Scores for Orchestra

This is one of the most dramatic works in the symphonic repertoire! Whether you have seen Fantasia or not, one listen and this music strikes you as frightening and powerful! As true to the original as...

Swan Lake is probably one of the most famous ballets of all time, and this waltz is one of the most recognizable tunes in classical music! William Ryden's careful arrangement ensures that your orchest...

Written in 1874, the orchestral tone poem Danse Macabre Op. 40 by Camille Saint -Saëns (1835-1921) premiered in January of 1875 and was not well received by the audience. 21st century scholar Roger Ni...

Brahms composed this work during the summer of 1880 as a tribute to the University of Breslau for conferring on him an honorary doctorate of philosophy. Known for his love of irony, Brahms based this...

In October of 1898, Edward Elgar returned home after a long day of teaching, ate dinner, then sat down at the piano to doodle on the keys. Elgar described what followed: "In a little while, sooth...

While his Symphony No. 9 is better known, Antonín Dvorák's (1841-1904) Symphony No. 7 is argued by many to be his best symphonic work. Inspired in part by his friend Johannes Brahms' new Symphony No....

A fresh, overture-like work written on an old theme of Hebrew origin, a bombastic, short opening gives way to an extended legato andantino section featuring all of the woodwind family. Rhythmic excite...

The White River flows very near The Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp and meets Lake Michigan in Muskegan County, Michigan. Many legends can be told about this river and the beautiful region where it is locate...

Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687), while born in Italy, is associated with France, where he became a violinist in the court orchestra of the Sun King, Louis XIV, becoming the King's favorite musician as...

This evocative setting for full orchestra is the second of four movements representing the life of early Native Americans of the Southwest United States. The lyric melodies and flowing lines portray t...

Here's a magnificent arrangement of Purcell's ever-popular Trumpet Voluntary! Nelhybel begins by setting up wonderful counterpoint by splitting the violins into four independent parts before bring in...

All the melodic lines are written in the Dorian mode (D minor, played most of the time on the white keys of the piano) and except for the modern snare drum, the percussion evokes the character of the...

Based on WHEN JOHNNY COMES MARCHING HOME; GLORY, GLORY HALLELUJAH; and AMERICA. "A real crowd pleaser." (The Instrumentalist)

A composition with Eastern European folklore flavor, with a great range of contrast, from a dramatic, melancholic adagio to a frantic 'Transylvanian' folk dance. (VN)

A dramatic, exuberant composition, in which even an average junior high school orchestra can achieve a genuine, big symphonic sound. "Written in D minor, Overture for Orchestra ...is a terrific select...

This Scherzo is included in Chaminade's Orchestral Suite and was later transcribed for piano solo. It fits the orchestra like a glove, sparkling color from all sections.

This march in C major begins with a stately melody with dotted-note rhythms, which is shared between the winds and strings. No section is ignored in Philip Clark's orchestration; every instrument has...

A spirited, almost fiddle-like tune begins our journey down the river, with cascading 8th notes in each section. The drama builds with a modulation to D, with figures representing the whitewater rush....

A gorgeous rock ballad for solo oboe, orchestra and jazz rhythm section, Thoughts on an August Day is the perfect addition to any summer pops concert. Feature your oboe player in this tender interlude...

The Iron Horse is a musical character piece inspired by the historical and folkloric role the steam engine played in the American western frontier. This musical work began life as a four-note motive R...