Distanced Repertoire for Orchestra or Ensemble: 21-50 players

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 can be performed by between 21 and 50 players. Groups of this number are permitted to gather in some countries already, hopefully with other countries to follow as circumstances and rules allow – with appropriate distancing of course.

Please explore works for chamber orchestra, for large ensemble, works with soloists whether local or principal players, and works with voice.

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:
> Small orchestra or ensemble with up to 20 players
> String orchestra or ensemble up to 20 or 50 players
> Arrangements of classic works for ensemble
> Chamber opera with ensemble

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Works for chamber orchestra or large ensemble (21-50 players)

Michel van der Aa
Here [enclosed] 17'
for chamber orchestra and soundtrack

John Adams
Christian Zeal and Activity 10'
for chamber ensemble

Fearful Symmetries 27'
for orchestra or chamber orchestra

John Adams-Busoni
Berceuse élégiaque 9'
arrangement for chamber orchestra of Busoni's Berceuse No.7 (Elegies for solo piano)

John Adams-Liszt
The Black Gondola 9'
arrangement for chamber orchestra of Liszt's La Lugubre gondola II

Wiegenlied 4'
arrangement for chamber orchestra of Liszt's Wiegenlied

Dominick Argento
Royal Invitation 23'
for chamber orchestra

Leonard Bernstein, arr. Garth Edwin Sunderland
Anniversaries 15'
arrangement of Anniversaries piano works for orchestra

Dybbuk 47'
chamber version for 23 players

Leonard Bernstein
Overture to Candide (theatre version) 4'
for chamber orchestra (pit orchestra)

Overture to West Side Story (theatre version) 5'
for chamber orchestra (pit orchestra)

Oscar Bettison
Animate Objects 15'
for chamber orchestra

Lights in Ashes 12'
for orchestra

Harrison Birtwistle
In Broken Images 18'
after the antiphonal music of Gabrieli, for ensemble

Elliott Carter
Instances 8'
for chamber orchestra

Enrico Chapela
Irrational 8'
for chamber orchestra

Unsuk Chin
Graffiti 28'
for large ensemble

Anna Clyne
Sound and Fury 15'
for chamber orchestra

Aaron Copland
Billy the Kid - Waltz 4'
for chamber orchestra

Music for the Theatre 22'
for chamber orchestra

Music for Movies 16'
for orchestra

Quiet City 10'
for chamber orchestra

Symphony No. 1 - Prelude 6'
arranged for chamber orchestra by the composer

Aaron Copland, arr. Dennis Russell Davies
Short Symphony (No.2, reduced version) 15’
arranged for chamber orchestra

Michael Daugherty
Tell My Fortune 28'
for orchestra

Sunset Strip 15'
for chamber orchestra

Brett Dean
Game over 13'
for instrumental soloists, string orchestra and electronics

Pastoral Symphony 17'
for chamber orchestra

Shadow Music 19'
for small orchestra

Testament 14'
for chamber orchestra

Claude Debussy, arr. Joolz Gale
La Mer 26’
arranged for chamber orchestra

Bernd Richard Deutsch
phi 11'
for chamber orchestra

Paquito D'Rivera
Brussels in the Rain 7'
arranged for orchestra (arr. Franzetti)

Jacob Druckman
Nor Spell Nor Charm 15'
for chamber orchestra

Alberto Ginastera
Variaciones Concertantes 24'
for chamber orchestra

Detlev Glanert
Fünfzehn Karikaturen (Fifteen Caricatures) 23'
for orchestra

HK Gruber
Manhattan Broadcasts 11'
for light orchestra

Robin Holloway
Concertino No.1 20'
for chamber orchestra

Concertino No.2 25'
for chamber orchestra

First Idyll 11'
for small orchestra

Fourth Idyll 23'
for small orchestra

Inquietus 10'
for small orchestra

Ode 14'
for four winds and strings

Second Idyll 20'
for chamber orchestra

Third Idyll: Frost at Midnight 15'
for small orchestra

Elena Kats-Chernin
Clocks 21'
for ensemble

Barbara Kolb
Yet That Things Go Round 14'
for chamber orchestra

Benjamin Lees
Concerto for Chamber Orchestra 18'
for chamber orchestra

Divertimento-Burlesca 22'
for chamber orchestra

Marvin David Levy
Trialogus II 15'
for chamber orchestra of 33 players

Magnus Lindberg
Aventures 12'
for chamber orchestra

Aldeburgh Trilogy 21'
for ensemble

Bubo bubo 4'
for ensemble

Gran Duo 20'
for woodwind and brass

Shadow of the Future 17'
for ensemble

Steven Mackey
Tonic 22'
for chamber orchestra

James MacMillan
Memoire imperial 5'
for chamber orchestra

One 3'
for chamber orchestra

Sinfonietta 19'
for orchestra or chamber orchestra

Symphony No.2 24'
for chamber orchestra

Tryst 30'
for orchestra

Bohuslav Martinu
Comedy on the Bridge - Little Suite from the opera 6'
for chamber orchestra

