How to Listen to Classical Music: The Concerto

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0:00 - Introduction to the Concerto
1:50 - Handel's Arias
2:59 - Balancing Unequal Forces
5:36 - Vivaldi's Spring Concerto
6:55 - Bach's Brandenburg Concertos
8:00 - The Classical Concerto
9:56 - Concerto Sonata Form
11:48 - The Other Movements
12:32 - Rule-Breakers
13:48 - Essential Concertos Playlist

[@InsidetheScore]

Check out my Essential Concertos Playlist Here: play.primephonic.com/playlist/304d4939-7758-434b-b5b2-eb1f5f658346 You can get 2 Months Free of Primephonic, by visiting: bit.ly/2MonthsForFree And using the Voucher Code: INSIDETHESCORE It's well worth it as I am loving this service and using it a lot to discover new recordings. You can always cancel after 2 months if it's not for you. Hope you enjoy this video :)

[@jamotter8967]

How do I get to see the list of essential concertos? Could you post this list somewhere? Thank you.

[@Dodecatone]

@@jamotter8967 I've reconstructed the list and posted it in a separate comment

[@GreenTea4]

yea boy, I love me some THICC concertos

[@CatLover69420]

y e s

[@jacobh9344]

*t h i r d o p t i o n*

[@user-iv2ul3yh6g]

I love that the 14 pieces course is free and genuinely informative. When someone advertises their own website on KZbin it’s almost always a scam, but not with this madlad.

[@InsidetheScore]

Ha! So glad you've been enjoying it

[@chickenflavor9880]

Good to know

[@Moreci1994]

I almost spit my food out when I heard "THICC" Concerto! Lol that is a good modern term for it

[@InsidetheScore]

Haha I was *this* close to spelling it properly

[@giuseppegaleotti9149]

@@InsidetheScore I'm Italian and that was my reaction too

[@weirdface3838]

No one: Bach: T H I C C Concerto

[@filharmonix]

I actually composed a concerto once, before I was 18 I think. I did not know about all this ritornello stuff and climax and based it purely on what I felt at the moment. It turned out to be a concerto without an obvious solo part for the solo instruments (it was a concerto grosso for 2 violins, flute and piccolo). The solo parts had the rest of the orchestra sound more tame to make the solo instruments more prominent.

[@pierrekimmel7364]

Man, the soloist in this version puts a LOT of customization in the end of "every valley"

[@dmpatel7026]

Keep growing you are bringing classical music to all. Love your channel Ps thanks for the ❤️ brother

[@bio6588]

I love your channel man. Thanks for making these great and informative videos.

[@wiesorix]

Inside the score: *Talks about dramatic entrances while showing Hilary Hahn playing Sibelius* Me: *Remembers the introduction of Sibelius is not dramatic at all* Me: Haha, I'm gonna point the irony of this in the comment section and feel so good about myself Later: Inside the score: "There is some irony to what I just said..." Me: Oh no :'(

[@tteerabeats9116]

Aw dang 😂😭

[@TheAskald]

Depends on what you mean by dramatic. While there is no build up at all to the soloist entrance in itself, it's still a dramatic part.

[@sisidiam1096]

but then you remember the drama before Eddy started playing and laugh 😊

[@flaviomosconi4774]

But the video does mention Sibelius concerto as an exception , where the violin soloist start the music... so let’s be fair to the channel!

[@rustworker]

@@flaviomosconi4774 that was the of point of the OP comment

[@TheMarcHicks]

Mozart's Oboe Concerto, Beethoven's Emporer Concerto, Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto & Rachmaninoff's 2nd Piano Concerto definitely form the list of my all-time.favourite concertos.

[@name-ng7mk]

is the emporer his violin concerto?

[@hemasuresh2040]

No, it’s his fifth piano concerto

[@allistermendez8085]

Can you go over Shostakovich's first violin concerto? I sadly could not take contemporary techniques this year for college, and I want to know how he writes! He's my favorite composer and I really wanna understand his techniques!

[@HariMusicZone]

Thanks you, Thank you, Thank you... Thanks a billion times... What you're doing is a selfless service... Genuflect from Hari Music Zone 🙏🙇‍♂️

[@user-lm2ce2no5b]

A bit more about the baroque concerto: The form is actually called ritornello form and it was popularised by Vivaldi. In this form the movement opens with a ritornello in the home key, which introduces several motives. The ritornello appears in full and in the home key only in the openning and in the end, with at least one full statement in the dominant key (or sometimes in the relative major or minor) in the middle of the movement. The ritornello appears throughout the movement in fragments and variations, usually presenting only a few of the motives. Between the ritornelli there are solo passages called soloistic episodes, where the soloist develops existing materials and sometimes introduces new material. Modulations normally happen during the episodes. Also, in the baroque period the soloist was part of the orchestra and would usually double the melody during tutti sections (or play figured bass if the soloist is a keyboard).

