Concerto for Orchestra
Although a concerto is usually a piece of music for one or more solo instruments accompanied by a full orchestra, several composers have written works with the apparently contradictory title Concerto for Orchestra. This title is usually chosen to emphasise soloistic and virtuosic treatment of various individual instruments or sections in the orchestra, with emphasis on instruments changing during the piece.
For the distinction between the concerto for orchestra and the sinfonia concertante genres (or: forms, see sinfonia concertante.
A well known concerto for orchestra is the one by Béla Bartók (1943), although the title had been used several times before.
Goffredo Petrassi made the concerto for orchestra something of a speciality, writing eight of them since 1933. He finished the last one in 1972.
For symphony orchestra
This list is chronological.
- Concerto for Strings in G major, RV 151, Concerto alla rustica, by Antonio Vivaldi (between the mid-1720s and 1730)
- Concerto for Orchestra, Op. 38, by Paul Hindemith (1925)[1]
- Concerto for Orchestra, by Vagn Holmboe (1929)
- Concerto for Orchestra, by Tadeusz Szeligowski (1930)
- Concerto for Orchestra, Op. 43, by Adolf Busch (published 1931)[2]
- Concerto for Orchestra, by Gian Francesco Malipiero (1931)
- Concerto for Orchestra, Op. 24, by Knudåge Riisager (1931)
- Philharmonic Concerto, by Paul Hindemith (1932)
- Concerto per orchestra in Do maggiore, by Mario Pilati (1933)
- Concerto for Orchestra, by Walter Piston (1933), which is based in part on Hindemith's work
- Concerto per orchestra, Op. 61, by Alfredo Casella (1937)
- Concerto for Orchestra, by Zoltán Kodály (1939–40)
- Concerto for Orchestra (Based on Red Army Themes), by Richard Mohaupt (1942–43)
- Concerto for Orchestra, by Béla Bartók (1943)
- Concerto No.1 for Orchestra 'Arevakal', Op. 88, by Alan Hovhaness (1951)
- Concerto No.7 for Orchestra, Op. 116, by Alan Hovhaness (1953)
- Concerto for Orchestra, by Witold Lutosławski (1950–54), which won him the UNESCO 1st prize in 1963.
- Concerto No.8 for Orchestra, Op. 117, by Alan Hovhaness (1957)
- Concerto for Orchestra, by Giya Kancheli (1961)
- Concerto for Orchestra, by Grażyna Bacewicz (1962)
- Concerto for Orchestra, by Michael Tippett (1962–63)
- Concerto for Orchestra No. 1, by Rodion Shchedrin (1963), subtitled "Naughty Limericks"
- Métaboles, by Henri Dutilleux (1964)
- Concerto for Orchestra, by Havergal Brian (1964)
- Concerto for Orchestra, by Roberto Gerhard (1965)
- Concerto for Orchestra, Op. 8, by Robin Holloway (1967)
- Concerto for Orchestra, by Thea Musgrave (1967)
- Concerto for Orchestra by Oliver Knussen (1969)
- Concerto for Orchestra, by Elliott Carter (1969)[3]
- Concerto for Orchestra by Aleksandra Pakhmutova (1971)
- Concerto for orchestra, by Anthony Payne (1974)
- Philharmonic Concerto, Op. 120, by Malcolm Arnold (1976)
- Second Concerto for Orchestra, Op. 40, by Robin Holloway (1978)
- Concerto for Orchestra, by Roger Sessions (1979–81), which won him the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1982.[4][5]
- Concerto for Orchestra, by John McCabe (1982)
- Concerto for Orchestra, by Stephen Paulus (1983)[6]
- Concerto for Orchestra, by Edward Gregson (1983) (revised versions 1989 and 2001)
- Concerto for Orchestra, by Robert Saxton (1984)
- Concerto for Orchestra, by Karel Husa (1986)
- Concerto for Orchestra No. 1, by Steven Stucky (1986–87)[7]
- Concerto for Orchestra, by Leonard Bernstein (1986–89), which is also known as "Jubilee Games" for orchestra and baritone.
