Piano concerto with singers

[rachmaninoff_forever]

Do they exist?

If so, help a brotha out and send me some scores/recordings.

[theholygideons]

only ones with choirs, not with solo singers..

[rachmaninoff_forever]

only ones with choirs, not with solo singers..

That's fine too.

[j_menz]

If the singers are chickens, then there is this.

For Orchestra, Piano and solo vocalist, the only one I know of is Tim Garland's, though I have no idea where you would get the score.

An option is to take a concerto for piano and wind instrument and have the singer do a vocalise of the wind part.

Of course, if you are willing to dispense with the orchestra, there are quite a lot of options.

[theholygideons]

Piano Concerto No. 8 by Daniel Steibelt
Piano Concerto No. 6, Op. 192 (1858) by Henri Herz
Choral Fantasy, Op. 80 by Beethoven
Piano concerto by Busoni
(taken off wikipedia...)

[thalbergmad]

Piano Concerto No. 8 by Daniel Steibelt

Sadly, this appears to be lost, but hopefully it will turn up in some archive one day.

There are a few others not mentioned.

Arthur Bliss - Bazara: With mens voices ad lib.
Alan Bush - Concerto for piano & orchestra with solo baritone and male choir (stupidly long and horrid)
Pierre Capdevielle - Concerto for prepared piano, celesta, electronic organ and vocal ensemble (avant garde crap).
Giorgio Ghedini - Concerto dell'albatro for piano, cello, narrator and orchestra. The narrator reads out sections of Moby dick. (I like this, recording on you tube).
Eugene Hemmer - The voice of the Grand Piano for narrator, piano & orchestra.
Andrzej Hundziak - Concertino for piano, childrens percussion & 3 part childrens or female chorus.
Danilo Lorenzini - Concerto for piano & orchestra with one soprano voice.
Maurice Ohana - Tombeau de Claude Debussy for piano, soprano, zither and chamber orchestra.
Peter Schickele - Three Girls, Three Women for male sining pianist and orchestra.
Leo Sowerby - Concerto for piano & orchestra with a soprano obbligato.
Joseph Tal - Concerto III for piano & orchestra and tenor voice.
Alexander Plinkovsky - Concerto for piano, banjo, microwave background radiation and mute castrated choir.

[j_menz]

Alexander Plinkovsky - Concerto for piano, banjo, microwave background radiation and mute castrated choir.

Has this been recorded?

[thalbergmad]

Not yet old chap. Having trouble getting the choir together.

Thal

[ahinton]

Sadly, this appears to be lost, but hopefully it will turn up in some archive one day.

There are a few others not mentioned.

Arthur Bliss - Bazara: With mens voices ad lib.
Alan Bush - Concerto for piano & orchestra with solo baritone and male choir (stupidly long and horrid)
Pierre Capdevielle - Concerto for prepared piano, celesta, electronic organ and vocal ensemble (avant garde crap).
Giorgio Ghedini - Concerto dell'albatro for piano, cello, narrator and orchestra. The narrator reads out sections of Moby dick. (I like this, recording on you tube).
Eugene Hemmer - The voice of the Grand Piano for narrator, piano & orchestra.
Andrzej Hundziak - Concertino for piano, childrens percussion & 3 part childrens or female chorus.
Danilo Lorenzini - Concerto for piano & orchestra with one soprano voice.
Maurice Ohana - Tombeau de Claude Debussy for piano, soprano, zither and chamber orchestra.
Peter Schickele - Three Girls, Three Women for male sining pianist and orchestra.
Leo Sowerby - Concerto for piano & orchestra with a soprano obbligato.
Joseph Tal - Concerto III for piano & orchestra and tenor voice.
Alexander Plinkovsky - Concerto for piano, banjo, microwave background radiation and mute castrated choir.

Well done! Apart, that is, from your snide comment about the Bush which, to me, is a splendid work that's up there with the best of Bowen where English piano concertos are concerned; also the Schickele for its "sining" pianist (where "sinning" is surely meant?) - not to mention the last, for which procurement of the choir risks breaking the law - if you nevertheless proceed with this, however, will you be the banjo soloist? is the type and brand of microwave specified in the score? and is the score available?...

Best,

Alistair