concerto

Example Sentences

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To test it, he played a Tchaikovsky concerto, spanning its high and middle registers, finding sounds he “didn’t even know violins were capable of.”

From Los Angeles Times

A double concerto adds two soloists to the orchestra, and the Ives has five: four flutists and a trumpeter.

From New York Times

After all, as a younger pianist she sometimes played three concertos in a single concert, a phenomenon not often heard today.

From Seattle Times

As Oram’s score, which is used before and between the concerto movements, growls more ominously, a dancer in a voluminous coat and high heels steps on to the stage, shouting.

From New York Times

He didn’t want his first concerto recording with Decca to be of French music — “It’s not your passport that makes your repertoire,” he said — so, he programmed Liszt.

From New York Times