double concerto

British  

noun

1. a concerto for two solo instruments

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Example Sentences

Until the New York Philharmonic played Charles Ives’s short, indelible “The Unanswered Question” on Wednesday at David Geffen Hall under Susanna Mälkki’s baton, I had never thought of it as a tiny double concerto.

From New York Times • Mar. 30, 2023

The centerpiece for Tovey's Hollywood Bowl concert was the U.S. premiere of "Pas de Deux," Horner's major new double concerto.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 26, 2016

Unlike Brahms' famous double concerto, the violin and cello in Horner's piece don't challenge the orchestra or, for that matter, each other in a combative dialogue.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 26, 2016

You could argue that the Brahms double concerto is not about size and feeling at all.

From Washington Post

On his first appearance, at the Bach festival at Eisenath, he played with Joachim the Bach double concerto, and was very successful.

From Famous Violinists of To-day and Yesterday by Lahee, Henry Charles