[@rexregisanimi]

My favorite is Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1. I've loved it since I was young.

[@Dodecatone]

Since the Primephonic link no longer works, here's a list of all the concertos in the playlist he mentioned at the end. I'll make a YT playlist of them all if I have time. Mozart: Piano Concertos 12, 15, 17, 20, 21, 23, 24, and 25 (No. 12 is a personal favorite of mine) Mozart: Flute Concertos 1 and 2; Flute and Harp Concerto; Clarinet Concerto; Violin Concertos 4 and 5 Haydn: Cello Concerto No. 2 Beethoven: Piano Concertos 1, 3, 4, and 5 (why did you leave No. 2 out? they're all masterworks) Beethoven: Violin Concerto; Triple Concerto (for violin, cello, and piano) Chopin: Piano Concertos 1 and 2 (No. 1 is the most dazzling piano concerto in existence) Brahms: Piano Concertos 1 and 2 (probably my favorite piano concertos, and the greatest balance between soloist and orchestra *by far*. No. 1 has a video on my channel!!) Brahms: Violin Concerto; Double Concerto (for violin and cello) Dvorak: Cello Concerto Elgar: Violin Concerto Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending (the amount of raw emotion in this piece is unbearable) Dohnanyi: Variations on a Nursery Song (I've never heard this one, looks like I have some homework to do) Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto (the first concerto that ever skipped the opening ritornello, it paved the way for many concertos after it) Schumann: Piano Concerto; Cello Concerto Elgar: Cello Concerto Sibelius: Violin Concerto (probably my favorite violin concerto. Listen to Hilary Hahn's recording on KZbin) Walton: Viola Concerto (it's extremely hard to balance a viola soloist with an orchestra, Walton's writing is absolutely ingenious) Barber: Piano Concerto Gershwin: Piano Concerto (like Rhapsody in Blue, but longer and even more captivating) Rachmaninoff: Piano Concertos 2 and 3 (extremely difficult to play, yet they're staples of professional repertoire) Prokofiev: Piano Concertos 3 and 2 (these and the Barber are underplayed, at least compared to Rachmaninoff) Shostakovich: Cello Concertos 1 and 2

[@BeaverOfDooom]

My savior

[@katrinat.3032]

It's mini classes on classical music! Love it❤️

[@dijonstreak]

a WONDERFUL Exposition of this fantastic subject. thank you SO much fo a new musical appreciation !!!

[@1stecha1]

Thank you for your excellent teaching. You make complexities very clear and concise.

[@mattfangrecorderstudio8325]

im playing/studying the Samartinni Recorder Concerto now, thanks for this video i learned a lot.❤

[@anujacob4672]

Terrific video Oscar! Wonderful and concisely engaging as always!! Anu

[@123456789abcdefg432]

This is fantastic. Been waiting for this video for months!

[@mikecruz5771]

im not a musician but i have been teaching music particularly baroque classical and romantic music to high school students for 6 years... your videos are the most useful as teaching aid... now i can explain it clearly to my students! Make more videos!!!

[@AndyCakebread]

I take great inspiration from all your work. I have always loved classical music without knowing a thing (I would listen to Beethoven's violin concerto everyday during a difficult few years), and now in my twilight period you have got me to fulfill a lifelong ambition of learning the violin - I lacked confidence all these past decades. And Primephonic is essential - thank you 👏💪

[@Scathingly]

O.K., so why in hells bells haven't run across your channel before this?! I LOVE the vast majority of classical music (especially the composers of the Romantic period); HOWEVER, I have NO music training other than when I was taking ballet lessons for a few years. Still, having had this admittedly short period of training in dance I feel that I can appreciate ballet on a slightly higher level than if I hadn't had any training at all. And so I think it's about time that I step up my appreciation of music perhaps to be more cognitive of what I'm listening to. All I presently know is that classical music really speaks to me and gets to my very soul. I never ever tire of it. Thus, I'm so appreciative of you opening up avenues of understanding. Thank you so much and I'll be glomming on to your every word.

[@yannaischrire7327]

Thanks! I’m trying to write my op. 2 as a concerto, so this helps

[@samanthacridland9730]

Thank you this was super interesting and educating!

[@alphamale3141]

Very helpful. Your discussion has made my life just a bit more pleasant. Thank you.

[@JoseLuiz-ku9os]

Excellent! A trial for those ones interested in learning better about how to listen to classic musics!

[@josuecenturiondomaniczky9297]

Chopin’s piano concerto no 1 is one fo the greatest pieces of music ever written imo. Up there next to rachmaninoff’s no 1 and liszt’s

[@rafefleming]

Great video, but it would be better if you included more playbacks of the examples so we can hear what you're explaining. Very interesting, though.

