During 2007, the ABC conducted a survey of its listeners to find their top 100 concerti which prompted us at White Hat to compile our own list.
Please bear with us for a couple of weeks while we get our list together. It takes a while to track down the correct spelling over a range of languages.
Here is our incomplete list (in no particular order as yet)
Mozart Concertone in C (for two violins), K190 [ABC - not listed]
Britten Violin Concerto, Op 13 [ABC - not listed]
Vaughan Williams Tuba Concerto in F minor [ABC No.98]
Jongen Symphonie Concertante (for organ and orchestra) [ABC - not listed]
Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No.2 in G minor Op.22 [ABC No.58]
Elgar Violin Concerto in B minor Op.61 [ABC No.35]
Mozart Bassoon Concerto in B flat K191 [ABC No.95]
Villa-Lobos Harp Concerto [ABC - unlisted]
Korngold Violin Concerto in D Op.35 [ABC No.88]
Marcello Oboe Concerto in D minor [ABC No.69]
Haydn Cello Concerto No.2 in D Hob2 [ABC No.87]
Vivaldi Piccolo Concerto in C major, RV535 {ABC - not listed] - the middle movement shows that the piccolo can be a romantic instrument.
Finzi Clarinet Concerto [ABC - unlisted]
Villa-Lobos Harmonica Concerto [ABC - not listed] - one of the finest works of this prolific composer.
Margaret Sutherland Concerto Grosso (for violin, viola and harpsichord) [ABC -unlisted]
Mozart Piano Concerto No.22 in E flat K482 [ABC No.63]
Bruch Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor Op.26 [ABC No.4] - although Bruch wrote nine violin concerti this remains by far the most popular.
Dvořák Cello Concerto in B minor Op.104 [ABC No.14]
Bartók Piano Concerto No.2 [ABC - not listed]
Haydn Sinfonia Concertante in B flat, Hob.I:105
Poulenc Concerto for Organ, String Orchestra and Timpani [ABC - not listed]
Mozart Piano Concerto No.21 in C K467 [ABC No.13]
Jongen Symphonie Concertante for organ and orchestra [ABC - not listed]
Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No.1 in B flat minor Op.23 [ABC No.9]
Grieg Piano Concerto in A minor Op.16 [ABC No.11]
Piazzolla Aconcagua – Bandoneón Concerto [ABC - not listed]
Telemann Viola Concerto in G [ABC No.97] - this deceptively simple work allows the viola to display its lyrical qualities in the lower register.
Bartók Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No.2 Sz.112 [ABC - not listed]
Bruch Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor Op.26 [ABC No.4]
Walton Violin Concerto [ABC - not listed] - commissioned by the great violinist Jascha Heifetz
Milhaud Concerto pour harpe, op323 [ABC - not listed] - there are a number of romantic concerti for harp full of glissandi and romantic swooshes, but this sparkling neo-classical concerto exploits the clarity the harp can bring to the texture of an orchestral work.
Beethoven Piano Concerto No.5 in E flat Op.73 'Emperor' [ABC - No.1]
Walton Viola Concerto [ABC - not listed] - when rejected by the most prominent viola soloist of the time, a fellow composer, Paul Hindemith, showed his belief in the work by playing the solo part in the work's first performance
Shostakovich Violin Concerto No 1 in A minor, Op 99 [ABC - not listed]
Elgar Cello Concerto in E minor Op.85 [ABC No.5]
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor Op.64 [ABC No.12]
Mozart Clarinet Concerto in A K622 [ABC No.6]
Ravel Piano Concerto in D Major for the left hand [ABC - not listed] - a work that is both dark and deep and the first that we chose for this list.
Bach Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor BWV1043 [ABC No.8] - Any work that can survive being scraped away at by two 10 year old girls and still leave you engrossed in Bach's music deserves to be number 1.
