Classical Instrumental Works for Orchestra

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HPS 1125 Contents: Fanfare for the Common Man * Jubilee Variation * Preamble for a Solemn Occasion * Ceremonial Fanfare * Inaugural Fanfare.

The fateful Pravda article 'Muddle Instead of Music' appeared in January 1936, in which Shostakovich was directly attacked for his opera Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, at which point the composer had comple...

In the summer of 1937 - during the dangerous time of Stalin's Great Terror - Shostakovich completed his Symphony No. 5. The Pravda article "Muddle Instead of Music" from January 1936, which condemned...

While the German Wehrmacht besieged Leningrad, Shostakovich wrote his 'Leningrad' Symphony. More than a million people died during the 28-month-long isolation of the city. Against this backdrop, Shost...

Unterhaltungsmusik - Orchester

This exciting and virtuosic piece was commissioned by the Buffet Group to celebrate its 190th anniversary as a manufacturer of wind instruments. It was premiered in July 2013 by the Simón Bolívar Band...

This exciting and virtuosic piece was commissioned by the Buffet Group to celebrate its 190th anniversary as a manufacturer of wind instruments. It was premiered in July 2013 by the Simón Bolívar Band...

4.4.3.4-6.5.4.0 - piano, harp, percussion - strings

3.2.3.2-4.4.4.1- piano, harp, percussion - strings

3.3.3.3-4.3.3.1-percussion, timpani and strings

2.2.2(bcl).2(cbs)-2.2.1.0-timpani, percussion, harp, celesta, strings

15 brass, strings, harp, piano and percussions Exact instrumentation: 0.0.0.0 - 6.4.4.1 - harp, piano, percussion - strings

2.2.2.2 - 4.2.2.0 - percussion - strings

symphony orchestra: 2(picc).2.2.2(cbs)-4.3.3.1-timpani, percussion, harp, strings

2.2.2.2 - 2.2.0.0. - timpani, percussion (1), strings

Symphony Orchestra Exact instrumentation: 4.4.5.4. - 6.4.5.2 - timpani, percussion (6), harp - strings

Symphony Orchestra Exact instrumentation: 2.2.2.2. - 4.3.3.1. - timpani, percussion (2) - strings The title, which translates as 'to shout for joy', reflects the generally celebratory mood of this sho...

Symphony Orchestra Exact instrumentation: 3.3.3.3. - 4.3.3.1. - percussion, timpani, harp, celesta - strings Frón means Iceland, and this work is based on fragments from Icelandic folk songs. The open...

Symphony Orchestra Exact instrumentation: 3.2.3.2-4.3.3.1-perc.(3), 4 timp., strings When Thomas Kalb, GMD of the Heidelberg Philharmonic Orchestra (Germany), asked me to write a new symphonic work fo...

Symphony Orchestra Exact instrumentation: 3.3.3(bcl).3(cbs)-4.3.3.1-timpani, percussion, harp - strings

Symphony Orchestra Exact instrumentation: 3(picc).3(eh).3(bcl.)3(cbs).4sax - 4.4.4.1. - timpani, percussion (4), harp, strings A notable characteristic of this symphony is the addition of a saxophone...