List of triple concertos

Triple concertos are concertos for three solo instruments and orchestra, which have been composed from the Baroque period, including works by Corelli, Vivaldi, Bach and Telemann, to the 21st century, such as two works by Dmitri Smirnov. The most famous example is Beethoven's Triple Concerto for violin, cello and piano. His combination of solo instruments was often used also in later works.

History

Many works in the genre concerto grosso were composed for three solo instruments, including Corelli's concerti grossi, Op. 6, for a trio (concertino) of two violins and cello. 1714. Antonio Vivaldi wrote several concertos for the same combination of instruments, published for example in L'estro armonico in 1711. Based on Italian models, Johann Sebastian Bach composed concertos for multiple instruments, including his Fourth Brandenburg Concerto, BWV 1049, with solo parts for violin and two recorders,[1], his Fifth Brandenburg Concerto, BWV 1050, featuring violin, flute and harpsichord,[1] the Concerto, BWV 1044, for the same soloists,[1] and two concertos for three harpsichords and string orchestra.[2] Georg Philipp Telemann wrote 17 concertos for three instruments, many of them for two identical woodwind instruments, such as flutes or oboes, with a different third instrument such as violin or bassoon, others for three identical instruments, such as three violins, and for three different instruments, such as flute, violin and cello, published for example in his Tafelmusik collection.

The most popular triple concerto, commonly called Triple Concerto (Tripelkonzert), is Beethoven's Triple Concerto for violin, cello and piano.

Table

In the following table, the compositions are initially sorted by a year of composition or publication, followed by composer, title, the three instruments, the kind of orchestra, and notes, such as a link to a reference.

Triple Concertos
Year Composer Title Key Solo 1 Solo 2 Solo 3 Orchestra Notes
1721 Johann Sebastian Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 G major harpsichord violin flauto traverso strings
1721 Johann Sebastian Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 D major violin recorder recorder strings and bc
1804 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto No. 7 F major piano piano piano orchestra
1804 Ludwig van Beethoven Triple Concerto C major violin cello piano orchestra
1933 Bohuslav Martinů Concertino violin cello piano string orchestra [3]
1938 Gian Francesco Malipiero Concerto a tre violin cello piano orchestra
1977 Dmitri Smirnov Triple Concerto No. 1 saxophone piano double bass orchestra
2002 Lera Auerbach Serenade for a Melancholic Sea violin cello piano orchestra
2003 Dmitri Smirnov Triple Concerto No. 2 violin harp double bass orchestra
2016 Wolfgang Rihm Trio Concerto violin cello piano orchestra

References
  1. Spitta 1899, III: p. 143.
  2. Spitta 1899, III: pp. 146–149.
  3. Barnett, Rob (June 2003). "Review of 1997 Recording of Martinů Trio Concertino". MusicWeb. Retrieved 2007-11-03.

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