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concertante
(redirected from Sinfonia concertante)

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concertante [ˌkɒntʃəˈtæntɪ] Music
adj
(Music / Classical Music) characterized by contrasting alternating tutti and solo passages
n pl -ti [-tɪ]
(Music / Classical Music) a composition characterized by such contrasts
[from Italian, from concertare to perform a concert, from concerto concert]


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The orchestra played Beethoven's Egmont Overture, Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante for violin and viola, Mendelssohn's Hebrides Overture and Schubert's Unfinished Symphony.
518 in Ranchos de Taos), and includes Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante for violin and viola as well as Weiss' Crossroad for String Orchestra and Tower's A Gift for piano and woodwind ensemble.
Barenboim arrived on the platform with the four soloists for Haydn's Sinfonia Concertante in B flat, which might have been chosen to throw focus on the players rather than their star conductor.
 
 
 
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