![]() ![]() And though quite a few composers have used this format too, Bartok’s has rightly risen to the top - there’s nothing quite like it.īeethoven - Piano Concerto No. It’s like a utopian, mega-inclusive vision of what a concerto can be. Turning the very idea of a concerto inside out, Bartok’s Concerto for Orchestra serves as a tour of the whole ensemble that highlights several instruments in turn. But of course, the real challenge was in the performance, the character, the magic of Barber’s musical language. ![]() In fact, during the composition of the concerto, the intended soloist Iso Briselli was worried that it wasn’t technically challenging enough. ![]() Like the other great American concerto from this time, Copland’s for the clarinet, Barber’s knack in his only violin concerto was to take a chance on the instrument’s character. ![]()
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