ocr gcse shared music the concerto

1. The concerto A concerto is a large-scale Baroque composers whocomposition for an wrote concertos includeorchestra plus a soloist orVivaldi (who wrote over 500,a group of soloists. The around half of them for violin),soloist(s) alternate playing Bach and Handel.with or alongside the largerensemble to provide Antonio Lucio Vivaldiopposition and contrast. Concertos have three There were two types ofmovements fast, slow,Baroque concerto - thefast.concerto grosso and the The concerto in thesolo concerto.Baroque period (roughly1600-1750) 2. Widescreen Advantages The concertogrosso:is written for a group of solo Bach Brandenburginstruments (the concertino)plus a larger ensemble (the concerto no4ripieno)Bachs six BrandenburgConcertos are well-knownexamples of the Baroqueconcerto grosso. Listen to the opening of Bachs BrandenburgConcerto No. 4. The solo group of violin and twoflutes are prominent at the beginning and are thenjoined by the ripieno strings. Listen for theharpsichord playing the continuo.