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  Concerto grosso - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The concerto grosso (plural concerti grossi) (Italian for big concert) was a popular form of baroque music using an ensemble and usually having four to six movements in which the musical material is passed between a small group of soloists (the concertino) and full orchestra (the ripieno).
The form was probably developed around 1680 by Alessandro Stradella, who seems to have written the first music in which a "concertino" and "ripieno" are combined in the characteristic way, though he did not use the term "concerto grosso".
Corelli's concertino consisted of two violins and a cello, with a string orchestra serving as ripieno, both accompanied by a basso continuo.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Concerto_grosso   (387 words)

  
 Girolamo Dalla Casa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The sonorous acoustical environment of this basilica was the center of activity of the Venetians.
Giovanni Gabrieli clearly had Dalla Casa's group in mind for much of his music, and the Dalla Casas are presumed to have played in many the elaborate polychoral compositions of the time.
Being a smaller group of virtuoso instrumentalists playing in contrast to larger instrumental and vocal forces arrayed around them, and being in the center of a hugely influential stylistic movement, they functioned as an early form of concertino.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Girolamo_Dalla_Casa   (384 words)

  
 Concertino - Press Release 2004-12-14
The Concertino is a combination of a tube based audio-amplifier and full range speakers designed and tuned exclusively for use with Apple's iPod.
What makes Concertino unique is his perfect sound in spite of its amazingly small size and its modern form.
The Concertino is compatible to iPod models of the generations 1 through 4, iPod mini as well as AirPort Express.
www.goldster-audio.com /concertino/concertino_press_release_041214.html   (629 words)

  
 CONCERTO FOR TURNTABLE www.concertoforturntable.com
In the beginning of the Baroque, as ensemble music was transforming into orchestral music, groups of solo instruments began to separate from the larger group of instruments.
The word concertino began to surface and was used to designate a small group of instruments.
Francesco Usper is the first composer documented to separate a smaller group of two violins in concertino in the score of Compositioni armoniche nella quail si contengono motetti, sinfonie, sonate, canzoni caprici (1619).
www.djradar.com /cft/history.asp   (1253 words)

  
 The Organ Connection - Development of the Concerto
This particular volume of music however had little in common with the modern concerto, it did not have a soloist or a solo group of instruments, and in fact the term was used to suggest the use of a large ensemble of instruments.
The concertino is the solo instrumental group in a concerto grosso.
The ripieno group was usually composed of a dozen or more players while the concertino is generally only three players, usually two violins and a cello, although occasionally other instruments were used.
www.acssoftware.co.uk /organ/concerto.htm   (3695 words)

  
 Ripieni
Concertino = a group of vocal lines, each sung by one person.
Instead of doubling part or all of the vocal line in a movement, such a ripieno group (if participating in the performance at all) was standing elsewhere, reading from their own set of parts; and such a separate set of parts for ripieno singers exists for fewer than 10% of the extant Bach vocal works.
If any additional singers beyond the four of the concertino group also learned the parts, they were understudies (substitutes), not expected to sing along in performance as if it were "the more, the merrier", or to make the vocal lines louder against the orchestra (as if such doubling would even accomplish that at all).
www.bach-cantatas.com /Topics/Ripieni.htm   (5696 words)

  
 Concert Band celebrates 45 years with fanfare
San Miguel describes her commission as "a programmatic piece based on the spirit of the four Elements: Air, Earth, Water, and Fire." The four movements are played without pause, which might suggest philosophical links between each of the natural elements, except that the lack of boundaries also leaves too many details trailing.
This "concertino" group of Sara Gaucher '96, flute; Joseph Davis '96, bassoon; Scott Berkenblit G, trumpet; Alan Pierson '96, celesta; and Childs on piano performed beautifully as a mini-entity.
The piece might have been more effective for this small group alone; Childs' strength seems to lie in small-ensemble composition, and much of the full-orchestra work got in the way of his characteristically clean lines.
www-tech.mit.edu /V114/N26/band.26a.html   (916 words)

