concertino

American  

[kon-cher-tee-noh, kawn-cher-tee-naw] / ˌkɒn tʃərˈti noʊ, ˌkɔn tʃɛrˈti nɔ /

noun

Music.

plural

concertini

1. a short concerto.

2. the group of solo instruments in a concerto grosso.

3. a section in a concerto grosso played by these instruments.

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concertino British  

/ ˌkɒntʃəˈtiːnəʊ /

noun

1. the small group of soloists in a concerto grosso Compare ripieno

2. a short concerto

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Etymology

Origin of concertino

1720–30; < Italian, equivalent to concert ( o ) ( concerto ) + -ino diminutive suffix

Example Sentences

Juri Seo’s Concertino for Piano and Chamber Orchestra, given a dashing performance by pianist HieYon Choi, consists of short movements that include a jazz fughetta and Schumann-esque romanticism.

From Los Angeles Times

The second program began with the world premiere of an eight-minute bassoon concertino, “Opus Serena,” by Valerie Coleman, and Courtney Bryan’s “Sanctum,” from 2015.

From Los Angeles Times

One day in Paris he visited Wanda Landowska, grande dame of the harpsichord, to show her a concertino he had written: “No sooner had I entered than she took the pins from her hair, which fell in waves to her waist. ‘Take it,’ she said.

From New York Times

And Ashley Hod — sometimes on, sometimes off, especially in complex turning sequences when you can smell the fear — was wonderfully unguarded and crisp in her solo in Jerome Robbins’s “Concertino.”

From New York Times

Some of the textures here seem not far removed from the Largo movement of Dessau’s much earlier, rarely heard Concertino — for violin, flute, clarinet and horn — which opens Ensemble Avantgarde’s album.

From New York Times