Instrumentation is given according to the standard convention:
flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon – horn, trumpet, trombone, tuba – (percussion) – strings
Percussion abbreviations:
– perc = percussion (usually multiple instruments each)
– timp = timpani (only)
– pn = piano
– hp = harp
Auxiliary wind instruments are not explicitly shown.
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– Encore! _____ 1,1,2,1 – 2,1,1,0 – timp, 1perc – str
(featuring 23 classical favourites by 20 composers in 3’30” – also availalbe for full orchestra 2,2,2,2 – 4,2,3,1 – timp, 3perc – str)
Ludwig van Beethoven
– Fidelio Overture _____ 1,1,2,1 – 2,1,1,0 – timp – str
– Piano concerto no.1 _____ 1,1,1,1 – 1,0,0,0 – timp(opt.) – str
– Piano concerto no.2 _____ 1,1,0,1 – 1,0,0,0 – str
– Piano concerto no.3 _____ 1,1,1,1 – 1,0,0,0 – timp(opt.) – str
– Piano concerto no.4 _____ 1,1,1,1 – 1,0,0,0 – timp(opt.) – str
– Piano concerto no.5 _____ 1,1,1,1 – 1,0,0,0 – timp(opt.) – str
Georges Bizet
– Carmen-Fantasy _____ 1,1,2,1 – 2,1,1,0 – 1perc, timp(opt.), hp (opt.) – str
– Roma (Symphony no.2) _____ 1,1,2,1 – 2,1,1,0 – timp, hp – str
Johannes Brahms
– Serenade no.1 _____ 1,1,1,1 – 2,0,0,0 – str
– Symphony no.3 _____ 1,1,1,1 – 2,0,0,0 – timp(opt.) – str
Max Bruch
– Kol Nidrei (with solo cello or double bass) _____ 1,1,1,1 – 2,0,0,0 – str
– Leonidas (with solo baritone & TTBB) _____ 1,1,2,1 – 2,1,1,0 – timp – str
Anton Bruckner
– Symphony no.4 _____ 1,1,1,1- 2,1,1,0 – 1perc – str
Cecile Chaminade
– Flute concertino _____ 1,1,1,1 – 1,0,0,0 – timp(opt.), hp – str
Ernest Chausson
– Poème (with solo violin) _____ 1,1,2,1 – 2,0,0,0 – timp, hp – str
– Viviane op.5 _____ 1,1,2,1 – 2,1,1,0 – 1perc, hp(opt.) – str
Chen Gang, He Zhanhao
– Butterfly Lovers violin concerto _____ 1,1,1,1 – 2,1,1,0 – 2perc, pn, hp – str
– Butterfly Lovers violin concerto (no harp) _____ 1,1,1,1 – 2,1,1,0 – 2perc, pn – str
Frederick Chopin
– Piano concerto no.1 (with solo piano) _____ 1,1,1,1 – 1,0,0,0 – timp – str
– Piano concerto no.2 (with solo piano) _____ 1,1,1,1 – 1,0,0,0 – timp – str
Claude Debussy
– Prelude a l’apres-midi d’un faune _____ 1,1,1,1 – 1,0,0,0 – 1perc, hp – str
Léo Delibes
– Pizzicati (from the ballet “Sylvia”) _____ 1,1,1,1 – 2,1,1,0 – timp, hp(opt.) – str
Frederick Delius
– In a Summer Garden _____ 1,1,1,1 – 1,0,0,0 – 1perc, hp – str
Gaetano Donizetti
– La fille du regiment overture _____ 1,1,2,1 – 2,1,1,0 – 1perc – str
Paul Dukas
– L’apprenti sorcerer _____ 2,1,2,1 – 2,2,0,0 – 3perc – str
Antonin Dvorak
– American Suite op.98 _____ 2,2,2,2 – 2,1,1,0 – 2perc – str
– Symphony no.8 _____ 1,1,2,1 – 2,1,1,0 – timp – str
Edward Elgar
