Distanced Classics

During these unprecedented times, performance plans may need to be adapted to fit within new restrictions that vary from country to country. With that in mind, we have curated lists of selected works for smaller performing groups.

The repertoire suggestions below are classic works in recent arrangements for smaller forces, performable by ensembles or chamber orchestras. Groups of up to 20 or up to 50 are permitted to gather in some countries already, hopefully with other countries to follow as circumstances and rules allow – with appropriate distancing of course.

We are happy to supply perusal scores and audio links to conductors and programmers as required, so please contact your local Boosey & Hawkes office: composers.uk@booseycom; [email protected]; [email protected].

Also explore our repertoire for:
> Chamber orchestra or large ensemble with up to 50 players
> Small orchestra or ensemble with up to 20 players
> String orchestra or ensemble up to 20 or 50 players
> Chamber opera with ensemble

Arrangements for small orchestra or ensemble

Johann Sebastian Bach – Heribert Breuer
Goldberg Variations (1741, arr. 2015) 57'
version for two trios (or quartets) and harp, with added lectures by Montaigne

Béla Bartók – Joolz Gale
Dance Suite (Tanzsuite) (1923, arr. 2016) 16'
arranged for chamber ensemble

Ludwig van Beethoven – Detlev Glanert
Triple Concerto (Tripelkonzert)in C major op.56 (1804, arr. 2010) 36'
for solo piano trio, with orchestral part arranged for wind quintet and string quintet

Johannes Brahms – Detlev Glanert
Four Piano Pieces (Vier Klavierstücke) op.119 (1892, arr. 1997) 15'
arranged for octet

Johannes Brahms – Detlev Glanert
Variations on a Theme of Schumann (Variationen über ein Thema von Schumann) op.9 (1854, arr. 1996) 15'
arranged for octet

Claude Debussy – Joolz Gale
La Mer (1905, arr. 2016) 26'
arranged for chamber orchestra

Erik Satie – Martin Christoph Redel
Sports et Divertissements (1914, arr. 2019) 15'
for ensemble, speaker (opt.) and projections (opt.)

Robert Schumann – Detlev Glanert
Ghost Variations (Geistervariationen) (1854, arr. 2010) 12'
for chamber ensemble

Johann Strauss – Brett Dean
Overture to "Die Fledermaus"(1874, arr. 2011) 8'
arrangement for octet

Richard Strauss – Brett Dean
Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche (1895, arr. 1995) 18'
arrangement for nonet

Richard Strauss – Eberhard Kloke
Four Last Songs (Vier letzte Lieder) (1949, arr. 2010) 20'
transcription for soprano and ensemble

Richard Strauss – Rudolf Leopold
Metamorphosen (1945, arr. 1994) 24'
realised for string septet

Richard Wagner – Robin Holloway
Blooms of Passion (Wesendonck-Lieder) (1858, arr. 2011) 28'
arrangement for voice and string orchestra

Richard Wagner – Eberhard Kloke
Wesendonck-Lieder (1858, arr. 2013) 24'
transcription and paraphrase for mezzo-soprano and ensemble

Photo: Basque National Orchestra