Concerto Kristina Kuznetsova, 751

Concerto

pl. Concerti or concertos From Italian – “agreement” From Latin – “contesting”

Three movements : fast-slow-fast

Participants: soloist and the orchestra

Concerto in Baroque epoch

Concerto grosso- is a form of baroque music in

which the musical material is passed between a small group of

soloists (the concertino) and full orchestra (the concerto

grosso).

Baroque Concerto Composers

String instruments Wind instruments

ViolinViola

Cello Harp

Oboe

Trumpet

Horn Flute

Keyboard Concertos

Harpsichord

Cello Concertos

Mozart Concertos

First Movement

Sonata Second Movement

Slow sonata or variation

Third Movement

Rondo or variation

Baroque Era XX century

Brahms- ”Concerto”

Shostakovich- “Piano Concerto”