Sinfonietta la Jolla 19'
for chamber orchestra and piano

Toccata e due canzoni 25'
for chamber orchestra

Tre Ricercari 12'
for chamber orchestra

Peter Maxwell Davies
Concert overture: Ebb of Winter 18'
for chamber orchestra

Strathclyde Concerto No.10 35'
concerto for orchestra

A Welcome to Orkney 3'
for chamber orchestra

Andrzej Panufnik
Harmony 17'
a poem for chamber orchestra

Sinfonia Mistica (Symphony No.6) 22'
for chamber orchestra

Serge Prokofieff
Classical Symphony in D (Symphony No.1) 15'
for orchestra

Overture (American) 8'
for chamber orchestra

Overture on Hebrew Themes 9'
arranged for orchestra by the composer

Sinfonietta 21'
for chamber orchestra

A Summer Day 15'
children's suite for small orchestra

Steve Reich
Music for a Large Ensemble 17'

Ned Rorem
Symphony No.2 18'
for orchestra

Christopher Rouse
Iscariot 13'
for chamber orchestra

Kurt Schwertsik
Compagnie Masquerade 22'
for small orchestra

Mozart, auf und davon (Mozart, up and away) 9'
for chamber orchestra

Schrumpf-Symphonie (Shrunken Symphony) 5'
for orchestra

Sean Shepherd
Blur 12'
for ensemble

Igor Stravinsky
Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments 18'

Symphonies of Wind Instruments (1920 version) 10'

Symphonies of Wind Instruments (1947 version) 10'

Iris ter Schiphorst
'La tristesse durera...' 5'
for chamber orchestra and sampler

Zerstören 10'
for ensemble

Dmitri Shostakovich, arr. Rudolf Barshai
Chamber Symphony op. 73a 33’
arrangement of String Quartet No.3 for chamber orchestra

Chamber Symphony op. 83a 19’
arrangement of String Quartet No.4 for small orchestra

Chamber Symphony op. 49a 14’
arrangement of String Quartet No.1 for chamber orchestra

Christopher Tin
Calling All Dawns 47'
for chamber orchestra

The Drop That Contained the Sea 58'
for chamber orchestra

Michael Torke
Ash 17'
for chamber orchestra

Isang Yun
Kammersinfonie I 24'
for two oboes, two horns and strings

Kammersinfonie II 33'
for small orchestra

Also explore works for chamber orchestra published by Sikorski.

Works with soloist (21-50 players)

John Adams
Eros Piano 15'
for piano and chamber orchestra

Violin Concerto 33'
for violin and chamber orchestra

Leonard Bernstein
Halil 16'
Nocturne for solo flute and small orchestra

Prelude, Fugue and Riffs 9'
arranged for solo clarinet and orchestra by Lukas Foss

Serenade (after Plato's 'Symposium') 30'
for solo violin, harp, percussion, and strings

Sonata for Clarinet and Piano (orchestral version) 11'
for solo clarinet, percussion, piano and strings

Harrison Birtwistle
Panic 18'
a dithyramb for alto saxophone, jazz drummer, wind, brass and percussion

The Cry of Anubis 13'
for tuba and orchestra

Enrico Chapela
Espresso Doppio 7'
for two clarinets and orchestra

Unsuk Chin
Piano Concerto 25'
for piano and orchestra

Aaron Copland
Clarinet Concerto 18'
for clarinet and orchestra

Michael Daugherty
Trail of Tears 25'
for flute and chamber orchestra

Paquito D'Rivera
Cape Cod Concerto 20'
for clarinet, piano and orchestra

Gran Danzón 26'
for flute and orchestra

Gerald Finzi
Violin Concerto 20'
for violin and small orchestra

Hans Gál
Concertino for Cello and Strings 26’
for cello and string orchestra

Concertino for Piano and Strings 15’
for piano and string orchestra

Roberto Gerhard
Piano Concerto 24’
for piano and string orchestra

Detlev Glanert
Concerto for Harp and Orchestra 29'
for harp and small orchestra

Variations on a Theme by Mozart 5'
for solo flute and small orchestra

HK Gruber
Violin Concerto No.1 '...aus schatten duft gewebt' 27'
for violin and orchestra

