Yes, but only when the score calls for it. The composer of the piece determines which instruments (and how many of each) are required for the playing of his/her piece.
a lot of people played the piano in the orchestra
No, a piano is an instrument. An orchestra is an ensemble of different kind of instruments. The piano does not have a place in the average orchestra. It may however play with an orchestra in a concerto. Pianists can also play arrangements of orchestral pieces.
None of Beethoven's symphonies has a piano part. He wrote five concertos for piano accompanied by orchestra, and a Fantasy for piano, chorus and orchestra.
Yes, the orchestra can include a piano in its ensemble.
It's the violin, piano is rarely used in orchestra pieces.
Not at all. Classical orchestral music is not usually scored for piano, except in the case of piano concerti and other music written specifically for the piano. Many symphony orchestras do not include the piano.
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In my school concert yesterday we had the school's string orchestra playing it once on their own and then they play it again with us. The string orchestra was all violind apart from the piano.
Mozart composed for nearly every combination of instruments of that time. Examples are works for: piano and orchestra; orchestra; voice and orchestra; piano; string quartet (2 violins, a viola and a cello), string quintet (2 violins, 2 violas and a cello), piano and violin, clarinet and orchestra, flute and orchestra, and many, many others.
Violin cello and a piano Actually, a concerto can be for almost any solo instrument and orchestra. The commonest are those for piano & orchestra, violin & orchestra, and cello & orchestra.
Choir and band Orchestra's, too, small ensembles like a piano trio, etc.
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