The concerto

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The concerto offers a kind of unique excitement no other instrumental music can match. Where a symphony enthralls us with its thematic variations and development, a concerto gives us human drama - the exhilaration of a soloist or group of soloists ringing forth against the mass of the orchestra. In 24 musically rich lectures, Professor Greenberg provides a guided tour of the concerto, from its conception as a child of Renaissance ideals, through its maturation in the Classical age, its metamorphosis in the Romantic era, and its radical transformation in the 20th century and beyond. You'll listen to selections from nearly 100 concerti from more than 60 composers - from Gabrieli to Gershwin, from Schumann to Shostakovich. Along with the bedrock of the repertoire - represented by Vivaldi, Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Chopin, Schumann, Liszt, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Dvorak, Rachmaninoff, Bartok, and many others - you are introduced to superb concerti by a host of less-familiar masters. You'll study in depth some of the greatest and most beloved works of the genre, including Mozart's Concerto for Flute in G Major, K. 313; Haydn's Concerto for Trumpet in E-flat Major; Beethoven's Piano Concerto no. 4 in G Major, op. 58; Chopin's Piano Concerto no. 2 in F Minor, op. 21; Grieg's Piano Concerto in A Minor, op. 16; and Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto in D Major, op. 35. Finally, you'll look at some notoriously esoteric and difficult 20th-century composers, including Arnold Schönberg and Elliott Carter, learning how their music is much more accessible than it appears.

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From the Audiobook on CD - Library edition.

Part 1. Lecture 1. The voice in the wilderness --
Lecture 2. The Baroque Italian concerto --
Lecture 3. Baroque masters --
Lecture 4. Bach's Brandenburg concerti --
Lecture 5. Mozart, part 1 --
Lecture 6. Mozart, part 2 --
Lecture 7. Classical masters --
Lecture 8. Beethoven. Part 2. Lecture 9. The romantic concerto --
Lecture 10. Hummel and Chopin --
Lecture 11. Mendelssohn and Schumann --
Lecture 12. Romantic masters --
Lecture 13. Tchaikovsky --
Lecture 14. Brahms and the symphonic concerto --
Lecture 15. Dvorak --
Lecture 16. Rachmaninoff. Part 3. Lecture 17. The Russian concerto, part 1 --
Lecture 18. The Russian concerto, part 2 --
Lecture 19. The concerto in France --
Lecture 20. Bartok --
Lecture 21. Schönberg, Berg and the 12-tone method --
Lecture 22. Twentieth-century masters --
Lecture 23. Elliott Carter --
Lecture 24. Servants to the cause and guilty pleasures.

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