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Keyboard instruments are not usually a standard members of a 2010-era orchestra or concert band, but they are included occasionally. In orchestras from the 1600s to the mid-1750s, a keyboard instrument such as the pipe organ or harpsichord was normally played with an orchestra, with the performer improvising chords from a figured bass part.
Fantasy for piano and orchestra on twelve notes from "non si pasce di cibo mortale chi si pasce di cibo celeste" from the second act of Mozart's Don Giovanni; Concerto soiree for piano and orchestra; Concerto in E minor for piano and orchestra (piccolo mondo antico) Concerto in C major for piano and orchestra; Albert Roussel. Concerto in C, Op ...
Johann Christian Ludwig Abeille. Grand Concerto in D major, Op. 6 (1763), for one piano four-hands and orchestra; Carl Friedrich Abel. 6 Concertos for harpsichord (or pianoforte), two violins and cello, Op. 11 (first printed in 1771; F, B-flat, E-flat, D, G, C)
The instrument was successfully revived during the 20th century, first in an ahistorical form strongly influenced by the piano, then with historically more faithful instruments. The revival was the joint work of performers, builders, and composers who wrote new harpsichord pieces.
Several other works feature the harpsichord as a solo instrument alongside others, including: Frank Martin - Petite symphonie concertante for harp, harpsichord, piano and double string orchestra (1945) Elliott Carter - Double Concerto (1959–61, for harpsichord and piano with two chamber orchestras) Alfred Schnittke - Concerto Grosso No. 1 ...
The concerto has a duration of roughly 25 minutes and is composed in two numbered movements.The work is built upon techniques from two previous Carter's pieces: his String Quartet No. 2 (1959) and the Double Concerto for Harpsichord and Piano with Two Chamber Orchestras (1961).
Using all of the common stringed instruments available, Martin desired to use the harp, harpsichord and piano not as accompanying, or 'basso continuo' instruments (as is often their role) but as solos, thus being a distant echo of J.S. Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 5, and justifying the work's title of symphonie concertante. The work gained ...
Concerto for jazz voice, harp and orchestra "The Rise of Estrogenia" (2017) [49] Lowell Liebermann. Concerto for Flute, Harp and Orchestra, Op.48 (1995) Frank Martin. Petite symphonie concertante for harp, harpsichord, piano and double string orchestra, op.54 (1944) Fabio Mengozzi. Auriga II (piano, harp and string orchestra) Wolfgang Amadeus ...