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What do you call a musical work for chourus orchestra and soloists?
Concerto
Is the ritornello principle based on Alternating sections from soloist with sections for the full orchestra?
Yes, the ritornello principle is based on alternating sections from the soloist (or soloists) and the full orchestra.
What does the musical term concerto mean?
Webster defines a concerto as a piece for one or more soloists and an orchestra with three contrasting movements.
Would you find a uvula in an orchestra?
Only in the mouths of the vocal soloists, if they were singing along with the orchestra.
Ralph Vaughan Williams major works?
LINDEN LEA (song) ON WENLOCK EDGE (song cycle for voice, piano and string quartet) SYMPHONIES 1-9 (including no. 1, 'A Sea Symphony', for soloists, chorus & orchestra; no. 2, 'A London Symphony'; no. 3, 'A Pastoral Symphony', really a meditation on his experiences in World War I; and no. 7, 'Sinfonia Antartica', re-worked from his score for the film 'Scott of the Antarctic'.) FANTASIA ON A THEME BY THOMAS TALLIS (strings) THE LARK ASCENDING (for violin and small orchestra) JOB: A MASQUE FOR DANCING (ballet and concert score) MASS IN G MINOR (choral, unaccompanied) SANCTA CIVITAS [The Holy City] (soloists/choral) FLOS CAMPI [Flower of the Field] (viola/chorus/orchestra. Wordless, but founded on the Song of Songs) FIVE TUDOR PORTRAITS (soloists/chorus/orchestra) SERENADE TO MUSIC (for 16 soloists and orchestra. Written for Sir Henry Wood's golden jubilee, it sets words from Act 5 of Shakespeare's 'Merchant of Venice') DONA NOBIS PACEM (soloists/choral) HODIE [This Day] (Christmas work of original music for soloists, chorus & orchestra) HUGH THE DROVER (Opera) SIR JOHN IN LOVE (Opera based on Shakespeare's 'Merry Wives of Windsor') THE POISONED KISS (comic opera with some dialogue) THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS : a Morality (Opera based on Bunyan's book) RIDERS TO THE SEA (one-act opera setting J. M. Synge's eponymous play almost word-for-word) '49th PARALLEL' [US title: 'The Invaders'] (score for the Powell/Pressburger film) 'SCOTT OF THE ANTARCTIC' (film score)
What is the name of a work for vocalists chorus and instrumentalists based on a poetic narrative of a dramatic nature?
An oratorio is a musical composition for choir, soloists, and orchestra that tells a story often of a dramatic or religious nature. It typically combines vocal and instrumental elements to convey the narrative.
What is the difference between a concerto and a symphony?
A concerto is a musical composition that features a solo instrument accompanied by an orchestra, while a symphony is a musical composition for a full orchestra without any soloists.
What do you call a musical work for chourus orchestra and soloists?
Concerto
What is a sung drama to orchestral accompaniment usually a large scale composition involving vocal soloists chorus orchestra costumes and scenery?
You could be describing opera or an operetta or a work in musical theatre.
What is Baroque oratorio?
An oratorio is a large musical composition comprised of an orchestra, a choir and soloists. Similar to an Opera in the story telling, but different in it is just music not singing. Baroque references the time frame of 1600-1750 when the oratorio was written.
Is the ritornello principle based on Alternating sections from soloist with sections for the full orchestra?
Yes, the ritornello principle is based on alternating sections from the soloist (or soloists) and the full orchestra.
Why was messiah by Handel a classical music?
Messiah is the most famous oratorio composed by the Baroque composer, Handel. It does not feature a single set of lyrics or a firm beat (riff) as in popular music. It is composed for the Baroque orchestra, choir and vocal soloists. It is based on biblical text.
What does the musical term concerto mean?
Webster defines a concerto as a piece for one or more soloists and an orchestra with three contrasting movements.
Would you find a uvula in an orchestra?
Only in the mouths of the vocal soloists, if they were singing along with the orchestra.
When was Zagreb Soloists created?
Zagreb Soloists was created in 1953.
A concerto grosso features what kind of contrast?
A concertino, or small group of soloists (usually 2 violins, a harpsichord, and a cello), contrasts with the cocerto grosso, which is the whole string orchestra and its ripieno players.
When was English Baroque Soloists created?
English Baroque Soloists was created in 1978.
