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concerto

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


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Bruch’s Fantasy is devilishly difficult to perform, but like Beethoven’s concerto, its difficulty lies in the vulnerability it requires of the soloist more than in feats of technical éclat.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

The name reflects the offensive's four stages, or seasons - like the Italian composer's violin concerto.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 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

Leading the pessimist concerto, Bloomberg News claimed that a “diving stock market” and $100-a-barrel crude could augur a financial crisis as catastrophic as the 2008-09 crash.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 15, 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

I probably played the four Mozart horn concerti a thousand times apiece.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2017

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, the troubled, nervous, modern man, wrote with fluency fugues and double fugues, chaconnes and passacaglie, concerti grossi and variations.

From Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers by Paul Rosenfeld

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

"There's so many strings in there that can wander out of tune, especially when you're playing big piano concertos," Terry explains.

From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2025

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2025

A rare performance of one of the piano’s most gargantuan concertos.

From New York Times ● May 2, 2024

Whether I play the blues or boogies, concertos or cantatas, I forget about me.

From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper


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