A concert piece (; , also ) is a musical composition, in most cases in one movement, intended for performance in a concert. Usually it is written for one or more virtuoso instrumental soloists and orchestral or piano accompaniment.Konzertstück ou Concertstuck at Larousse website
In some cases concert pieces start with a separate opening movement, or are otherwise in more than one movement or section. A piece that presents itself as a miniature concerto is rather called concertino than concert piece, although in German several such concertinos are known as Konzertstücke.Arthur Hutchings. Concertino (ii) at Oxford University Press website (quoted from Grove Music Online) For instance Siegfried Wagner's Flute Concertino was published as .Siegfried Wagner: Violin Concerto & Flute Concertino at Incomplete concerto movements by Beethoven and Schubert were retroactively designated as concert pieces. Schumann's 1841 Fantasia for piano and orchestra, in form similar to Weber's Konzertstück, was later rewritten and expanded with two further movements into his Piano Concerto Op. 54.Thomas Labé. Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54: Advanced Piano Duet (2 Pianos, 4 Hands). Alfred Music, 2005. , pp. 6–7 When the soloist is a vocalist, the piece rather belongs to the concert aria genre. Some concert pieces are written for instrumental soloists exclusively, while also concert pieces for orchestra without soloist exist. In this sense as well Chopin's Allegro de concert for solo piano as Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet for orchestra can be called concert pieces.J. Murray (publisher). The Academy, Volume 34 (1888), p. 362Romeo and Juliet: Overture by Tchaikovsky at Encyclopædia Britannica website A concert overture is an overture which is conceived as a stand-alone concert piece.
Examples Arnold Bax: Concert Piece for Viola and PianoBAX: Viola Sonata / Concert Piece / Legend / Trio in 1 Movement at Naxos website Ludwig van Beethoven: Konzertstück for violin and orchestra (a.k.a. Violin Concerto movement) in C major, WoO 5 (fragment)Ludwig van Beethoven Konzertstück at Universal Edition website Rondo for piano and orchestra in B-flat major, WoO 6Hartmut Hein. Beethovens Klavierkonzerte: Gattungsnorm und individuelle Konzeption, Issue 48. Franz Steiner Verlag, 2001. p. 134 Franz Berwald: Franz Berwald: Konzertstück for Bassoon and Orchestra at Musopen website Max Bruch: , in two movements, Op. 84Album Reviews: BRUCH, M.: Violin Concerto No. 1 / Konzertstuck / Romance, Op. 42 (Fedotov, Russian Philharmonic, Yablonsky) at Naxos website Ferruccio Busoni: , BV 236 (Op. 31a)Busoni: Works for Piano and Orchestra at Cécile Chaminade: , Op. 40 Hugo Distler: Konzertstück for piano and orchestra, Op. post.Distler, Hugo: Konzertstück für Klavier und Orchester op. post. at Bärenreiter website George Enescu: George Enescu: Konzertstück for Viola and Piano at Musopen website Carl Filtsch: Konzertstück for piano and orchestraEuropäische Erstaufführung: Konzertstück für Klavier und Orchester des „siebenbürgischen Wunderkindes“ Carl Filtsch at Friedrich Grützmacher: Two for cello and piano, Op. 32 Paul Hindemith: Konzertstück (also known as Concertino)Thomas B. Holmes, Thom Holmes. Electronic and Experimental Music: Pioneers in Technology and Composition. Psychology Press, 2002. , p. 67 for Trautonium (or clarinet) and stringsStephen Luttmann. Paul Hindemith: A Research and Information Guide. Routledge, 2013 (2nd revised edition) , p. 475 Konzertstück for two alto saxophonesSimon Waldvogel. Das Konzertstück für zwei Altsaxophone (1933) von Paul Hindemith in Rohrblatt, Schorndorf 9 (1994), 3, pp. 96–98 Mauricio Kagel: Konzertstück for timpani and orchestraKonzertstück : für Pauken und Orchester, Opus 1.991 — Concert piece for orchestraKagel: Opus 1.991 – Concert piece for orchestra at Felix Mendelssohn: Concert Pieces An amusing story and a serious problem – On Mendelssohn’s first concert piece for clarinet, basset horn and piano at G. Henle Verlag website and Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809–1847): Concert Piece No. 2 in D minor MWV Q 24 (Op. 114) at Breitkopf website for clarinet, basset horn and piano (or orchestra). Carl Reinecke: Konzertstück for piano and orchestra, Op. 33Carl Heinrich Reinecke: Konzertstück Op.33 für Klavier & Orchester at Camille Saint-Saëns: in E minor, Op. 62 in F minor, Op. 94 in G major, Op. 154Morceau de Concert, Op. 154 at Musopen website Franz Schubert: in D major, 345KONZERTSTÜCK IN D, FOR VIOLIN AND ORCHESTRA, D. 345 Franz Schubert at Los Angeles Philharmonic website Rondo for violin and string orchestra in A major, D 438 Polonaise for violin and orchestra in B major, D 580 Robert Schumann: Konzertstück for Four Horns and Orchestra, Op. 86“Hark, Hark! The Joy Inspiring Horn” – Discoveries in Schumann’s Konzertstück, Opus 86 at G. Henle Verlag website Introduction and Allegro appassionato for piano and orchestra, Op. 92 Concert Allegro with Introduction for piano and orchestra, Op. 134 Charles Villiers Stanford: Concert Piece for Organ and Orchestra, Op. 181Stanford: Concert Piece for Organ and Orchestra Op. 181 at Carl Maria von Weber: Konzertstück in F minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 79, J. 282
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