concertos
Virtuoso orchestral pieces
Concertos is the plural of concerto, a musical composition for orchestra featuring one or more solo instruments.
The soloist and orchestra alternate between passages, with the soloist typically given virtuosic material to showcase technical skill: She has recorded all the Beethoven piano concertos.
The Italian plural concerti also appears in formal contexts.
Changes in position
- cadenzaExtended solo passage
- soloistUnaccompanied performer
- expositionSystematic explanatory presentation
- recapitulationSummarizing what came before
allegro · adagio · rondo · tutti · coda · theme · variations · finale
Large instrumental ensemble
- conductorOne who directs musicians
- symphonyExtended composition for orchestra
- accompanimentSupplementary support element
- stringsThin flexible lines
woodwinds · brass · percussion · ensemble · philharmonic · score · baton · podium
Keyed percussion instrument
- violinBowed string instrument
- celloDeep-voiced bowed instrument
- fluteTube blown sideways
- clarinetSingle-reed woodwind instrument
oboe · trumpet · horn · viola · harp · double · triple · keyboard
Eighteenth-century Austrian composer
- BeethovenGerman classical music giant
- BrahmsRomantic German composer
- BachGerman composer surname
- VivaldiBaroque composer from Venice
Rachmaninoff · Tchaikovsky · Chopin · Grieg · Mendelssohn · Schumann · Liszt · Prokofiev
Year's quarterly divisions
- BrandenburgNortheastern German federal state
- ItalianOf or from Rome's country
- MoonlightReflected solar rays, nighttime
- WinterColdest annual season
movements
Changes in position
- cadenzaExtended solo passage
- soloistUnaccompanied performer
- expositionSystematic explanatory presentation
recapitulation · allegro · adagio · rondo · tutti · coda · theme · variations · finale · development
orchestra
Large instrumental ensemble
- conductorOne who directs musicians
- symphonyExtended composition for orchestra
- accompanimentSupplementary support element
strings · woodwinds · brass · percussion · ensemble · philharmonic · score · baton · podium · arrangement
piano
Keyed percussion instrument
clarinet · oboe · trumpet · horn · viola · harp · double · triple · keyboard · bassoon
Mozart
Eighteenth-century Austrian composer
Rachmaninoff · Tchaikovsky · Vivaldi · Chopin · Grieg · Mendelssohn · Schumann · Liszt · Prokofiev · Dvořák
Four Seasons
Year's quarterly divisions
- BrandenburgNortheastern German federal state
- ItalianOf or from Rome's country
- MoonlightReflected solar rays, nighttime
- Late RomanticismMahler, Brahms, Wagner, Bruckner, Tchaikovsky
- artsartist, creativity, expression, songs, painting
- classical musicBach, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Brahms
- instrumentalsguitar solo, guitar solos, drum solo, piano solos, drum solos
- recordingsaudio recording, albums, studio albums, video recording, live albums
- worksmasterpieces, compositions, piece, pieces, work
concertossonatas
Multi-movement classical compositions
chamber music · string quartets · piano trios · nocturnes · preludes
- concerted effortCoordinated collective action
- piano concertoWork for keyboard and orchestra
- violin concertoSolo strings with orchestra
- concerted actionOrganized collaborative undertaking
- Brandenburg ConcertosBach's six orchestral works