cadenza 
cadenza
Definition
ca·denza (kə den′zə)
noun
- an elaborate, often improvised musical passage played unaccompanied by the solo instrument in a concerto, usually near the end of the first or the final movement
- any brilliant flourish in an aria or solo passage
Etymology: It: see cadence
cadenza
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- play: He's going to play the glockenspiel cadenza too!
- include: In the old days, concertos included a cadenza which was to be improvised by the particular player.
Adjective modifier
- own: Mark Knight has also published his own cadenzas for violin concertos by Mozart and viola concertos by Stamitz and Hoffmeister.
- short: The two short cadenzas for organ in the opening two movements, wholly foreign to the sonata tradition, reinforce this impression.
- lovely: Stephen Hopper was the soloist in a tightly controlled Haydn Trumpet Concerto, with a lovely cadenza at the end of the Allegro.
Noun used with modifier
- solo: Well done to all players, especially Jenny, who continued to play her solo cadenza despite an off-putting phone ringing!
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