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How to pronounce concerto in English?

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Type of classical, classical music, serious music
Has types concerto grosso

Examples of concerto

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The standing ovation that met the end of the concerto was like a wall of energy.
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On Saturday, Ola Herasymenko Oliynyk, 52, will play the bandura in the concerto.
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The result is not a collision but a concerto and, for audiences, harmonic bliss.
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This piece actually is the first piano concerto for me to play with a orchestra.
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It will also showcase the winner of the orchestra's first concerto competition.
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A speak-easy owner wants to use a composer's piano concerto in a Broadway show.
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The fluidity, grace and good manners of his playing fit the concerto perfectly.
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The L.A. Philharmonic can, and has been known to, play the concerto in its sleep.
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After the news, it felt as though I had not performed the concerto in 10 years.
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More examples
  • A composition for orchestra and a soloist
  • A concerto (from the concerto, plural concerti or, often, the anglicised form concertos) as a musical work is a composition usually in three parts or movements, in which (usually) one solo instrument (for instance, a piano or violin) is accompanied by an orchestra. ...
  • A concerto (from the Italian: concerto, plural concerti or, often, the anglicised form concertos) is a musical composition, whose characteristics have changed over time. In the 17th century, "sacred works for voices and orchestra were typically called concertos." J. S...
  • Concerto is a live album by Roxy Music. All tracks were recorded during the group's "Manifesto Tour" at The Rainbow Music Hall, Denver, Colorado on April 12, 1979, except for Mother of Pearl and Editions of You, which were recorded earlier that month at the Oakland Auditorium, Oakland, ...
  • Concerto was a Canadian music television miniseries which aired on CBC Television in 1976.
  • Anton Webern's Concerto for Nine Instruments Op. 24 ('''', 1934) is a twelve tone concerto for nine instruments: flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, trumpet, trombone, violin, viola, and piano; containing three movements: I. Etwas lebhaft, II. Sehr langsam, and III. ...
  • (Concertos (1997 album)) Concertos is the 31st album by Michael Nyman, released in 1997 featuring three concerti commissioned from Nyman, the Mazda-sponsored Double Concerto for Saxophone and Cello, featuring John Harle and Julian Lloyd Webber, the Harpsichord Concerto for Elisabeth Chojnacka, ...
  • A piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra
  • A piece for a soloist and orchestra.