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- I had to play five pieces: a Shostakovich concerto, two Bach suites, all Tchaikovsky's Pezzo capriccioso, which was next to impossible, and a movement from Ennio Morricone's The Mission, a fun but risky choice because Yo-Yo Ma had covered this and everyone would compare.†
Chpt 5
- Will you be trying for the concerto competition?†
Chpt 11
- "That's sounding quite beautiful," Simon said toward the end of camp as he listened to me practice a movement from Hayden's Cello Concerto no. 2, a piece that had given me no end of trouble when I'd first attempted it last spring.
Chpt 11 *concerto = music written for orchestra and a solo instrumenteditor's notes: In other contexts, concerto can refer to music written for orchestra and more than one solo instrument.
- Are you using that for the concerto competition?†
Chpt 11
- Before I sent in my application, I had to practice every spare moment with Professor Christie to fine-tune the Shostakovich concerto and the two Bach suites.†
Chpt 15
Definitions:
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(1)
(concerto) music written for orchestra and one (or more) solo instruments
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)