concerto examples

Handels concerto grosso op.6 no.2 in f major

• first composer to establish cadenza which has other ideas heard in the piece

bach brandenburg no.5

• keyborad solo
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49IOKnhX0Sk 5.55

Beethoven piano concerto in C minor

• 3 movments
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEH17GCig34

Beethoven piano concerto in Eb

• cadenza is written out
• mov. 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PomqutCkk4w&feature=relmfu
• mov. 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkR47ys6DRw&feature=relmfu

Mendelsshon violin concerto

• cadenza was written out and moved to the end of the development
• single exposition
• movements linked together by bassoon
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pmj7nCRYNs4

weber's concerto stuck for piano and orchestra

• movements strung together to create one piece

mendelesshon piano concerto in G minor and D minor

• cadenza was ommited altogether
• movements linked together by bassoon
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwdXzivnbu0 - in G minor

  tchaikovsky piano concerto no.1 in B minor

  • soloist led to increased elements of contrast and display
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZBpPFt8EcE

  liszt's piano concerto in Eb

  • use of single subject throughout all movements
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGCOQcEPzho

strauss horn concerto

• influence of mozart and baroque and classical principles
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BnAb-k8cDs

Gershwin piano concerto in F

• explored other 20th century styles (jazz)

bloch conerto grosso no.2 for strings and piano

• use of concerto grosso

Motorbike Odyssey or Trombone Concerto

• unusual instruments trombone solo
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UC7J41MXTro

max bruch violin concerto in Gminor

• movements linked together

berg violin concerto

• only two movements, number of movements varied
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQpmYpRURXg

Rachmaninou piano concerto no.3

• virtuosity taken to extremes
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oA0kXDMKiLg

stravinsky dumbarton oaks concerto for fifteen instruments

• use of conerto grosso