– Enigma Variations _____ 1,1,2,1 – 1,0,0,0 – 2perc – str
– Enigma Variations (“double winds”) _____ 2,2,2,2 – 2,2,1,0 – 2perc – str
Gabriel Faure
– Pavane _____ 1,1,1,1 – 1,0,0,0 – str
Jacob Gade
– Tango Jalousie _____ 1,1,1,1 – 2,1,1,0 – 2perc – str
Niels Gade
– Efterklange af Ossian (Echoes of Ossia) _____ 1,1,2,1 – 2,1,1,0 – timp, hp – str
– Mariotta overture _____ 1,1,2,1 – 2,1,1,0 – timp – str
– Nordische Sennfahrt overture _____ 1,1,2,1 – 2,1,1,0 – timp, perc(opt.) – str
George Gershwin
– An American in Paris _____ 1,2,2,1 – 2,2,1,1 – 2perc – str
– Girl Crazy overture _____ 1,1,1,1 – 1,1,1,1 – 2-3perc – str
– Rhapsody in Blue (with solo piano) _____ 1,1,2,1 – 2,2,1,0 – 2perc – str
Mikhail Glinka
– Ruslan and Lyudmila overture _____ 1,1,1,1 – 2,1,1,0 – timp – str
Carl Goldmark
– Goetz von Berlichingen Vorpspiel _____ 1,1,1,1 – 1,1,0,0 – timp – str(1,1,1,1,1)
Edvard Grieg
– Lyric Pieces (Suite) op.54 (complete 1-6) _____ 1,1,2,1 – 1,0,0,0 – 1perc, hp – str
– Peer Gynt (complete) _____ 1,1,2,1 – 1,0,0,0 – 1perc – str + vocal
– Symphonic Dances op.64 _____ 1,1,2,1 – 1,0,0,0 – 1perc, hp – str
Engelbert Humperdinck
– Dornröschen (complete) _____ 1,1,2,1 – 2,1,2,0 (tuba opt.) – 2perc, hp – str
– Dornröschen: Fantasy for (Chamber-)Orchestra (60min) _____ 1,1,2,1 – 2,1,2,0 (tuba opt.) – 2perc, hp – str
– Hänsel und Gretel (complete) _____ 1,1,2,1 – 2,1,2,0 (tuba opt.) – 2perc, hp – str
Franz Lehár
– Gold und Silber _____ 1,1,1,1 – 2,1,1,0 – 2perc, hp – str
Paul Lincke
– Berliner Luft _____ 1,1,1,1 – 2,1,1,0 – 2perc – str
– Das ist der Zauber von Berlin _____ 1,1,1,1 – 2,1,1,0 – 2perc – str
Franz Liszt
– Les Preludes _____ 1,1,2,1 – 1,1,0,0 – 1perc, hp – str
Gustav Mahler
– Das Lied von der Erde (with 2 solo voice) _____ 1,1,2,1 – 2,1,0,0 – 1perc, hp – str
– Kindertotenlieder (with solo voice) _____ 1,1,2,1 – 1,0,0,0 – 1perc, hp – str
– Kindertotenlieder (no harp) (with solo voice) _____ 1,1,2,1 – 1,0,0,0 – 1perc – str
– Rückert Lieder (with solo voice) _____ 1,1,1,1 – 1,0,0,0 – str (1,1,1,1,0)
– Symphony no.4 (with solo voice) _____ 1,1,2,1 – 2,1,0,0 – 2perc, hp – str
– Symphony no.4 (with solo voice)(“double winds”) _____ 2,2,2,2 – 2,2,0,0 – 3perc, hp – str
– Symphony no.9 _____ 2,1,2,1 – 2,1,2,0 (tuba opt.) – 1perc, hp – str
Heinrich Marschner
– Hans Heiling overture _____ 1,1,2,1 – 2,1,1,0 – timp – str
Étienne Méhul
– La chasse du jeune Henry (v1) _____ 1,1,1,1 – 4,0,0,0 – timp(opt.) – str
– La chasse du jeune Henry (v2) _____ 1,1,1,1 – 4,0,0,0 – str (1,1,1,1, bass opt.)
– La chasse du jeune Henry (2 horns v1) _____ 1,1,1,1 – 2,0,0,0 – timp(opt.) – str
– La chasse du jeune Henry (2 horns v2) _____ 1,1,1,1 – 2,0,0,0 – str (1,1,1,1, bass opt.)
