Concerto - Concertos For Two or More Instruments

Concertos For Two or More Instruments

Many composers also wrote concertos for two or more soloists.

In the Baroque era:

• Vivaldi's concerti for 2, 3 or 4 violins, for 2 cellos, for 2 mandolins, for 2 trumpets, for 2 flutes, for oboe and bassoon, for cello and bassoon... etc.
• Bach's concerti for 2 violins, for 2, 3, or 4 harpsichords as well as several of his Brandenburg concertos.

In the Classical era:

• Mozart's concerti for 2 pianos and 3 pianos, the Sinfonia concertante for violin and viola, and his concerto for flute and harp.
• Salieri's Triple Concerto for oboe, violin and cello, and his double concerto for flute and oboe.

In the Romantic era:

• Beethoven's triple concerto for piano, violin, and cello.
• Brahms's double concerto for violin and cello.
• Bruch's double concerto for viola and clarinet.

In the 20th century:

• Malcolm Arnold's concerto for piano duet and strings, as well as his concerto for two violins and string orchestra
• Béla Bartók's concerto for two pianos and percussion
• Samuel Barber's Capricorn Concerto for flute, oboe and trumpet.
• Benjamin Britten's double concerto for violin and viola.
• Elliott Carter's double concerto for piano and harpsichord.
• Frederick Delius's double concerto for violin and cello.
• Jean Françaix's concerto for two pianos and another for two harps, as well as his Divertissement for string trio and orchestra, his Quadruple Concerto for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and orchestra, his Double Concerto for flute and clarinet, and his Concerto for 15 Soloists and Orchestra
• Philip Glass's concerto for saxophone quartet.
• Hans Werner Henze's double concerto for oboe and harp.
• Paul Hindemith's concerto for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, harp, and orchestra as well as his concerto for trumpet, bassoon, and strings
• Gustav Holst's Fugal Concerto for flute, oboe and string orchestra
• György Kurtág's double concerto for piano and cello.
• Lowell Liebermann's concerto for flute and harp
• György Ligeti's double concerto for flute and oboe.
• Jon Lord's concerto for rock band.
• Witold Lutosławski's concerto for oboe and harp.
• Bohuslav Martinu's concerto for string quartet, concertino for piano trio and string orchestra, two concertante duos for two violins, concerto for two pianos, sinfonia concertante No. 2 for violin, cello, oboe, bassoon and orchestra with piano, and his concerto for violin and piano.
• Olivier Messiaen's Concert à quatre for piano, cello, oboe and flute.
• Darius Milhaud's Symphonie concertante for bassoon, horn, trumpet and double bass, as well as his concerti for flute and violin, and for marimba and vibraphone.
• Francis Poulenc's concerto for two pianos.
• Joaquín Rodrigo's Concierto madrigal for 2 guitars and Concierto Andaluz for 4 guitars.
• William Russo's concerto for blues band.
• Alfred Schnittke's double concerto for oboe, harp, and strings as well as his Konzert zu Dritt, for violin, viola, violoncello and strings.
• Rodion Shchedrin's double concerto for piano and cello.
• Michael Tippett's triple concerto for violin, viola, and cello.

In the 21st century:

• Leo Brouwer's Guitar Concerto No. 10 "Book of Signs", for two guitars
• Mohammed Fairouz's Double Concerto 'States of Fantasy' for violin and cello
• William P. Perry's Gemini Concerto for violin and piano
• Karl Jenkins' Over the Stone for two harps