* Concerto for alphorn and orchestra ( 1970 ) by Jean Daetwyler

* Concerto for alphorn No. 2 ( with flute, string orchestra & percussion ) ( 1983 ) by Daetwyler

Berg had interrupted the orchestration of Lulu because of an unexpected ( and financially much-needed ) commission from the Russian-American violinist Louis Krasner for a Violin Concerto ( 1935 ).

Other well-known Berg compositions include the Lyric Suite ( 1926 ), which was later shown to employ elaborate cyphers to document a secret love affair ; the extraordinarily elaborate post-Mahlerian Three Pieces for Orchestra ( completed in 1915 but not performed until after Wozzeck ); and the Chamber Concerto ( Kammerkonzert, 1923 – 25 ) for violin, piano and 13 wind instruments: this latter is written so conscientiously that Pierre Boulez has called it " Berg's strictest composition " and it, too, is permeated by cyphers and posthumously disclosed hidden programs.

Bartók's last work might well have been the String Quartet No. 6 but for Serge Koussevitzky's commission for the Concerto for Orchestra.

Concerto for Orchestra quickly became Bartók's most popular work, although he did not live to see its full impact.

In 1945, Bartók composed his Piano Concerto No. 3, a graceful and almost neo-classical work, as a surprise 42nd birthday present for Ditta, but he died just over a month before her birthday, with the scoring not quite finished.

In the mid-century and in the following decades, many new concerti were written for the double bass, including Nikos Skalkottas's Concerto ( 1942 ), Eduard Tubin's Concerto ( 1948 ), Lars-Erik Larsson's Concertino ( 1957 ), Gunther Schuller's Concerto ( 1962 ), and Hans Werner Henze's Concerto ( 1966 ).

In the 1970s and 1980s, new concerti included Nino Rota's Divertimento for Double Bass and Orchestra ( 1973 ), Jean Françaix's Concerto ( 1975 ), Einojuhani Rautavaara's Angel Of Dusk ( 1980 ), Gian Carlo Menotti's Concerto ( 1983 ), Christopher Rouse's Concerto ( 1985 ), and Henry Brant's Ghost Nets ( 1988 ).

In the first decade of the 21st century, new concerti include Kalevi Aho's Concerto ( 2005 ), John Harbison's Concerto for Bass Viol ( 2006 ), and André Previn's Double Concerto for violin, double bass, and orchestra ( 2007 ).

Yngwie Malmsteen released his Concerto Suite for Electric Guitar and Orchestra in 1998, and Steve Vai released a double-live CD entitled Sound Theories, of his work with the Netherlands Metropole Orchestra in June 2007.

Other early pieces that were praised were his Symphony in E, Concerto for Cello and Orchestra, and Overture in C ( In Memoriam ) ( all three of which premiered in 1866 ).

Certainly not in Orchestra Hall where he has played countless recitals, and where Thursday night he celebrated his 20th season with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, playing the Brahms Concerto with his own slashing, demon-ridden cadenza melting into the high, pale, pure and lovely song with which a violinist unlocks the heart of the music, or forever finds it closed.

* Concerto in G Major for Viola and String Orchestra, TWV 51: G9 ; the first known concerto for viola, still regularly performed today

* Concerto in G Major for Two Violas and String Orchestra, TWV 52: G3

*" Concerto in D for Horn and Orchestra "

* Concerto for Two Chalumeaux and Orchestra

When Connick, Jr., was nine years old, he performed the Piano Concerto No. 3 Opus 37 of Beethoven with the New Orleans Symphony Orchestra ( now the Louisiana Philharmonic ), and later played a duet with Eubie Blake at the Royal Orleans Esplanade Lounge in New Orleans.

He soon began to perform with notable music groups throughout the United States, notably playing the American premiere of Hans Werner Henze ’ s Double Concerto with the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center in Washington D. C.

Glass in particular has recently turned to conventional orchestras in works like the Concerto for Cello and Orchestra and the Violin Concerto No. 2.

Along with the iconic main theme and effective support of the story line, the score also contains allusions to twentieth-century symphonic works, such as the reference to Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra, second movement, in the tense quiet scene just before the shoot out.

* January 14 – Maurice Ravel's Concerto in G debuts with piano soloist Marguerite Long and Ravel conducting the Lamoureux Orchestra.

