Orchestral | A - G

Orchestral works performed in public concerts 1980-2008 include:

AdamsA Short Ride in a Fast Machine
ArnoldSymphonies Nos. 2 & 5, Tam O’Shanter, English Dances, Scottish Dances
Bach, J.S.Brandenburg Concertos, Orchestral Suites 2 & 3
Ball, MichaelEuphonium Concerto (1st performance)
BarberAdagio for Strings, Violin Concerto
Bartok Concerto for Orchestra, Two Portraits
Beethoven

Symphonies 1 – 9

Overtures - Consecration of the House, Coriolan, Egmont, Leonora No.3 & Prometheus

Piano Concertos Nos. 1, 3, 4 & 5, Violin Concerto, Triple Concerto

BelliniOboe Concerto
BerliozSymphonie Fantastique, Overture Roman Carnival, Nuits d’Ete
BernsteinSymphonic Dances from West Side Story, Overture Candide
BizetCarmen Suites 1 & 2
BlissThings to Come Suite
BorodinSymphony No.2, Overture Prince Igor, Polotsvian Dances, Nocturne
BörtzNight Clouds, Summer Music
Brahms

Symphonies 1 – 4, Academic Festival Overture, Tragic Overture

Piano Concertos 1 & 2, Violin Concerto, Double Concerto

Brahms arr. SchoenbergPiano Quartet in G Minor
Britten

Young Persons’ Guide to the Orchestra, Simple Symphony

Matinées Musicales, Soirées Musicales

BruchViolin Concerto No.1, Scottish Fantasy
BrucknerSymphonies 4 and 7
ChopinPiano Concerto No.2
CoplandBilly the Kid, Quiet City, Rodeo
DebussyPrelude L’après-midi d’une Faune, Danse Sacrée et Danse Profane
DeliusOn hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring, Walk to the Paradise Garden
DvorakSymphonies 7, 8 & 9, Carnival Overture, Symphonic Variations, Noonday Witch, ‘Cello Concerto, Serenade for Strings, Serenade for Wind
Elgar

Symphony No.3 (Realised Payne), Enigma Variations

Cockaigne Overture, Overture In the South, Pomp and Circumstance Marches Nos. 1 & 4, ‘Cello Concerto, Serenade for Strings, Introduction and Allegro for Strings

Severn Suite (1st modern performance of the orchestral version)

FaurePavane, Pelleas et Melisande
FinziThe Fall of the Leaf
FranckSymphony in D minor
GershwinRhapsody in Blue, An American in Paris
GlazunovViolin Concerto, The Seasons
GlinkaOvertures - A Life of the Czar, Russlan & Ludmilla
GraingerMolly on the Shore, Shepherds’ Hey, Tune from County Derry
GriegPiano Concerto, Peer Gynt Suites 1 & 2, Holberg Suite

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