Symphony Concertante is a composition by Gail Kubik (1914–1984) for trumpet, viola, piano, and orchestra.
It was premiered January 7, 1952 by its commissioner, The Little Orchestra, Thomas Scherman conducting.
[1] The work is structured as follows: In the score Kubik notes the work "represents an effort to reconcile the large-scale expressive demands of a symphony with the virtuoso exhibitionistic demands of the concerto form".
[2] Kubik was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1952 for the piece.
The committee wrote: "The Symphony Concertante is brilliant and exuberant, full of rhythmic vitality, the orchestration both original and skillful.