concerto
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This is meant not as a concerto in which the soloist stands as an individual against the masses but, rather, as a partner.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 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
In “Murmurs of Time,” Hussain created a kind of tabla concerto.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2025
Suddenly, as the orchestra rehearsed the Saint-Saëns second piano concerto, the maestro walked angrily off the stage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025
He was playing a piano concerto at Lincoln Center.
From "Confessions of a Murder Suspect" by James Patterson
He made a playlist of about 30 classic concerti, narrowed that down to 20 and listened obsessively.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 28, 2019
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
He writes fugues for organs and sonatas for violin solo under the influence of Bach, concerti grossi under the influence of Haendel, variations under that of Mozart, sonatas under that of Brahms.
From Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers by Rosenfeld, Paul
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
The composer Olga Neuwirth doesn’t tend to call her works anything as straightforward as symphonies or concertos.
From New York Times ● Apr. 21, 2024
Soft piano or violin concertos with orchestral accompaniments work well.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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