Concert Music Hall/Pianist Noun Bre ˈkɒnsət ˈkɑːnsərt Bach
Word
concert
WordType
(noun)
Phonetic
BrE / ˈkɒnsət / NAmE / ˈkɑːnsərt /
Example
a concert of music by bach
a classical/rock/pop concert
they're in concert at wembley arena.
a concert hall/pianist
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concert
(noun)BrE / ˈkɒnsət / NAmE / ˈkɑːnsərt /
a public performance of music
a concert of music by Bach
a classical/rock/pop concert
They're in concert at Wembley Arena.
a concert hall/pianist
working together with somebody/something
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.
a concert hall/pianist
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.
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