  
 New Jersey Symphony Orchestra   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
He generally used a small group (concertino) of three players, consisting of two violins and one cello.
His concertino sections, those reserved for the group of three soloists, tend to be brief, with balanced, foursquare material.
Tippett’s scoring is distinctly Baroque: an identical concertino group of two violins and one cello, plus two groups of the remaining strings.
www.njsymphony.org /ProgramNotes/NotesCL7.htm   (1635 words)

  
 Bach Choir of Bethlehem
Among Bach’s influences in instrumental writing were a group of Italian composers who were Bach’s approximate contemporaries (or very near predecessors, separated by very few years), including (most especially) Vivaldi.
The episodes which fall between statements of the ritornello are performed by the concertino; these passages are more virtuosic, and may sound improvised, even when they are written out.
The first episode (concertino section) introduces the first new idea: descending, stepwise eighth notes, which might appear to slow down the motion, were it not for the continuous activity of the harpsichord.
www.bach.org /bach101/instrumental/brandenberg5.html   (944 words)

  
 Bach Choir of Bethlehem
A group of soloists comprise the smaller group, entitled the concertino (meaning little concerto group).
Some composers, like Archangelo Corelli (1653-1713), always used the same instruments in the concertino (for Corelli, it was always two violins and cello, plus continuo).
Whereas in the previous movement, we could sometimes not distinguish between the ripieno and the concertino, in the second movement this issue is moot.
www.bach.org /bach101/instrumental/brandenberg_2.html   (971 words)

  
 PRO ARTE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Concertino for Contrabass and Orchestra was written in 2000 for Edwin Barker (principal contrabassist * Boston Symphony Orchestra), the Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Boston, and Gunther Schuller.
Pro Arte is a very professional orchestra founded by a group of talented musicians with ideals.
He has been involved in the founding and direction of the Hellenic Group of Contemporary Music in Athens, the Alea II New Music Ensemble at Stanford University, and other new-music ensembles in Utah and Philadelphia.
www.proarte.org /notes/Nov00.htm   (2457 words)

  
 Concertino   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Concertino sets a concertino group consisting of oboe and cor anglais against three ripieno groups.
The piece is based on three motifs, a cromatic decending motif, a turn motif and an augmented fourth; the three groups interact, passing material around antiphonally and playing contrasting material.
This conflict is hightened by use of spacial effects (the concertino group at the centre and the two ripieno groups at either side of the stage).
www.sibeliusmusic.com /cgi-bin/show_score.pl?scoreid=41803   (181 words)

  
 Bernstein's Studio - Young People's Concerts - What is a Concerto?
He spent about thirty years of his life as director of music in a girls' school, where he had a fine all-female chorus, and a strange all-female orchestra made up of whatever instruments the girls happened to be able to play.
See, as time went on, the number of solo players in the concertino group grew smaller and smaller; but therefore their importance as soloists grew larger and larger.
So now we arrive at a magnificent concerto by Mozart for only two solo instruments, a viola and a violin (as we saw before, no composer seems to be able to do without his solo violin); and, as you'll hear, they really get to show their stuff.
www.leonardbernstein.com /studio/element.asp?id=385   (2546 words)

  
 Hifi Choice - Review   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Perhaps times are changing, because this new Concertino is coming to the UK at an altogether less expensive £599 - not exactly a mainstream price, but certainly more widely accessible than previous offerings.
The Concertino delivers a beautifully smooth and flat in-room response, albeit with relatively modest sensitivity and limited sub-40Hz bass output.
In terms of sheer neutrality, the Concertino is probably the best in the test.
www.hifichoice.co.uk /archive/perl/594_printreview.htm   (586 words)

  
 Xylophone - Background, History, Raw Materials, The Manufacturing Process, Quality Control, Byproducts/Waste
The xylophone is a component of the percussion section of an orchestra and many instrumental groups.
They inserted membranes between the bars and resonators to give the instrument a buzzing sound; these membranes were made of spider cocoons or cigarette papers.
In the seventeenth century, African instrumentalists took the xylophone with them to Central America where it was modified and became known as the marimba.
www.madehow.com /Volume-6/Xylophone.html   (2453 words)

