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Author: Chris P
Date: 2024-08-20 17:15
For me it's probably Dvorak's Cello Concerto or Strauss's Oboe Concerto among others, only it's difficult to pick an all time favourite what with all the great concertos out there.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: Tom H
Date: 2024-08-20 22:48
Hummel Trumpet Concerto (my brother used to play it).
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Author: davyd
Date: 2024-08-21 00:05
Favorite complete concertos: Arutunian's trumpet concerto, Vivaldi's La Primavera, Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez.
Favorite concerto movements: the 3rd movement of Dvorak's violin concerto, the 2nd movement of Grieg's piano concerto.
Favorite soloist pieces that are not designated as concertos: Saint-saens's Havanaise, Dvorak's Romanza, Tchaikovsky's Rococo Variations
Favorite beyond category: Ellington's Concerto for Cootie
Post Edited (2024-08-21 01:22)
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Author: kdk
Date: 2024-08-21 01:23
I'll second Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez. My other would be the Sibelius Violin Concerto.
Karl
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Author: brycon
Date: 2024-08-21 04:22
There are so many beautiful concertos (and many I like more than the standard clarinet ones!). I assume the OP isn't talking about the older concerto grosso style pieces, so I'll exclude Corelli, Handel, and Bach.
Probably my favorite concertos to play in the orchestra are the Rachmaninoffs: so many great woodwind moments! Another that I love, because of personal reasons, is the Beethoven C minor piano concerto (no. 3). I got to play it on historical instruments with Robert Levin as the soloist. I was terrified of all the big clarinet solos, though, during the orchestral tuttis, Bob would usually look up from the keyboard and encouragingly smile as he took in the music, and also dumfounded by his improvisations during the cadenzas, lead ins, and repeats. At any rate, it was a thrill to collaborate, albeit in a small way, with one of my musical heroes.
And just to put on and listen to, I love the later Mozart piano concertos: the D minor, C minor, and A major, in particular. I don't know if any composer has captured the drama of the concerto genre as well as Mozart.
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Author: Ed
Date: 2024-08-21 05:30
Quote:
For me it's probably Dvorak's Cello Concerto
Of course, so many great ones out there, but as I read the title of this thread, the first one that popped into my head was the Dvorak Cello
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Author: donald
Date: 2024-08-21 10:32
It's pretty hard to beat the Dvorak Cello concerto, that's true.
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Author: Luuk ★2017
Date: 2024-08-21 11:38
I second the later Mozart piano concerto's (ah... the opening theme of the andante of nr. 23...).
Also Beethovens violin concerto.
Regards,
Luuk
Philips Symphonic Band
The Netherlands
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Author: donald
Date: 2024-08-21 15:49
Actually, just today I was driving in the car and heard a Violin concerto on the radio.... I found it moving, and with a real "gravitas" that I find missing in most of the clarinet repertoire... then I started thinking, I should know what this is, I THINK I've played it...
Turned out I was listening to the Samuel Barber Violin concerto, and I was in the orchestra. The Violin, Cello and Piano really have a wealth of top class repertoire. I can't think of a single Flute concerto (post Baroque) that I would like to sit through, and the Neilsen is STILL my favourite clarinet work (since I was 12 years old) though I get annoyed by the endless stream of bland and/or thoughtless interpretations inflicted upon us all.
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Author: Philip Caron
Date: 2024-08-21 16:36
Too hard for my brain to make lists like this from all the awesome choices - where to stop? Easier to say that probably the only clarinet concerto in my top ten is Mozart's. Maybe my top 20.
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Author: ruben
Date: 2024-08-21 18:30
The Samuel Barber Violin Concerto is breath-takingly beautiful. Barber is so neglected, probably because he wasn't a member of the avant-garde and was considered an anachronism.
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Author: lmliberson
Date: 2024-08-21 21:01
Is Barber programmed as often as Copland, for example? Perhaps not.
I suppose it's all subjective, but "neglected"? Hardly.
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Author: donald
Date: 2024-08-22 12:50
In my experience, hardly extensive it's true, the Barber is played more often than a warhorse like the Bruch (which I like very much, but have only ever played or heard ONCE over all the years) and about equal with the Mendelssohn (which, along with Barber, I've had the chance to play 3 times).
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Author: graham
Date: 2024-08-23 14:14
The Barber is played repeatedly in the UK. The Menotti, a better work overall IMO, is neglected.
Concertos for other instruments but with great orchestral clarinet parts are:
Barber violin in the 1st movement (but the last movement is a killer)
Sibelius Violin (both parts)
Rach 2nd piano (both parts)
Beethoven violin (slow movement)
and of course the Dvorak Cello (both parts).
The slow movement of the Breahms violin also features lovely first clarinet dovetailing with the oboe.
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Author: Dan Oberlin ★2017
Date: 2024-08-24 02:15
Prokofiev's second violin concerto, many days my favorite piece period!
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Author: Kalashnikirby
Date: 2024-08-28 17:05
Oh my, how'd you answer that with a SINGLE piece? Let's sort by instrument, to name but a few:
Horn
-all of Mozart's, but #3 for added clarinet fun
Violin
-Stravinsky, being fun, enigmatic and ballet-like
Piano
-Beethoven No.3, stern yet optimistic, rhythmical yet melodic (all virtues of Beethoven combined?)
Cello
-Dvorak, wonderfully lyrical and well orchestrated
Just from the top of my head, let's not even start with duo, triple concertos and whatnot
Best regards,
Christian
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