Concert

A concert is a live music performance in front of an audience.

The performance may be by a single musician, sometimes then called a recital, or by a musical ensemble, such as an orchestra, choir, or band. Concerts are held in a wide variety and size of settings, from private houses and small nightclubs, dedicated concert halls, entertainment centres and parks to large multipurpose buildings, and even sports stadiums. Indoor concerts held in the largest venues are sometimes called arena concerts or amphitheatre concerts. Informal names for a concert include show and gig.

Regardless of venue, musicians usually perform on a stage. Concerts often require live event support with professional audio equipment. Before recorded music, concerts provided the main opportunity to hear musicians play.

Types

The nature of a concert varies by musical genre, individual performers, and the venue. Concerts by a small jazz combo or small bluegrass band may have the same order of program, mood, and volume—but vary in music and dress. In a similar way, a particular musician, band, or genre of music might attract concert attendees with similar dress, hairstyle, and behavior. For example, concert goers in the 1960s often had long hair (sometimes in dread lock form), sandals and inexpensive clothing made of natural fibers. Regular attendees to a concert venue might also have a recognizable style that comprises that venue's scene.

Concert (disambiguation)

A concert is a form of musical performance.

Books

  • The Concert (Kadare), 1988 novel Koncert në fund të dimrit by Ismail Kadare
  • Art

  • The Concert (Vermeer), a painting by Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer
  • Film and TV

  • Le Concert, a 2009 film directed by Radu Mihăileanu
  • Companies

  • Concert Communications Services, a telecom firm
  • Military

  • Operation Concert, a 1943 operation by Soviet partisans during the World War II
  • Music

  • The Concert (ballet), a 1956 ballet by Jerome Robbins
  • Albums

  • The Concert (Creedence Clearwater Revival album), 1980
  • The Concert (Barbra Streisand album), 1994
  • Concert: The Cure Live, a 1984 album by The Cure
  • Kontsert or Концерт, an album by Billy Joel
  • Concerts (Keith Jarrett album), a 1981 album by Keith Jarrett
  • Concerts (Henry Cow album), a 1976 album by Henry Cow
  • See also

  • Concerto, a form of composition in classical music
  • Concerts (Henry Cow album)

    Concerts is a live double album by English avant-rock group Henry Cow, recorded at concerts in London, Italy, the Netherlands and Norway between September 1974 and October 1975. Sides one and two of the LP record consist of composed material while sides three and four contain improvised pieces.

    The album includes Henry Cow's last John Peel Session, recorded in September 1975 and extracts from a concert with Robert Wyatt at the New London Theatre in May 1975. "Groningen" (recorded in September 1974) is part of an instrumental suite where the band improvised around fragments of an early version of Tim Hodgkinson's "Living in the Heart of the Beast" from In Praise of Learning (1975). Another performance of this suite (in full) later appeared in Halsteren on Volume 2: 1974–5 of The 40th Anniversary Henry Cow Box Set (2009).

    CD reissues of the album include Henry Cow's tracks on Greasy Truckers Live at Dingwalls Dance Hall (1974), a double LP of an October 1973 Dingwalls concert, featuring Camel, Henry Cow, Global Village Trucking Company and Gong.

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