  
 Ludwig van Beethoven - Triple Concerto   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The solo group in the Triple Concerto is comprised of a piano, a violin, and a cello.
This familiarity with the three instruments no doubt served him well, as in the extensive concertino sections, he fully exploits the various instruments' distinct personalities.
It is often said that this concerto was intended for Beethoven's young piano student, the Archduke Rudolf, youngest brother of the Austrian emperor.
w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de /cmp/beethoven_triple_con.html   (455 words)

  
 April 23, 2005 Program Notes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
This latter set, conceived as a group, was written during a short period, September-October 1739, and was published in London, April 1740.
The second movement, a masterful, vigorous fugue, employs the solo group (concertino).
Symphony No. 104 in D, the last of the group, has been variously nicknamed “London” or “Salomon” and was first heard on an all-Haydn program at the King’s Theatre on May 4, 1795 led by the composer.
www.andrews.edu /~mack/pnotes/apr2305.html   (1071 words)

  
 Pieces To Keep Me Going - Forums
From the Grade 8 - Brahms Sonata in Eb, Gomez Lorito and the Alan Ridout Concertino.
Other good pieces which you might enjoy are the Weber Concertino, Stamitz Concerto in Eb, Paul Harris Sonata da Camera and Weber Grand Duo Concertant.
I like the Graham Lyons sonata!! I'm playing that and whatever number the study is in the James Rae book for my Grade 7.
forums.abrsm.org /index.php?showtopic=2589   (400 words)

  
 Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra | Purchase Tickets | Calendar | Piece
Visiting Florence, Venice, and Rome, he met such leading composers as Corelli and the Scarlattis, while familiarizing himself with Italian musical expression, particularly the baroque instrumental form known as "concerto grosso." Essential to this form is the interplay of a small group of solo instrumentalists ("concertino") with a larger group ("ripieno").
A few years later, Handel settled in London at a time when the English public was strongly attracted to Italian music.
As with most of the twelve works in this opus, No. 1 features a concertino group of two violins and cello against a larger body of strings and continuo (low strings and harpsichord).
milwaukeesymphony.org /purchasetickets/calendar/piece.asp?id=60043307   (419 words)

  
 Accordion news : The Squeeze   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The accordion quintet "Concertino" from Vilnius, Lithuania can look back at many national and international prizes, tours through numerous countries in the former Eastern block and Western Europe.
From January 11th to 16th the ensemble is touring in Germany at the invitation of the accordion club Wiesbaden e.V. and "Project-art".
Their goal is to provide and organise concerts and other events for the accordion music scene with very high musical standards.
www.accordions.com /index/squ/squ_97_01_17.shtml   (2021 words)

  
 Johann Sebastian Bach : The Brandenburg Concerts Nos. 4,5&6; Flute Sonata No.3
Instead of a concertino group or a solo instrument contrasting with the full orchestra we find here three equally balanced groups, consisting offish, medium and low voices, which converse with and echo one another and, time and again, blend their voices in unison.
It may be defined as a variant type of concerto grassy, in which the concertino is not an independent body of constant size set against a main body of sound, likewise of constant size, but rather a body of sound which gradually emerges from the main group.
Its concertino group consists of a flaring (high trumpet), flute, oboe and violin, the ripieno group being the main body of strings.
ooz.tripod.com /cd/htm/A410060C4693D.htm   (14958 words)

  
 Concertino '99 Progress Report 1
Programming for ConCertino '99 promises to be filled to the brim.
Our Con Chair has foolishly promised that there will be 100 guests attending ConCertino '99; hence the infamous "100 in '99" buttons which you may have seen.
Call 1-800-635-3996 and mention ConCertino for $60.00/night rate for rooms, 1-4 occupants.
www.concertino.net /pr1.html   (755 words)

