Solo Concerto and Concerto Grosso What is the difference?
What is the difference between a solo concerto and a concerto grosso?
Both are classical forms.
Many of you may have your “favorite” concertos that you enjoy listening to them in ‘different” moods and at ‘different’ times.
A Solo Concerto has one solo instrument that interacts and “speaks” with the orchestra.
Could be piano, cello, flute, and many more from the orchestral instrument family.
This is how it “differs” from a Symphony in that there is this Solo instrument with a major sounding “role” in the piece and its development.
A “Concerto grosso” most simply defined, is a concerto that involves more than one soloist and solo instrument. It can actually be a small “group” of instruments or several. In this case the “group” of solo instruments interacts with the whole orchestra and the development of the piece.
In the piece I composed, “Rhythmic Conversation A concerto grosso in Em for Two Solo Guitars, Solo Piano and of course, an orchestra. The guitars and piano are the “solo” group.
In this piece actually I add another element to the piece and that is that it is a “PROGRAMMATIC Orchestral” piece. An orchestral piece that has an “imaginary” story or dramatic line, is referred to as “programmatic.”
Hope you will give a listen to this fun,exciting and tender piece that has the “story” line of friendship at its best. Caring between friends, and eventually others become part of that and share in its triumph of joy at the end.
All the best
Marlane Tubridy
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