He wrote one concerto each for flute, oboe ( later rearranged for flute and known as Flute Concerto No. 2 ), clarinet, and bassoon, four for horn, a Concerto for Flute, Harp, and Orchestra, a Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra, and Exsultate, jubilate, a de facto concerto for soprano voice.

The Viola Concerto was revised and polished in the 1990s by Bartók's son, Peter ; this version may be closer to what Bartók intended ( Chalmers 1995, 210 ).

* 1808 – Ludwig van Beethoven conducts and performs in concert at the Theater an der Wien, Vienna, with the premiere of his Fifth Symphony, Sixth Symphony, Fourth Piano Concerto ( performed by Beethoven himself ) and Choral Fantasy ( with Beethoven at the piano ).

The result was Pas de Dieux, based on Greek mythology, combined with the music of George Gershwin's Concerto in F. It was a major success, and led to his being honoured with the Chevalier of the Legion d ' Honneur by the French Government.

First published in 1991, this album gathers pieces composed and performed by Brother Dominique Catta and Carole Ouellet: solo kora pieces, songs with kora accompaniment and a Concerto for flute and three koras.

For instance, the carriage of the remains of St Cuthbert from Lindisfarne to Durham is the subject of " The Road from Lindisfarne ", the third movement of the Durham Concerto ( 2007 ) by Jon Lord.

In 1914, Prokofiev finished his career at the Conservatory by entering the so-called ' battle of the pianos ', a competition open to the five best piano students for which the prize was a Schreder grand piano: Prokofiev won by performing his own Piano Concerto No. 1.

The album Ars Longa Vita Brevis ( 1968 ) contained rock versions of classical compositions such as the Karelia Suite by Jean Sibelius and The Brandenberg Concerto by J. S.

A notable exception is the Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 composed by J. S. Bach, scored for 2 violas, cello, 2 violas da gamba, and continuo, in which the two violas were placed in the primary melodic role.

* October 25 – The first performance of the Piano Concerto No. 1 by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky is given in Boston, Massachusetts with Hans von Bülow as soloist.

* The Adélaïde Concerto, a spurious work attributed to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, is published as " edited " ( actually composed ) by Marius Casadesus.

* December 22 – Ludwig van Beethoven conducts and performs in concert at the Theater an der Wien, Vienna, with the premiere of his Fifth Symphony, Sixth Symphony, Fourth Piano Concerto ( performed by Beethoven himself ) and Choral Fantasy ( with Beethoven at the piano ).

* March 13 – The Violin Concerto by Felix Mendelssohn premieres in Leipzig, with Ferdinand David as soloist.

By age fifteen, he had mastered Mendelssohn's Piano Concerto in G minor and finished a piano reduction of a string quartet by Glazunov, who reportedly considered Stravinsky to be unmusical and thought little of his skills.

During the 90s, many releases included recordings of classical compositions: Pictures at an Exhibition ( on Turn of the Tides ), Largo ( from Xerxes ) ( on Tyranny of Beauty ), Symphony in A Minor ( by J. S. Bach ), and Concerto in A Major / Adagio ( by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ) ( both on Ambient Monkeys ).

Starting from a form called Concerto grosso introduced by Arcangelo Corelli, it evolved into the form we understand today as performance of a soloist with / against an orchestra.

His Piano Concerto no 4 starts, against tradition, with a statement by the piano, after which the orchestra magically enters in a foreign key, to present what would normally have been the opening tutti.

In 1985 he was named Illustrious Citizen of Buenos Aires and premiered his Concerto for bandoneon and guitar at the Fifth International Belgian Guitar Festival on 15 Mar 1985, with the Philharmonic conducted by Leo Brouwer.

At ten years of age, Saint-Saëns gave his debut public recital at the Salle Pleyel, with a performance of Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 15 in B-flat major ( K. 450 ), and various pieces by Handel, Kalkbrenner, Hummel, and Bach.

Cornetts and trombones also formed an independent ensemble of five to eight parts for ceremonial music: in France they were used thus up to Mersenne ’ s time ; in England for such music as John Adson ’ s Courtly Masquing Ayres ( 1621 ), and Matthew Locke ’ s music for ‘ His Majesty ’ s Sagbutts and Cornetts ’ ( 1661 ); in Germany for Turmmusik by J. C. Pezel ( e. g. Fünff-stimmigte blasende Music, 1685 ) and by Gottfried Reiche ; and in Italy in most important cities until the mid-18th century, including Bologna, where the Concerto Palatino was active until 1779 and Rome, where the Concerto Capitolino survived until 1789.