument's range.
The flutist's skill was highlighted in the concerto, captivating the audience.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Significance
Certain concertos have historical or cultural significance, often linked to famous composers or periods.
Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5 is revered for its beauty and historical importance.
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The science of symmetry...
like a square or a triangle, or the complex pattern on a butterfly's wings. If you are artistically inclined, you might think of the subtle modulations of a Mozart concerto, or the effortless poise of a prima ballerina. When used in every day life, the word symmetry represents vague notions of beauty, harmony and balance.
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Neil Harbisson: I listen...
so I can eat my favorite song. So depending on how I display it, I can hear and I can compose music with food. So imagine a restaurant where we can have, like, Lady Gaga salads as starters. I mean, this would get teenagers to eat their vegetables, probably. And also, some Rachmaninov piano concertos
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Music and emotion...
instruments made the age of the virtuoso possible this is when those big forms arose the symphonies the sonatas the concertos and these big architectures of time composers like Beethoven could share the insights of a lifetime a piece
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A lesson in classical...
sounded the exact same I get that but over the entire course of a piece a concerto a a symphony that technique makes a huge difference let's move on to the second technique movement movement to an extent is great however a lot of
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Michael Tilson Thomas:...
made the age of the virtuoso possible. This is when those big forms arose -- the symphonies, the sonatas, the concertos. And in these big architectures of time, composers like Beethoven could share the insights of a lifetime.
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I listen to color - Neil...
music with food so imagine a restaurant where we can have like Lady Gaga's salads as starters and this would get teenagers to eat their vegetables probably and also some Rachmaninoff piano concertos as main dishes and some
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The Secret of Musical...
it was absolutely phenomenal what comes next is a career that alters history music seems to pour out of mozart symphonies operas concertos string quartets piano sonatas and more unlike beethoven and other brilliant
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The mad scientist of...
But let's move on to a piece where clearly I'm behaving myself, and that is my "Concerto for Orchestra." You're going to notice a lot of conventional instruments in this clip.
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Ben Dunlap: The...
in the last year of the composer's life. He was dying of leukemia and he knew it, and he dedicated this concerto to his wife, Dita, who was herself a concert pianist.
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Why should you listen to...
The "Winter" concerto begins with teeth chattering in the cold before one takes refuge by a crackling fire. Then it's back out into the storm
Video examples
The science of symmetry...
like a square or a triangle, or the complex pattern on a butterfly's wings. If you are artistically inclined, you might think of the subtle modulations of a Mozart concerto, or the effortless poise of a prima ballerina. When used in every day life, the word symmetry represents vague notions of beauty, harmony and balance.
Video examples
Neil Harbisson: I listen...
so I can eat my favorite song. So depending on how I display it, I can hear and I can compose music with food. So imagine a restaurant where we can have, like, Lady Gaga salads as starters. I mean, this would get teenagers to eat their vegetables, probably. And also, some Rachmaninov piano concertos
Video examples
Music and emotion...
instruments made the age of the virtuoso possible this is when those big forms arose the symphonies the sonatas the concertos and these big architectures of time composers like Beethoven could share the insights of a lifetime a piece
Video examples
A lesson in classical...
sounded the exact same I get that but over the entire course of a piece a concerto a a symphony that technique makes a huge difference let's move on to the second technique movement movement to an extent is great however a lot of
Video examples
Michael Tilson Thomas:...
made the age of the virtuoso possible. This is when those big forms arose -- the symphonies, the sonatas, the concertos. And in these big architectures of time, composers like Beethoven could share the insights of a lifetime.
Video examples
I listen to color - Neil...
music with food so imagine a restaurant where we can have like Lady Gaga's salads as starters and this would get teenagers to eat their vegetables probably and also some Rachmaninoff piano concertos as main dishes and some
Video examples
The Secret of Musical...
it was absolutely phenomenal what comes next is a career that alters history music seems to pour out of mozart symphonies operas concertos string quartets piano sonatas and more unlike beethoven and other brilliant
Video examples
The mad scientist of...
But let's move on to a piece where clearly I'm behaving myself, and that is my "Concerto for Orchestra." You're going to notice a lot of conventional instruments in this clip.
Video examples
Ben Dunlap: The...
in the last year of the composer's life. He was dying of leukemia and he knew it, and he dedicated this concerto to his wife, Dita, who was herself a concert pianist.
Video examples
Why should you listen to...
The "Winter" concerto begins with teeth chattering in the cold before one takes refuge by a crackling fire. Then it's back out into the storm
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Itzhak Perlman
Israeli Musician
When you play a concerto with a small orchestra, you don't feel it is as important as Carnegie Hall. You try to work out all the little problems. Once that's all done, trust comes in.
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Linda Lavin
American Actress
I'd forget the piece just before I went out to do the concerto, the panic was too great. This was not anything that gave me pleasure. This was fulfilling somebody else's dream.
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Joshua Bell
American Musician
The symphonies are the things that, as a soloist, I've not gotten to play. I used to travel the world playing concertos, and then I would sit and listen to the symphony.
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John Hawkins
English Businessman
This kind of prelude was succeeded by the concerto itself which he executed with a degree of spirit and firmness that no one has ever pretended to equal.
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Niccolo Paganini
Italian Musician
At a grand evening service in a church, my concerto created such a furor that the worshippers rushed out to keep the crowd outside the church quiet.
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Hilary Hahn
American Musician
It's fine with me if people want to applaud between movements of a concerto. It doesn't bother me - it's part of performance experience.
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Julian Bream
British Musician
If the orchestra's not enjoying itself, the concerto will not succeed, with the players confined to using half an inch of bow.
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Roy Orbison
American Musician
Looking back on it now, I felt that I was blessed much like the masters, I guess - the guys who wrote the concertos.
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Leila Josefowicz
Canadian Musician
It's nice not to have the majority of the attention on me like there is when playing a concerto with an orchestra.
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Zubin Mehta
Indian Musician
After conducting Wagner, Beethoven's triple concerto is like taking an Alka Seltzer.
Quote examples
Itzhak Perlman
Israeli Musician
When you play a concerto with a small orchestra, you don't feel it is as important as Carnegie Hall. You try to work out all the little problems. Once that's all done, trust comes in.
Quote examples
Linda Lavin
American Actress
I'd forget the piece just before I went out to do the concerto, the panic was too great. This was not anything that gave me pleasure. This was fulfilling somebody else's dream.
Quote examples
Joshua Bell
American Musician
The symphonies are the things that, as a soloist, I've not gotten to play. I used to travel the world playing concertos, and then I would sit and listen to the symphony.
Quote examples
John Hawkins
English Businessman
This kind of prelude was succeeded by the concerto itself which he executed with a degree of spirit and firmness that no one has ever pretended to equal.
Quote examples
Niccolo Paganini
Italian Musician
At a grand evening service in a church, my concerto created such a furor that the worshippers rushed out to keep the crowd outside the church quiet.
Quote examples
Hilary Hahn
American Musician
It's fine with me if people want to applaud between movements of a concerto. It doesn't bother me - it's part of performance experience.
Quote examples
Julian Bream
British Musician
If the orchestra's not enjoying itself, the concerto will not succeed, with the players confined to using half an inch of bow.
Quote examples
Roy Orbison
American Musician
Looking back on it now, I felt that I was blessed much like the masters, I guess - the guys who wrote the concertos.
Quote examples
Leila Josefowicz
Canadian Musician
It's nice not to have the majority of the attention on me like there is when playing a concerto with an orchestra.
Quote examples
Zubin Mehta
Indian Musician
After conducting Wagner, Beethoven's triple concerto is like taking an Alka Seltzer.
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