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thalbergmad

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Re: Concertos for Unsung Instruments
« Reply #15 on: Monday 16 May 2011, 14:46 »
There is a piano concerto that includes someone narrating verses from Moby Dick.

Have not got me notes to hand and have forgotten who composed it.

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Re: Concertos for Unsung Instruments
« Reply #16 on: Monday 16 May 2011, 17:10 »
According to some sources, Saint-Saens' Piano Concerto No.2 was originally written for pedal-piano (pedalier):



Then, of course, there are - Didgeridoo Concertos by Mark Atkins (1994) and Sean O'Boyle, and a Triangle Concerto by Mike Hannickel.

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Re: Concertos for Unsung Instruments
« Reply #17 on: Monday 16 May 2011, 17:32 »
Reply 15.
I know a "Concerto dell'Albatro" by Giorgio Federico Ghedini for piano, violin, cello and orchestra with one reciter. The text is from "Moby Dick".
That is not completely unsung. I have attended two actual performances. There were also a couple of recordings (one, "live", had the verses in Herman).

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Re: Concertos for Unsung Instruments
« Reply #18 on: Monday 16 May 2011, 19:38 »
Well done that man.

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Re: Concertos for Unsung Instruments
« Reply #19 on: Monday 16 May 2011, 20:20 »
and a Triangle Concerto by Mike Hannickel.

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That's just silly.

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Re: Concertos for Unsung Instruments
« Reply #20 on: Monday 16 May 2011, 20:52 »
Hey now, a triangle is pretty hard to play....especially Brazillian style.

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Re: Concertos for Unsung Instruments
« Reply #21 on: Tuesday 17 May 2011, 06:41 »
While obviously the human voice is the least unsung instrument of all, a /concerto/ for it isn't exactly common. So I think Gliere's Coloratura Concerto could count here.

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Re: Concertos for Unsung Instruments
« Reply #22 on: Tuesday 17 May 2011, 06:47 »
... and the unfinished Lyra Celtica (Concerto for Voice and Orchestra), Op.50 by John Foulds.


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Re: Concertos for Unsung Instruments
« Reply #23 on: Thursday 23 June 2011, 01:42 »
A superb concerto for Cello and Chinese Orchestra called 'Endless Way' by Kwan Nai-chung is well worth investigating on the Hugo label (HRP 772-2).