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    Synonyms and Definitions

    Use "concerto" in a sentence

    concerto example sentences

    concerto


    1. concerto of the ‘last of the Mohicans’


    2. A Mozart piano concerto came softly from corner speakers


    3. After a few bars of Piano Concerto no


    4. After minimal introductions we repaired upstairs to a huge, soundproof studio where, instead of a cuddle on the couch I had to listen to his latest recording – a Rachmaninov concerto


    5. tinued on with her enchanting concerto in A-minor, both Henry


    6. One concerto ends, Sally making a comment about the fluidity of the cellist’s bow strokes, and before long she has drained her glass


    7. This is not to mention the on-campus performances: a concerto for transistor radio, another where the music was silent


    8. This state of flow is a common thread in elite performance, regardless of the context or the field: the professional athlete who sees the whole field at a glance and effortlessly seems to be at the right place at the right time, the professional musician playing an hour-long concerto from memory with effortless perfection, the line cook in a busy kitchen balancing completion of a dozen dishes at a time for hours on end, the video gamer sitting in front of his screen, or the religious mystic sitting on a wooden floor praying for days on end—these experiences are united by a common state of mind


    9. Chris put a cello concerto by Dvorˇák on the stereo, but eventually we switched to the Dixie Chicks


    10. A Beethoven concerto played on the tape deck

    11. He sat back and flicked through the manuscript until he found a more complicated section and tried that, but it was too shallow to be a useful test, so he tried a few lines of a Mozart concerto instead, from an unremembered storage vault in an unused part of his mind


    12. They all parrot Professor Jefferson’s remarks, spouting his theories about how a machine that can’t write a sonnet or compose a concerto because of emotions actually felt can’t be said to have true human intellect


    13. "That was the Brahms violin concerto you heard in the garden," said Geoffrey


    14. Mimi and Katenka were walking up and down, and Lubotshka was playing Field's Second Concerto (Mamma's favourite piece) at the piano


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    "concerto" definitions

    a composition for orchestra and a soloist