Scores for Orchestra

Composer's notes:Beautiful Passing is in two halves separated by a violin cadenza. The first half deals with the interaction between the sharply contrasting materials of the violin and the orchestra....

Once Upon a Castle (2003; revised 2015) for organ and orchestra is Michael Daugherty's nostalgic trip down memory lane based on his visits to the Hearst Castle, the vision and private residence of Ame...

This orchestration, made for an ensemble of 15 instruments, can also be played by a small symphony orchestra. It is thus possible, without modifying the parts of the wind instruments, to increase the...

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...

The "Sonata Vox Gabrieli", commissioned by the International Trombone Association, has quickly become a world bestseller since its publication in 1973. The beautiful, highly expressive, captivating, n...

This work was commissioned on the occasion of my 80th birthday (November 11, 1997). Composed in 1996, consisting of 3 movements in the form of tributes: 1) "Hommage à I'Interprete" (In honor of the in...

Editor's note: for hornists, works for corno da caccia are extremely difficult because of their especially high tessitura. Even by adopting the compromise of playing the parts with a modern piston val...

A very creative writing that gives this concerto a magical character, a kind of imaginary journey. Anthony Plog wrote the Horn Concerto No. 1 in 2003. It is a very adventurous work, both in terms of f...

Barbaro was commissioned by the CAFe Budapest Festival in 2020. The piece imagines five bold, untamed personalities competing against each other or pushing each other to the most extreme challenges. I...

An exciting and virtuosic showpiece composed for the Venezuelan Brass Ensemble which stems from the famous Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela. Giancarlo Castro D'Addona has realized in 2016 th...

Máté Bella: Sounds of Generation Y, Part II Sounds of Generation Y Part II was commissioned by Theater Altenburg-Gera in 2018. Stylistically the piece is a sequel to a previous orchestral work of mine...

Le Quattro Sassofoni incorporates various passages from Antonio Vivaldi's Le Quattro Stagioni in a light-hearted combination of styles ranging from traditional Baroque to Modern Jazz. The well-known m...

Sunbeam differs from the conventional idea of a trombone concerto. It is a work that was created with deliberate steps and without haste - like a walk through a landscape while the world rushes by. Th...