Chamber Concertos in the 20th century?

[ramseytheii]

Looking for piano concertos that can be done with chamber orchestra, written in the 20th century.  Works that really feature the piano, so the Schoenberg chamber symphonies don't count.  Can anyone give any suggestions?  I can think of Ligeti (I think it is for chamber orchestr) and Hindemith.

Walter Ramsey

[presto agitato]

The piano concerto by Michael Nyman could be a good option

[jre58591]

ligeti's chamber concerto is a good pick. also, berg's chamber concerto is a good one to look at. in addition to hindemith's piano concerto, llok at his four temperaments for piano and string orchestra. im sure you can do that one as a sextet easily.

[ramseytheii]

ligeti's chamber concerto is a good pick. also, berg's chamber concerto is a good one to look at. in addition to hindemith's piano concerto, llok at his four temperaments for piano and string orchestra. im sure you can do that one as a sextet easily.

Interesting!  Does the Berg feature the piano, or is it just one of many soloing instruments?

Thanks for the information,
Walter Ramsey

[bennom]

Janacek has two works for piano and chamber orchestra.

Concertino (1925) for Piano, Two Violins, Viola, Clarinet, French Horn and Bassoon

and Capriccio for piano(left hand!),  flute and brass ensemble.

Interesting!  Does the Berg feature the piano, or is it just one of many soloing instruments?

The piano and violin are soloists, it's like a double concerto (at least as I remember it). There's even a movement in the middle for just the two of them.

Bennom

[jre58591]

perhaps even the shostakovitch 1st can be done as a chamber concerto. a quintet plus solo trumpet and piano might work. the orchestra used for that concerto isnt that small anyways.

[mikey6]

Schinittke concerto for piano and strings is great - uncomfortable listening as all Schnittke is.
There's some concerto grosso's by Bloch my uni just did - there's a concertante piano part I think.

[bennom]

Thomas Ades' Concerto conciso is for piano and ten players.