[@penguinexpress12]

I’ve really recently fallen in love with Bruch’s double Viola Clarinet concerto

[@malachimarasigan]

Vengerov-Barenboim in Sibelius Violin Concerto is life changing!

[@AnnaKhomichkoPianist]

Great educational video, as always!

[@adibhattacharyya8690]

Yay! Finally I remember in one of your listening parties (i think it was Mozart's 20th concerto), you gave a brief intro on the concerto...its great that you elaborated on it and made a full 14 min video! Looking forward to Brahms 2 analysis btw. Your content is really enjoyable for people who are not musicians but are in love with classical music. The way you express and bring out certain subtleties in the music is quite eloquent. Keep up the good work!

[@adibhattacharyya8690]

Also you missed Tchaikovsky 's piano and violin concertos. Kindly add those in the playlist 😅

[@katrinat.3032]

Right! I love classical music and had some training in highschool, many years ago. But these videos hit the sweet spot of being interesting, understandable but also pique my interest to know more

[@InsidetheScore]

@@adibhattacharyya8690 Oh **** you're right!!!! Thanks!!! Don't know how I missed those I love the Violin Concerto

[@joaootavio8691]

Excelent video!God bless you.

[@aleksandarvojneski8761]

Very good video! Thank you

[@tonyping3678]

So insightful!!!!

[@What-the-meow-meow]

Beautiful, yin and yang, within and with-out :)

[@LewisShieldsUS]

Great lesson, thanks!

[@FLOJo83]

Would love to hear your analysis on Beethoven’s 5th piano concerto or the Ravel. Love your channel!

[@lowe7471]

Excellent. You should also post a "recommended readings" list. Great videos.

[@MrChaostheorie13]

I assume most people watching this are already aware of this but... Elgars Cello Concerto (especially the 1st movement) seriously slaps. If you haven't already, there are some great recordings on KZbin, go give it a listen!

[@nadiabensily311]

Thank you!!!!

[@iododendron3416]

It's all about balance. Avatar Aang: I'm listening.

[@chanhailey7848]

Iron: want some tea?

[@tchaffman]

You missed an opportunity at 13:23 - "There are probably too many to Liszt... **Liszt - Piano Concerto No. 1** 😂

[@siddhuzplace3737]

Concertos are my favorite form!

[@lawrencetaylor4101]

Merci beaucoup

[@piyanistfredericchopin4860]

We'll wait Chopin video.

[@penguinexpress12]

I saw a woodwind quintet and thinking about how composition would have happened blew my mind. Composing a Symphony is hard enough. Composing a woodwind quintet is incredibly challenging. But woodwind quintet concerto!? Ahh

[@brendaboykin3281]

Thank you.

[@israellai]

I kept asking why I was watching something that I already knew like the back of my hand, but you kept interspersing the video with my favourite interpreter of my favourite piece of all time, so I had no choice but to watch till the end and leave a like #QueenHilary

[@user-cc2ix1kg5k]

I want Bruckner symphonies analysis. Thank you!

[@juanjosenamnuntavarez7553]

Thank you very much

[@hashimarshad4981]

Hello, would you be able to do a video on how to listen to classical pieces that tell a story and how to differentiate what’s going on within the story?

[@eriksatieofficiel]

dude Ive deciided ot takea shot eachg time he says ritronello i'"m hamemmereddddd

[@alexandrugheorghe5610]

Can you do a video on what a usual day is like for you? Kind of as if I was sitting in your lap, watching you work.

[@shosho_hrubblefongers9311]

3:01 Pavarotti go weeee

[@androo4036]

Another example that could be used is Alma deutschers piano concerto and violin concerto. These concertos by her are very strong and full of emotion. For instance, the 3rd movement of her violin concerto is very jocular and happy. 1st movement (piano concerto) is the opposite. Very dark and tragic. The reason I brought up Alma is because I thought these two concertos could also be another Added example. 😁

[@InsidetheScore]

Wonderful young composer!

[@androo4036]

@@InsidetheScore agreed!

[@Alexagrigorieff]

Interesting that she decided to have a single exposition in the violin concerto, but more traditional double exposition in the piano concerto. Finale in both concerto is rondo variations, which appears one of her favorite forms.

[@James_Bowie]

Excellent summation! 👍 (And thanks for addressing the audio issues).

[@cameronzorlu3201]

Aye we got some Hilary!!

[@slimesquishiesorbeez7054]

0:54 HILARY HAHNNnNNNNn wonder if it was Sibelius??

[@terr4c0]

11:45 I know you won't read this comment, but, oh my Lord, nobody explained to me how the sonata form works inside a concerto. Thank you so much!!

[@terr4c0]

Greetings from Argentina.

