Definition of concerto grosso in English:
 concerto grosso
nounPlural concerti grossi ˈɡrɒsəʊˈɡrôsō
A musical composition for a group of solo instruments accompanied by an orchestra. The term is used mainly of baroque works.
 Example sentencesExamples
-  Boulez, on the other hand, makes more of the concerto grosso elements in the score.
 -  This has the interesting effect of highlighting the concerto grosso aspects of the works, giving us an illuminating idea of the origins of the form.
 -  Handel wrote in every contemporary genre, also creating the organ concerto to display his own virtuosity in the intervals of oratorio performances and publishing two fine sets of concerti grossi.
 -  Corelli's famous and affecting concerto grosso Op6 no 8, his ‘Concerto di Natale’ will be included in an attractive programme of music from the late Baroque and early Classical era.
 -  The final work is one of Handel's masterpieces, his concerto grosso in D major, Op. 6 no 5., a work with solo parts for two violins and cello.
 -  I may have heard the concerti grossi, but maybe not.
 -  ‘Ritornello form’ is a term used to describe the first and often the last movements of the Baroque concerto, especially the concerto grosso.
 -  The sinfonia concertante arose in the latter half of the 1700s as the successor to the Baroque concerto grosso.
 -  Bridging the Italian concerto grosso style and the sonata form recently developed by Hadyn and J.C. Bach, they do Tyneside proud indeed.
 -  Scored for sixteen players, the work offers a Carterian reinterpretation of the form of the concerto grosso.
 
Origin
  
Early 18th century: Italian, literally 'big concerto'.