Emily wrote: > Hello, list! Long time lurker, first time poster.
Good to hear from you onlist!
<<I am currently taking a class on the history of the concerto (small school... I didn't have a whole lot of options.) Our final project is a 40 minute presentation on a concerto of our choosing. I am having a difficult time choosing a piece. Part of our presentation is to discuss performance practice and technique, etc., which I would have difficulty doing for any instrument other than voice (though I suppose I could fake it.) >>
The only solo vocal work I can think of that comes close in form to an instrumental concerto is the already-suggested Mozart Exultate Jubilate. While I haven't analyzed the work, I suspect each of the movements has form-al counterparts in Classical-period instrumental concerti (isn't the last movement sonata-rondo?). This is a relatively early Mozart work, so it could probably be compared with Mozart early instrumental concertos, and you can highlight differences voice vs. instrument.
Now, if you're willing to deal with choral music and your professor would let you use the last movement of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, you're home free!!!
A symphonic work with solo voice is the Mahler Fourth Symphony, in which one of the movements is scored for mezzo and orchestra. I played the work as an orchestra member a long time ago, so I don't recall much about the movement's structure, though Mahler is not known for adhering much to formal structures anyway.
I don't think a work like Strauss's Four Last Songs is a good choice, because they are songs with orchestral accompaniment and I don't think have much to do with the Concerto form.
Let us know what you decide to do. This sounds like fun!
Peggy
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