[@luigivercotti6410]

It's reign, not rein. Really good and educational video, thanks

[@junlee7237]

thicc concerto for a thicc man. bach was quite the chad

[@Monika-mo3lo]

When someone talks about classical and then you see Hilary Hahn and you’re just like 😁

[@071949]

I know that before something is played for an audience there are rehearsals, but I wonder if you have ever observed a "who is in charge here" dynamic between the soloist and the conductor *during* a performance, say where the soloist is trying to set a faster tempo than the conductor is setting. Don't remember the composition or the performers, but I recall watching a piano concerto in which while playing her part the soloist gives a shoulder jerk as if to say to the orchestra "speed it up!"

[@gun3562]

Isn't there a ritornello at least occurring twice in Mendelssohn's violin concerto? Or does that not count because its fewer times then most other textbook examples? Thank you for this wonderful content.

[@vonnlamxd1739]

People: Twoset fans:Hilary Hahn!

[@carbonmonoxide5052]

Kabelevsky’s Violin Concerto in C Major follows very few of these rules, which I find interesting. There are basically no ritornellos in the first movement, and the third’s cadenza is not followed by a ritornello, but a gradual buildup to a full orchestra + soloist ending.

[@Boollish]

Kabalevsky is one of the latest written concertos in standard repertoire, and also one of the more "pure student" concertos. That is, it is written more for the teaching of students to bring them up to a certain level rather than for professional performance. No surprise he breaks a few rules along the way.

[@gwardell2]

I also subscribe to Primephonic. I copied your playlist to my music. There is a lot of music in that playlist. 😀

[@Az-jt2zp]

Where and how did you learn about this stuff? Can you point me in a direction where i can do some further reading?

[@TimothyReeves]

3:45 picture of orchestra with HUGE brass section....at least ten horns...probably not a concerto orchestration.

[@BuildingTreeation]

Can you make a video on March form?

[@Casutama]

What is the full list of music used in this video? I recognised some of it (and some was mentioned in the video) but not all...

[@BlackFiredDragon]

can you analyze Sibelius' violin concerto for us

[@ruthsalgado6775]

Rachmaninoff was a genius at this type of music!

[@grungil7570]

Which movement of Brandenburg NO.3 are you refering to?

[@vibhavperi983]

Hilary Hahn!

[@vigokovacic3488]

I appreciate the inclusion of the now internet famous writing of the word *THICC*

[@chickenflavor9880]

*THICC* concerto.

[@wonkalub]

6:22 roughly speaking - a Rondo form

[@DerEritas]

There are just too many to Liszt

[@cthulhutentacles4994]

Too many to list, so I’ll definitely come Bach

[@tteerabeats9116]

Yes

[@GeodesicBruh]

T H I C C

[@ballsman9285]

Concerto moment

[@Ummm6126]

Hilary hahn looking beautiful in her red dress 😂

[@AkiMoonlight]

Why no baroque concertos on your playlist? 😢

[@noahselim4533]

#Inside the Score What is this name? 7:16 Why is its a name like that? I just can't Handel that single one name of a note.

[@alexbrockwell8158]

Dayam that concerto THICC

[@alhfgsp]

I feel like everyone here already knows HOW to listen to classical music but just wants to learn something anyway. 😁

[@juwonnnnn]

👍

[@clemteetonball1250]

The nearest thing to the music of the spheres is Hilary Hahn performing the Beethoven Violin Concerto. You feel rather than hear.

[@fenhen]

Call me stupid, but I never realised that Four Seasons was a concerto. Does it have a full orchestra?

[@iamhorny4542]

No, it only contains string instruments, a harpsichord and a lute

[@InsidetheScore]

So no it's an old fashioned concerto - where you'd have different groups of instruments (or sections) playing off each other. A bit like Bach's Brandenburg concertos. "Concerto Grosso" - where the full orchestra plays off against smaller groups of instruments. Just strings and continuo though - full orchestras as we think of them today developed more with Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven

[@InsidetheScore]

And in some sense Bach with his Passions and Masses and some cantatas

[@fenhen]

@@InsidetheScore That you for the clarification.

[@_rstcm]

What's not to love about T.H.I.C.C concertos! 😂😂😂😂

[@yrisjoloconstantino2348]

Hello Delighters,

[@ameramuthana8618]

1:33 someone tell me the piece I keep forgetting!!!!

[@_DarthSidious_]

Mozarts 21st concerto 2 mvmnt

[@Kasztan_101]

It's so chaotic! One moment you are talking about concertos, then suddenly it's sonatas. It makes it difficult to follow.

[@ruramikael]

The concerto sonata form is like any sonata form, except that the first exposition is mainly presented by the orchestra and the second exposition mainly by the soloist. In symphonies and sonatas the exposition is simply repeated. Skip the ritornello concept.

[@randomcubing7106]

Rachmaninoff piano concertos are the best

[@albertshahnazaryan647]

greatist Rachmaninoff piano concerto 2