a public performance of musica concert of music by Bacha classical/rock/pop concertThey're in concert at Wembley Arena.a concert hall/pianistCollocationsMusicListeninglisten to/enjoy/love/be into music/classical music/jazz/pop/hip-hop, etc.listen to the radio/an MP3 player/a CDput on/play a CD/a song/some musicturn down/up the music/radio/volume/bassgo to a concert/festival/gig/performance/recitalcopy/burn/rip music/a CD/a DVDdownload music/an album/a song/a demo/a videoPlayingplay a musical instrument/the piano/percussion/a note/a riff/the melody/a concerto/a duet/by earsing an anthem/a ballad/a solo/an aria/the blues/in a choir/soprano/alto/tenor/bass/out of tunehum a tune/a theme tune/a lullabyaccompany a singer/choirstrum a chord/guitarPerformingform/start/get together/join/quit/leave a bandgive a performance/concert/recitaldo a concert/recital/gigplay a concert/gig/festival/venueperform(British English) at/in a concert/(especially North American English) a concertappear at a festival/livego on/embark on a (world) tourRecordingwrite/compose music/a ballad/a melody/a tune/a song/a theme song/an opera/a symphonyland/get/sign a record dealbe signed to/be dropped by a record companyrecord/release/put out an album/a single/a CDbe top of/top the chartsget to/go straight to/go straight in at/enter the charts at number oneWordfinderconcertaudience,auditorium,concert,interval,microphone,perform,programme,soloist,support,venueOxford Collocations Dictionaryadjectivebig,sell-out,sold-out,…… of concertsseriesverb + concertattend,go to,watch,…concert + nounhall,platform,venue,…prepositionat a/the concert,concert of,concert for,…Seefull entrySee related entries:Live music
Word Originlate 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.Extra examplesHe 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 musicThey performed a concert of music by Rachmaninoff and Prokofiev.We saw Muse in concert at Reading Festival.a concert hall/pianistIdioms
