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In its most traditional form, as crystallised during the Classical Period, the Concerto is a large-scale work written for orchestra and soloist. It combines the soloist’s virtuosity and interpretive abilities with the orchestra’s wide range of tone colour and dynamics.
The classical concerto uses the sonata form in its first movement. These are common characteristics: The exposition is played first by the orchestra and repeated with numerous variations with the soloist. Some themes may be reserved for the exposition with the soloist.
The first movement of the classical concerto typically combines two forms of organization: It is a double-exposition sonata form, in which the first exposition, for orchestra alone, presents a first rotation of the basic material of the movement (P, TR, MC, S, C); it resembles a normal sonata-
Rondo, sonata and binary forms - among others - are structures commonly used by composers when creating a piece of music. In this section, we will look into some of these musical forms:
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Topics: Concerto form. Sheet Music – Mozart, Piano Concerto 17 K453 Mvt 1: Allegro; Publisher: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1878. Reprinted: Dover Publications, 1978. Copyright: Public Domain IMSLP page. Youtube: Mitsuko Uchida, Piano; Jeffrey Tate, Conductor; English Chamber Orchestra