- Concerto for Orchestra (Variations without a theme), by Denys Bouliane (1985–95)
- Concerto for Orchestra, by Joan Tower (1991)[8]
- Third Concerto for Orchestra, Op. 80, by Robin Holloway (1981–94)
- Concerto for Orchestra – Zoroastrian Riddles, by Richard Danielpour (1996)
- Strathclyde Concerto No. 10: Concerto for Orchestra, by Peter Maxwell Davies (1996)
- Concerto for Orchestra (reseated), by Augusta Read Thomas (1998)
- Concerto for Orchestra, by Stanisław Skrowaczewski (1999)[9]
- Concerto for Orchestra, by Menachem Zur (2001–2002) (revised version 2010)
- Boston Concerto, by Elliott Carter (2002)[10]
- Concerto for Orchestra by Jennifer Higdon (2002)[11]
- Yi°: Concerto for Orchestra, by Tan Dun (2002)
- Concerto for Orchestra, Op. 81 by Lowell Liebermann (2002)
- Concerto for Orchestra, by Magnus Lindberg (2003)
- Second Concerto for Orchestra, by Steven Stucky (2003), which won him the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 2005[12]
- Concerto for Orchestra, by David Horne (2003–04)
- Concerti for Orchestra, by Milton Babbitt (2004)
- Concierto para orquestra, by Agustí Charles (2004)
- Fourth Concerto for Orchestra, Op. 101 by Robin Holloway (2004–06)
- Concerto for Orchestra, by Christopher Rouse (2007–2008)[13]
- Concerto for Orchestra, by Rolf Martinsson (2008)
- Symphony No. 5 (Concerto for Orchestra), by Ellen Taaffe Zwilich (2008)
- Fifth Concerto for Orchestra, Op. 107, by Robin Holloway (2009–10)
- Morning in Long Island, Concert n°1 for orchestra, by Pascal Dusapin (2011)
- Concerto for Orchestra, by Marc Neikrug (2012)[14]
- Godai; The five elements, Concerto for orchestra by Benjamin Staern (2012-13)
- Concerto for Orchestra, by Thierry Escaich (2014)
For string orchestra
- Concerto for Double String Orchestra (1938–39), by Michael Tippett
- Concerto in D, by Igor Stravinsky (1946)
- Concerto for String Orchestra, by Grażyna Bacewicz (1948)
- Concerto for String Orchestra, by Alan Rawsthorne (1949)
- Concerto per corde, by Alberto Ginastera (1966)
For chamber orchestra
- Chamber Concerto for Piano and Violin with 13 Wind Instruments, by Alban Berg (1923-25)
- Concerto for Chamber Orchestra, by George Antheil (1932)
- Chamber Concerto, for 13 instrumentalists, by György Ligeti (1969–70)
- Kammerkonzert by Manfred Trojahn (1973)
- Concerto for Orchestra, by John Woolrich (1999)
- Asko Concerto, by Elliott Carter (2000)[15]
For wind orchestra
- Concerto for Wind Orchestra, by Colin McPhee (1959)
- Concerto for Wind Orchestra, Op. 41, by Nikolai Lopatnikoff (1963)
References
- ↑ Concerto for Orchestra, Paul Hindemith, Schott Music
- ↑ "Busch, Adolf", Hofmeisters Musikalisch-literarischer Monatsbericht, January 1931, p. 56
- ↑ Service, Tom (April 30, 2012). "A guide to Elliott Carter's music". The Guardian. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
- ↑ Olmstead, Andrea (August 6, 2012). Roger Sessions: A Biography. Routledge. pp. 366–367. ISBN 1135868921.
- ↑ Kihss, Peter (May 11, 1982). "Sessions, Sylvia Plath and Updike Are Among Pulitzer Prize Winners". The New York Times. Retrieved May 11, 2015.
- ↑ Concerto for Orchestra, Stephen Paulus, Schott Music
- ↑ Webster, Daniel (September 21, 1988). "Reflecting The Image Of Muti Orchestra's Season Starts Tomorrow Night.". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia Media Network. Retrieved January 21, 2016.
- ↑ Tower, Joan (1991). "Concerto for Orchestra". G. Schirmer Inc. Retrieved January 21, 2016.
- ↑ Dobrin, Peter (April 14, 1999). "Phone Call Brings A Pulitzer, Credibility". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved January 21, 2016.
- ↑ Carter, Elliott (2002). "Boston Concerto". Boosey & Hawkes. Retrieved January 30, 2016.
- ↑ Farach-Colton, Andrew (April 2004). "Higdon Concerto for Orchestra; City Scape". Gramophone. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
- ↑ Child, Fred (April 5, 2005). "Steven Stucky Wins Pulitzer Prize for Music". NPR. Retrieved May 11, 2015.
- ↑ Kosman, Joshua (August 4, 2008). "Cabrillo composers morph the orchestra". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved May 11, 2015.
- ↑ Kozinn, Allan (April 27, 2012). "Every Instrument Has the Spotlight: The New York Philharmonic at Avery Fisher Hall". The New York Times. Retrieved June 17, 2015.
- ↑ Tommasini, Anthony (April 27, 2002). "MUSIC REVIEW; Catching Up With Elliott Carter". The New York Times. Retrieved February 22, 2016.