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
– Ein Sommernachtstraum (complete) _____ 1,1,1,1 – 1,1,1,0 – timp – str + vocal
Modeste Mussorgsky / Maurice Ravel
– Pictures at an exhibition _____ 1,1,1,1 – 1,1,1,1 – 2perc – str
Otto Nicolai
– Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor overture _____ 1,1,2,1 – 2,1,1,0 – timp – str
– Weihnachts-Ouverture (Christmas overture) _____ 1,1,2,1 – 2,1,1,0 – timp – str + opt. organ and/or choir
Jacques Offenbach
– Rondo dé la Duchesse “Ah, Que J’aime Les Militaire” _____ 1,1,1,1 – 2,1,1,0 – 2perc – str + vocal
– Rondo dé la Duchesse “Ah, Que J’aime Les Militaire” _____ 2,2,2,2 – 2,2,1,0 – 3perc – str + vocal
Sergei Rachmaninov
– Capriccio bohemien (on Gypsie themes) _____ 1,1,2,1 – 2,1,1,0 – 2perc, hp – str
Maurice Ravel
– Ma mere l’oye (Mother goose) _____ 1,2,1,1 – 1,0,0,0 – 2perc – str
Carl Reinecke
– Trio for clarinet, horn and piano _____ 0,0,1,0 – 1,0,0,0 – str
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
– Sheherazade _____ 1,1,1,1 – 1,1,1,0 – 2perc, hp – str
Gioacchino Rossini
– Il barbiere di Siviglia overture _____ 1,1,1,1 – 1,0,0,0 – timp – str
– Il barbiere di Siviglia (complete) _____ 1,1,1,1 – 1,0,0,0 – 1perc(opt.), 1gtr(opt.) – str + vocal
– La gazza ladra (Thieving magpie) overture _____ 1,1,1,1 – 2,1,1,0 – 1perc, timp(opt.) – str
– William Tell overture _____ 1,1,1,1 – 2,1,1,0 – 1perc – str
Camille Saint-Saens
– Danse macabre _____ 1,1,1,1 – 1,0,0,0 – 2perc, hp – str
Robert Schumann
– Overture zu Goethe’s Hermann und Dorothea _____ 1,1,1,1 – 1,1,0,0 – 1perc – str(1,1,1,1,1)
Jean Sibelius
– The swan of Tuonela _____ 0,1,1,1 – 1,0,0,0 – 1perc – str (red 2,2,2,2,1)
Johann Strauss
– Piefke und Pufke _____ 1,1,1,1 – 2,1,1,0 – 2perc – str
– Radetzky Marsch _____ 1,1,1,1 – 2,1,1,0 – 2perc – str
– Spiel’ ich die Unschuld vom Lande (from “Die Fledermaus”) _____ 1,1,1,1 – 2,1,1,0 – 2perc, hp(opt.) – str
Johann Strauss II
– An der schönen blauen Donau _____ 1,1,1,1 – 2,1,1,0 – 2perc, hp(opt.) – str
– Annen-Polka _____ 1,1,1,1 – 2,1,1,0 – 2perc – str
– Auf der Jagd _____ 1,1,1,1 – 2,1,1,0 – 2perc – str
– Im Krapfnwaldl (in original B, or C) _____ 1,1,1,1 – 2,1,1,0 – 2perc – str
– Schwips-Lied (based on Annen-Polka) _____ 1,1,1,1 – 2,1,1,0 – 2perc – str + vocal
Richard Strauss
– Der Bürger als Edelmann Suite _____ 1,1,1,1 – 1,1,1,0 – 1perc, hp, pn – str (1,1,1,1,1)
– “Im Abendrot” from 4 letzte Lieder (with solo voice) _____ 1,1,1,1 – 1,0,0,0 – str
– Don Juan _____ 1,1,1,1 – 2,1,1,0 – 2perc, hp – str
– Symphony no.2 in F minor _____ 1,1,2,1 – 2,1,1,0 – timp – str
– Till Eulenspiegel _____ 1,1,3,1 – 2,0,0,0 – 1perc – str
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
– Piano concerto no.1 (with solo piano) _____ 1,1,2,1 – 2,1,1,0 – timp – str
– Symphony no.1 _____ 1,1,1,1 – 2,1,0,0 – timp – str
– Symphony no.2 _____ 1,1,2,1 – 2,1,1,0 – 1perc – str
– Symphony no.3 _____ 1,1,2,1 – 2,1,1,0 – timp – str
Richard Wagner
– Tannhäuser (complete) _____ 1,1,2,1 – 2,1,1,0 (tuba opt.) – 2perc, hp – str
– Tristan XS (1h40m) (with 2 solo voices) _____ 1,1,2,1 – 2,0,0,0 – timp, hp – str
– Tristan XS/XL (as above but with original instrumentation)
– Wesendonck Lieder op.91 (with solo voice) _____ 1,1,1,1 – 1,0,0,0 – str
Carl Maria von Weber
– Jubel-Ouverture _____ 2,2,2,2 – 2,2,1,0 – 2perc – str