Symphonies are kitsch as fuck Concerti(specifically concerti grosso) and SQs are better. Everything that can be said with a hundred instruments can be just as easily said with 4 or 3
Lincoln Martinez
>concerti grosso you realize that's even larger than a symphony right?
A symphony is a full orchestra
A concerto is a full orchestra with a singular soloist
A concerti grosso is a full orchestra (the Ripieno in this case) and the concertino which is a group of a soloists.
A concerti grosso would be the largest of these.
If your argument is String quartet/quintet is better than orchestra music, that's another argument.
But when you say concerti grosso AND string quartet which are two VASTLY different sized performances im just not sure what the fuck you're trying to say.
Julian Butler
trying to do polyphonic music again. i'll try to do something every day you cant stop me mutants
> he doesn't know The tutti of a concerto can easily be transposed on piano rather than played by an orchestra(which is done more often than not); the defining factor of the concerto is the lead instrument, the orchestra is merely accompaniment. All a concerto grosso does is more voices(all of which are distinct, instead of the pompus mess that is a symphony)
Luis Miller
lmao you're a moron, many symphonies were written for piano too
The difference between a concerto tutti and a symphony is that the tutti is explicitly written to be simple and playable on just about any instrument you can think of(this is so they don't take focuse away from the solo), symphonies often require shit like two people on one piano to work
Ryan Jackson
all i'm taking away from this is that you're a simple man that likes simple things, too much going on confuses and angers you.
