Orchestral Repertoire

Orchestral Repertoire 

Orchestral Repertoire – A Selected List

A complete list is available from Dr. Posey

Bach, J.S.

                Brandenburg Concerti

                Sinfonia from Cantata 146

                St. John Passion

                Orchestral Suites

                Toccata and Fugue in D Minor

                Mass in B Minor  

                Cantatas No 54, 29

Ballard, Louis

                Why the Duck has a Short Tail

                Dream Forest

                Devil’s Promenade

                The God’s Will Hear (Oratorio)

Barber, Samuel

                Adagio for Strings

                Toccata Festiva

                Overture “School for Scandal”

Bartok, Bela

                Concerto for Violin and Orchestra

                Concerto for Orchestra

Beethoven, Ludwig van

                All Symphonies and Overtures

                Mass in C

                Piano Concerti: 5, E-Flat and others

                Choral Fantasy

Berlioz, Hector

                Roman Carnival Overture

                Hungarian March

Bernstein, Leonard

                West Side Story Overture

                Three Dances from “On the Town”

                Candide Overture

                Slava!

Bizet, Georges

                Carmen

                Symphony in G

                L’Arlesienne – Suites 1 and 2

Borodin

                Polovetsian Dances from “Prince Igor”

Boyce, William

                Sinfonias 1-5

Brahms

                All Symphonies

                A German Requiem

                Alto Rhapsodie

                Var. on a Theme of Haydn

                Academic Festival Overture

                Tragic Overture

                Violin Concerto

Britten, Benjamin

                Young person’s Guide to the Orchestra

Bruch, Max

                Kol Nidrei, Violin Concerto

Buck, Dudley

                Festival Overture on a National Anthem

Copland, Aaron

                Symphony No. 3

                Four Dance Episodes from “Rodeo”

                A Lincoln Portrait

                Quiet City

                Fanfare for the Common Man

                Selections from “Eight Poems of Emily Dickinson”

De Falla, Manuel

                Nights in the Gardens of Spain

Debussy, Claude

                Petite Suite

                Premier Rhapsodie

                Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

                Fetes

Dukas, Paul

                Fanfare from the ballet “La Peri”

                The Sorcerer’s Apprentice

Dvorak, Antonin

                Slavonic Dances

                Symphonies No. 8 and 9

Elgar, Edward

                Enigma Variations

Enesco, Edward

                Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1

Faure, Gabriel

                Pelleas and Melisande

                Pavane

                Requiem Mass

Gershwin

                Rhapsody in Blue

                Porgy and Bess – Selections

                An American in Paris

Gilbert and Sullivan

                The Pirates of Penzance

Glinka, Michael

                Russlan and Ludmilla Overture

Gounod, Charles

                Ballet Music and Selections from “Faust”

Greig, Edvard

                Concerto in A Minor

                Peer Gynt

Grofe, Ferde        

                Grand Canyon Suite

Hailstork, Adolphus

                American Fanfare

                Done Made My Vow (Oratorio)

Handel, George F.

                Messiah

                Royal Fireworks Music

                Water Music

                Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne

Hanson, Howard

                Symphony No. 2 “Romantic”

Haydn, Franz Joseph

                The Creation

                Symphonies No. 104, 46, 82 and 45

Holst, Gustav

                The Planets

                Christmas Day

Honegger, Arthur

                King David

Ippolitov-Ivanov

                Caucasian Sketches

Ives, Charles

                The Unanswered Question

                Central Park in the Dark

                Variations on America

Kabalevsky

                Suite from “The Comedians”

                Piano Concerto No. 3

                Colas Breugon Overture

Ligeti, Georgy

                Atmospheres

Liszt, Franz

                Totentanz

                Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat

                Les Preludes

Mendelssohn, Felix

                A Midsummer Night’s Dream

                Christus

                The Conversion of St. Paul

                Elijah

                Cappriccio Brillant, Op. 22

                Symphony No. 2 “Hymn of Praise”

Mozart, Wolfgang A.

                Overtures, Magic Flute, Don Giovani, Marriage  of Figaro

                Symphony Concertante

                Te Deum

                Piano Concerto No. 13

                Symphonies No.  31, 35 and 40

                Concert-Rondo

                Requiem Mass

                Concerto for oboe in C Major

                Grand Mass in C Minor

Mussorgsky/Ravel              

                A Night on Bald Mountain

                Pictures at an Exhibition

Neilsen, Carl

                Clarinet Concerto, Op. 57

Poulenc, Faancis

                Gloria

Prokoffiev, Serge

                Piano Concerto No. 3

                Peter and the Wolf

                Classical Symphony

Rachmaninoff, Sergei

                Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

Ravel, Maurice

                Pavane

                Alborado del Gracioso

                Bolero

                Mother Goose – Five Pieces for Chidren

Respighi, Ottorino

                The Pines and Fountains of Rome

                The Adoration of the Magi

Riegger, Wallingford

                Dance Rhythms

Rimsky-Korsakov

                Scherezade

                Capriccion Espangol

Rossini, G.

                Overtures

Saint-Saens, Camille

                Piano Concerto NO. 2

                Symphony No. 3 in C Major “The Organ”

                Carnival of the Animals

                Scenes fro Samson and Delia

                Christmas Oratorio            

Schubert, Franz

                Symphony No. 8, “The Unfinished”

                Rosamunde overture

                Mass in G

Schuman, William

                New England Triptych

Schumann, Robert

                Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54

Shostakovich, Dimitri

                Symphony No. 5

                Festival Overture

                Concerto No. 1 for Cello and Orcheestra

Sibelius, Jean

                Finlandia

                The Swan of Tonela

                Symphony no. 2 in D Major, Op. 53

                Violin Concerto in D Minor

Strauss, Johann

                All Waltzes

Strauss, Richard

                Selections from “Also Sparach Zarathustra”

Stravinsky, Igor

                Firebird Suite

                L’Histoire du Soldat

                Symphony of Psalms

Tchaikovsky

                Romeo and Juliet Overture

                Polonaise from “Eugene Onegin”

                The Nutcracker

                Violin Concerto Op. 35

                Piano Concerto No. 1

                Symphonies No.1, 4 and 5

Thompson, Randall

                Alleluia

                The Testament of Freedom

Vaughan Williams, Ralf

                The Lark Ascending

Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

Dona Nobis Pacem

Fantasia on “Greensleves”

Verdi, Giussepe

                Selections from various operas

Vivaldi, Antonia

                Gloria

                Magnificat

                The Four Seasons

                Concerto in D Major for Guitar

Wagner, Richard

                Prelude and love Death from “Tristan and Isolde”

                Overture  - “The Mastersingers of Nuremberg”

Walton, William

                Concerto for Viola

Weber, Carl Maria              

                Der Freischutz Overture

                Oberon Overture

                Concertino, Op. 26

                Invitation to the Dance

                Clarinet Concerto and Concertion

Weber, Andrew Lloyd

                Phantom of the Opera Selections