Kalmus Orchestra Library

Édouard Lalo (1823-1892) wrote Concerto for Cello in D minor a few years after the popular Symphonie espagnole in 1876 for Belgian cellist Adolphe Fischer. The following year, Fischer was the soloist...

Franz Liszt (1811-1886) started work on his CONCERTO FOR PIANO AND ORCHESTRA No. 2 in A major, S. 125, in 1839 and 1840. Putting it through a series of revisions, he dedicated the concerto to his stud...

The idea for TOTENTANZ, S. 126 (Dance of the Dead) was conceived by Franz Liszt (1811-1886) in 1838. Two versions were to follow, the first completed in 1853, and the second version finished in 1864....

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) wrote Capriccio Brillant, Op. 22 during his second vist to England. This charming example of Mendelssohn's writing for piano has two movements: an Andante with a gentle,...

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) wrote his Violin Concerto in E minor over a six-year period from 1838 to 1844 for his childhood friend, the violinist Ferdinand David, who contributed the cadenza in the...

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) wrote his Violin Concerto in E minor over a six-year period from 1838 to 1844 for his childhood friend, the violinist Ferdinand David, who contributed the cadenza in the...

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) wrote music for William Shakespeare's play A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM on two separate occasions. He first wrote the concert overture in E Major, Op. 21 in 1826 at the age...

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) wrote music for William Shakespeare's play A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM on two separate occasions. He first wrote the concert overture in E Major, Op. 21 in 1826 at the age...

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) wrote music for William Shakespeare's play A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM on two separate occasions. He first wrote the concert overture in E Major, Op. 21 in 1826 at the age...

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) first wrote his CONCERTO FOR THREE PIANOS AND ORCHESTRA in F, No. 7, K. 242 in February of 1776. While it was originally composed for three solo pianos, Mozart reco...

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) first wrote his CONCERTO FOR THREE PIANOS AND ORCHESTRA in F, No. 7, K. 242 in February of 1776. While it was originally composed for three solo pianos, Mozart reco...

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) first wrote his CONCERTO FOR THREE PIANOS AND ORCHESTRA in F, No. 7, K. 242 in February of 1776. While it was originally composed for three solo pianos, Mozart reco...

In 1775, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) wrote his five violin concertos for Gaetano Brunetti, a violinist in the Salzburg court where he served as Konzertmeister. In a letter to his father, he re...

Sinfonia Concertante, K. 364 (320d) was written by W.A. Mozart (1756-1791) in 1779 while he was on a tour of Europe that included Mannheim and Paris. A sort of hybrid between a symphony and a concerto...

Sinfonia Concertante, K. 364 (320d) was written by W.A. Mozart (1756-1791) in 1779 while he was on a tour of Europe that included Mannheim and Paris. A sort of hybrid between a symphony and a concerto...

In 1778, while in Paris, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) wrote to his father that he had written a Sinfonia Concertante for soli flute, oboe, horn, and bassoon with orchestra accompaniment, but th...

In 1778, while in Paris, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) wrote to his father that he had written a Sinfonia Concertante for soli flute, oboe, horn, and bassoon with orchestra accompaniment, but th...

In 1778, while in Paris, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) wrote to his father that he had written a Sinfonia Concertante for soli flute, oboe, horn, and bassoon with orchestra accompaniment, but th...

In 1778, while in Paris, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) wrote to his father that he had written a Sinfonia Concertante for soli flute, oboe, horn, and bassoon with orchestra accompaniment, but th...

The BASSOON CONCERTO IN B-FLAT MAJOR, K. 191/186E, was composed in June 1774 by eighteen-year-old Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791). It is widely believed to be the result of a commission by Thaddae...

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's (1756-1791) completed his three-movement Concerto for Clarinet in A, K. 622 on a few weeks before his death in 1791, and it is considered his last great completed work. It wa...

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) originally wrote his CONCERTO FOR OBOE in C Major, K. 314/274k, in 1777. One year later, he adapted the work to create his CONCERTO FOR FLUTE No. 2 in D, K. 314/285...

Written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) between 1784 and 1787, the Horn Concerto No. 3 in E-flat, K. 447, the work was likely written for hornist Joseph Leutgeb, whose name is mentioned in the...

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) wrote the SERENADE No. 5 in D Major, K. 204/213a on August 5, 1775 for ceremonies at the University of Salzburg. Concurrently writing his five violin concertos, the...

Composed in the summer of 1909, Rachmaninoff's third Concerto for Piano was premiered in November of that year with the composer as soloist, though he was forced to practice the work on silent keyboar...