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concerto

[kuhn-cher-toh, kawn-cher-taw] / kənˈtʃɛr toʊ, kɔnˈtʃɛr tɔ /


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“No” to the Hollywood Bowl, where a concerto lasts longer than most L.A. marriages, “no” to hiking in Fryman Canyon and certainly “no” to ballroom dancing.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 7, 2026

His account on Friday night of Mr. Salonen’s five-movement clarinet concerto “Kinēma” was an alchemic blend of technical acumen and tonal splendor in one of the composer’s most immediately enjoyable works.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 18, 2026

The opening night concert will see Korean piano sensation Yunchan Lim playing Ravel's piano concerto in G Major, and star tenor Thomas Atkins transporting the audience to France, via George Gershwin's An American In Paris.

From BBC Apr. 20, 2026

One of the concerto highlights of Dudamel’s music directorship in L.A. is a performance, eight years ago, of the concerto’s mood-shifting eloquence, for which he and Mitsuko Uchida were in wondrous accord.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 19, 2026

For the next half-century, the concerto reigned supreme, and its godfather, or archangel perhaps, was composer-violinist Arcangelo Corelli.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

Their vacation schedule brings them together in spring, summer, fall and winter — in that order, in the story — a plan that conveniently allows for Vivaldi’s well-known violin concerti to fill up the soundtrack.

From Los Angeles Times May 1, 2025

The mighty assortment of recordings of the symphonies, concerti, chamber music operas and sacred works justify the cost.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 6, 2016

They would play something like a dozen pieces each: preludes and fugues, chorales, chorale preludes, sonatas, concerti, variations, and “free” works drawn from Bach’s five decades as a working organist.

From The New Yorker Dec. 3, 2014

He will perform three Beethoven concerti, as well as piano recitals featuring a variety of repertoire.

From Seattle Times Mar. 6, 2012

Field’s training and the cast of his genius were not of a kind to enable him to excel in the larger forms of instrumental music, and his seven concerti for the pianoforte are now forgotten.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" by Various

At the retreat, no one was writing timeless concertos or the world’s greatest tragedies.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

A festival that celebrates one of the country's most popular composers Sir Malcolm Arnold will mark its 20th year by playing 20 of his concertos.

From BBC Oct. 18, 2025

Phil, Chin’s 2014 Clarinet Concerto and a pair of Brahms concertos.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 5, 2025

They’re not playing easy selections: Cole and Pawlos are playing Vivaldi concertos, Spillers is playing Seitz and Nguyen is playing Telemann.

From Seattle Times Oct. 19, 2023

Many of Wolfgang’s childhood compositions, such as the first seven of his concertos for piano and orchestra, are largely arrangements of works by other composers.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell




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