Concert Music Orchestra Oxford Noun ˈkɒnsət ˈkɑːnsərt Attend/Go

• to attend/go to a concert
• the orchestra gave a concert in miami in january.
• a series of concerts organized by the oxford chamber music society
• a classical/rock/pop concert

concert

1. a public performance of music
• SEE ALSO promenade concert
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/promenade-concert
• to attend/go to a concert
• The orchestra gave a concert in Miami in January.
• a series of concerts organized by the Oxford Chamber Music Society
• a classical/rock/pop concert
• a benefit/charity concert
• They're in concert at Wembley arena.
• They also performed at a concert in Rome last month.
• a concert of music by Bach
• I got dragged along to concerts by bands I hated.
• a fundraising concert for tsunami victims
• a concert hall
• a concert pianist/tour/series

Extra Examples

• He will be giving his farewell concert as Music Director of the Ulster Orchestra.
• She sang at a gala concert to celebrate the music of Stephen Sondheim.
• The Queen attended a gala concert at the Royal Festival Hall.
• The band is putting on its biggest concert of the year.
• The orchestra performs its final concert of the season tomorrow.
• We're organizing a concert for charity.
• a concert of military music
• They performed a concert of music by Rachmaninoff and Prokofiev.
• We saw Muse in concert at Reading Festival.
2. working together with somebody/something

Word Origin

• late 16th cent. (in the sense ‘unite’): from French concerter, from Italian concertare ‘harmonize’. The noun use, dating from the early 17th cent. (in the sense ‘a combination of voices or sounds’), is from French concert, from Italian concerto, from concertare.