Eleven favourite concertos (excluding ones for piano, violin or cello)

[vandermolen]

I am suffering list deprivation:

Not in any order:

Eugene Goossens: Oboe Concerto
Vaughan Williams: Tuba Concerto
Vaughan Williams:Oboe Concerto
Walton: Viola Concerto (which I much prefer to the Violin Concerto)
Poulenc:Organ Concerto
Malcolm Williamson: Organ Concerto
Finzi:Clarinet Concerto
Vaughan Williams:Harmonica Romance
Vasks: Flute Concerto
Copland:Clarinet Concerto
Boughton:Oboe Concerto

[Karl Henning]

I am suffering list deprivation

Bless you, Jeffrey, for the chuckle!

[Karl Henning]

But . . . of all the clarinet concerti . . . the one on your list is . . . Finzi?        0:)

[North Star]

Mozart: Clarinet Concerto
Aho: Clarinet Concerto

Bach: Italian Concerto
Alkan: Concerto for Solo Piano
Schnittke: Choir Concerto
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
Lutoslawski: Concerto for Orchestra
Carter: Concerto for Orchestra
Tippett: Concerto for Double String Orchestra
Martinu: Double Concerto for 2 String Orchestras, Piano and Timpani, H. 271

[vandermolen]

But . . . of all the clarinet concerti . . . the one on your list is . . . Finzi?        0:)

As it's you Karl I have changed it to 'Eleven concertos' so that I could add one by an American composer 

[vandermolen]

Mozart: Clarinet Concerto
Aho: Clarinet Concerto

Bach: Italian Concerto
Alkan: Concerto for Solo Piano
Schnittke: Choir Concerto
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
Lutoslawski: Concerto for Orchestra
Carter: Concerto for Orchestra
Tippett: Concerto for Double String Orchestra
Martinu: Double Concerto for 2 String Orchestras, Piano and Timpani, H. 271

Super list. I didn't think of the concertos for orchestra or strings and the Bartok, Lutoslawski, Tippett and Martinu are all great scores.

[Brian]

I am also excluding concertos for orchestra.

Alphabetical:

Dorman: Piccolo Concerto
Finzi: Clarinet Concerto
Francaix: Guitar Concerto
Haydn: Trumpet Concerto
Holmboe: Viola Concerto
Ibert: Flute Concerto
Martinu: Oboe Concerto
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto
O. Olsen: Trombone Concerto
Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez, arranged by the composer for harp

EDIT: Since we get an 11th now, apparently, I'm considering whether #11 would be Aho's Flute Concerto, a clarinet concerto by Crusell, or something else for trombone.

[vandermolen]

I am also excluding concertos for orchestra.

Alphabetical:

Dorman: Piccolo Concerto
Finzi: Clarinet Concerto
Francaix: Guitar Concerto
Haydn: Trumpet Concerto
Holmboe: Viola Concerto
Ibert: Flute Concerto
Martinu: Oboe Concerto
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto
O. Olsen: Trombone Concerto
Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez, arranged by the composer for harp

EDIT: Since we get an 11th now, apparently, I'm considering whether #11 would be Aho's Flute Concerto, a clarinet concerto by Crusell, or something else for trombone.

Thank you for the interesting choices. I must listen to the Holmboe and Aho which I don't know at all.

[North Star]

Super list. I didn't think of the concertos for orchestra or strings and the Bartok, Lutoslawski, Tippett and Martinu are all great scores.

Thanks! Yes, great pieces.

I am also excluding concertos for orchestra.

Not to mention ones for solo piano or harpsichord, or choir

Thank you for the interesting choices. I must listen to the Holmboe and Aho which I don't know at all.

The Aho Flute Concerto is superb!

[vandermolen]

Thanks! Yes, great pieces.Not to mention ones for solo piano or harpsichord, or choir
The Aho Flute Concerto is superb!

Right, the Aho is high on my 'listening list'.

[Brian]

Thanks! Yes, great pieces.Not to mention ones for solo piano or harpsichord, or choir

Solo piano, violin, and cello are excluded in the thread title, so I added concertos for orchestra to my exclusions and couldn't think of any involving harpsichord or choir that would make my top ten.

I'm listening to Aho's Symphony No. 9, with its big solo trombone part, and enjoy this piece too.

[North Star]

Solo piano, violin, and cello are excluded in the thread title, so I added concertos for orchestra to my exclusions and couldn't think of any involving harpsichord or choir that would make my top ten.

I'm listening to Aho's Symphony No. 9, with its big solo trombone part, and enjoy this piece too.

I think Jeffrey meant 'no concertos for piano/violin/cello & orchestra', but thought of concerti for other solo instruments and orchestra - but I wanted to include those three without any other instruments in addition to the harpsichord/piano/choir.

I recall liking that Aho piece, too

[vandermolen]

I think Jeffrey meant 'no concertos for piano/violin/cello & orchestra', but thought of concerti for other solo instruments and orchestra - but I wanted to include those three without any other instruments in addition to the harpsichord/piano/choir.

I recall liking that Aho piece, too

Any interpretation of the thread title is fine with me. Just pleased and interested to read the suggestions.

Maybe Cantus Arcticus would be another valid suggestion (by Rautavaara).

[Cato]

First thing I thought of...:

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[North Star]

Any interpretation of the thread title is fine with me. Just pleased and interested to read the suggestions.

Maybe Cantus Arcticus would be another valid suggestion (by Rautavaara).

I certainly didn't mean that you tried to enforce any particular interpretation.

Cantus reminds me of Pärt - Tabula Rasa might qualify here...
And I forgot about Takemitsu's Viola Concerto A string around autumn 

[Mirror Image]

My favorite 11 (in no particular order):

Aho: Clarinet Concerto
Aho: Flute Concerto
Martinu: Oboe Concerto
Schnittke: Viola Concerto
Villa-Lobos: Guitar Concerto
Vine: Oboe Concerto
Sculthorpe: Nourlangie (a concerto for guitar in all but a name)
Copland: Clarinet Concerto
Alwyn: Lyra Angelica
Weinberg: Trumpet Concerto
Ginastera: Harp Concerto

[vandermolen]

I should have included the lovely Alwyn work too. Must listen to the Schnittke, which I recently purchased following recommendations here.

[Wanderer]

Berlioz: Harold en Italie
Skalkottas: Double Bass Concerto
Schnittke: Choir Concerto
Mozart: Flute Concerto No.2
R.Strauss: Horn Concerto No.2
Martinů: Double Concerto for 2 String Orchestras, Piano and Timpani, H. 271
Arnold: Organ Concerto
Leifs: Organ Concerto
Weber: Clarinet Concerto No.1
Alkan: Concerto for solo piano
Rachmaninov: Sacred Concerto "O Mother of God vigilantly praying"

[North Star]

Berlioz: Harold en Italie

How did I forget this one, too?! 

[Sergeant Rock]

Strauss Horn Concerto #1 E flat
Haydn Horn Concerto #1 D major
Mozart Horn Concerto #2 E flat K.417
Mozart Clarinet Concerto K.622
Nielsen Clarinet Concerto
Kats-Chernin Ornamental Air for Basset Clarinet and Orchestra
Marcello Oboe Concerto D minor
Feldman Flute and Orchestra
Martin Harpsichord Concerto
Vaughan Williams Tuba Concerto F minor
Vaughan Williams Oboe Concerto A minor


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