Robin Holloway
Horn Concerto 35'
for horn and orchestra

Romanza 16'
for violin and orchestra

Serenata Notturna 14'
Concertante piece for 4 horns with accompaniment for 2 trumpets and string orchestra

Elena Kats-Chernin
Ornamental Air 22'
for basset clarinet and chamber orchestra

Magnus Lindberg
Campana in Aria 11'
for horn and orchestra

Cello Concerto No.2 20'

Violin Concerto No.1 27'

Steven Mackey
Four Iconoclastic Episodes 21'
for violin, electric guitar and string orchestra

James MacMillan
A Deep but Dazzling Darkness 22'
for solo violin, ensemble (or chamber orchestra) and tape

Cumnock Fair 12'
version for string orchestra and piano

From Ayrshire 8'
for violin and orchestra

Oboe Concerto 23'

Peter Maxwell Davies
Strathclyde Concerto No.1 for Oboe and Orchestra 28'

Strathclyde Concerto No.3 for Horn, Trumpet and Orchestra 28'

Strathclyde Concerto No.7 for Double Bass and Orchestra 22'

Tod Machover
Breathless 18'
concerto for flute and orchestra

Andrzej Panufnik
Metasinfonia (Symphony No.7) 25'
for solo organ, strings and timpani

Bassoon Concerto 20'
for bassoon and small orchestra

Cello Concerto 18'

Concerto in modo antico 15'
for trumpet and chamber orchestra

Violin Concerto 22'
for violin and string orchestra

Serge Prokofieff
Cinq Melodies (sans paroles) 13'
transcribed for solo cello and orchestra by Rodion Shchedrin (No.1, 3, 4 & 5) and Serge Prokofieff (No.2)

Flute Concerto 24'
Flute Sonata in D, orchestrated by Christopher Palmer

Einojuhani Rautavaara
Fantasia 15'
fantasy for solo violin and orchestra

Two Serenades 14'
two movements for violin and orchestra (completed posthumously by Kalevi Aho)

Ned Rorem
Triptych 10'
Three Pieces for Chamber Orchestra

Flute Concerto 25'
concerto for flute and orchestra in six movements

Water Music 17'
for clarinet, violin and orchestra

Kurt Schwertsik
Double Bass Concerto 14'

Instant Music 15'
for flute and orchestra

Mark-Anthony Turnage
Dialogue 24'
for violin and cello soloists, strings, percussion, harp and piano

A Prayer Out of Stillness 24'
concertante for double bass (doubling 6-string bass guitar) and string orchestra

Riffs and Refrains 18'
for clarinet and orchestra

Isang Yun
Flute Concerto 22'
for flute/alto flute and small orchestra

Also explore similar scaled works published by Sikorski.

Works with voice (21-50 players)

Michel van der Aa
Here [to be found] 18'
for soprano, chamber orchestra and soundtrack

John Adams
The Wound-Dresser 19'
for baritone and chamber orchestra

Dominick Argento
Casa Guidi 20'
for mezzo-soprano and chamber orchestra (reduced orchestration by composer)

Songs about Spring 12'
for mezzo-soprano and chamber orchestra

Jack Beeson
The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze 9'
for countertenor and chamber ensemble

Benjamin Britten
Nocturne 25'
for tenor, seven obbligato instruments, and strings

Elliott Carter
In the Distances of Sleep 15'
for mezzo-soprano and ensemble

Brett Dean
And once I played Ophelia 17’
for string orchestra and soprano

Wolf-Lieder (Wolf Songs) 21'
for soprano and ensemble

Steve Reich
Tehillim 30'
for voices and ensemble

Claude Vivier
Wo bist du Licht! 23'
for mezzo-soprano, percussion, strings and tape

Richard Wagner, arr. Eberhard Kloke
Tristan und Isolde 28'
three fragments for soprano and chamber orchestra

Also explore similar scaled works published by Sikorski.

Photo: Basque National Orchestra