  
 Define Concertina? - Concertina.net Discussion Forums
However, I have not found it in a catalog of Elgar's published works.
Just to muddy the waters a bit more, concertino refers to the larger ensembe that is juxtaposed with the solo instrument (Solo Concerto) or small ensemble (Concerto Grosso).
Length is not prescribed, only form (two musical forces contending with one another from the Latin verb concertare).
www.concertina.net /forums/index.php?showtopic=1070   (912 words)

  
 Sorin LERESCU - compozitor
Professional activity: In 1982 he founded the TRAIECT New Music Group (ATM Prize in 1983).
During its over 20 years of musical activity, TRAIECT has introduced to the public, both at home and abroad, a large number of contemporary works, covering a broad spectrum of styles and aesthetic trends characteristic to the new music.
CANTATA I for 3 concertino groups, tenor, barytone and vocal group of children (1979)
www.cimec.ro /Muzica/Pers/LerescuSeng.htm   (2666 words)

  
 Records International Catalogue August 1998   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Hilda Sehested is unknown to us; unfortunately the meager liner notes omit her date of death but this septet (the longest here at 2 minutes, dating from 1904) shows an attractive late Romantic spirit and will make one curious to know more about her.
In the late 1930s, she arranged a group of American folk-songs in an interesting rapprochement between modernist idioms and oral tradition.
Blechinger is another young composer who has returned to consonant, approachable music and is the founder of a Vienna group of composers called "Harmonia Classica" dedicated to the same ideal.
www.recordsinternational.com /RICatalogAug98.html   (10383 words)

  
 Andrew Ford compositions
First performance by Gerald English (tenor and conductor) and the Seymour Group, Barrie Kosky (producer), Michael A R Anderson (designer)
For concertino group, string quintet, string octet and three orchestras
Concertino: vibraphone (also side drum), celesta, harp, electronic organ
pandora.nla.gov.au /pan/45570/20041028/www.andrewford.net.au/comps.htm   (2030 words)

  
 An Archive of Past Events
Among his creative output is a Concertino for Viola and String Orchestra (1988), Metamorphosis for violin and piano (1995), and the opera Augusto Matraga (1996).
The choral group also performed a Spring program entitled "EN UN CRUCERO POR EL CARIBE," with a pre-concert lecture by Marvette Pérez, curator of Latino Studies and Latino History at the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.
Their works represent a wide variety of styles and instrumentations, as noted by the participating performing groups “Silvestre Revueltas” Brass Quintet; the Grupo Onix Nuevo Ensamble de México; Cuarteto de Querdas Ruso-Americano; as well as by guitarists, flutist, oboist, clarinetist, harpist, pianist, and vocalist in solo and ensemble performance of the works premiered.
lamc.cua.edu /an_archive_of_past_events.cfm   (7480 words)

  
 Newport Classic - 11 Willow street, Newport RI 02840  - The Composers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Includes Concertino da Camera, Concerto for Violincello and Wind Instruments, Divertissements and Symphonie Concertante for Oboe and String Orchestra.
Best known for his concert/lectures extolling the music of P.D.Q Bach, composer, musician, author, satirist, Peter Schickele is internationally recognized as one of the most versatile artists in the field of music.
This particular CD of contemporary Mexican choral music came out of two visits to Mexico City: the first with Gregg Smith alone and the second a five day residency in January 1996 with the whole group, performing two concerts and giving several workshops.
www.newport-cd.com /newcomp.htm   (4978 words)

  
 MHN Instrument Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
20th century compositions featuring the clarinet include Elliott Carter's "Quintet for Piano and Winds", Witold Lutoslawski's "Dance Preludes", Matyas Seiber's "Concertino for Clarinet and String Orchestra" and Ferruccio Busoni's "Suite for Clarinet and String Quartet in G minor".
Among the many Klezmer recording artists are the Klezmer Conservatory Band (Boston, MA), the Klezmatics and the Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band (Toronto, Ont.)
Musical Instruments of the World: An Illustrated Encyclopedia by the Diagram Group.
www.si.umich.edu /chico/instrument/pages/clrnt_gnrl.html   (464 words)

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