Distanced Repertoire for string orchestra or ensemble: up to 20 or 50 players
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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 string orchestras, ensembles or orchestral sections, divided up to 20 players and between 21 and 50 players. Groups of these numbers 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:
> Small orchestra or ensemble with up to 20 players
> Chamber orchestra or large ensemble with between 21 and 50 players
> Arrangements of classic works for ensemble
> Chamber opera with ensemble
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Works for string orchestra or ensemble (up to 20 players)
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Benjamin Britten
Prelude and Fugue 9'
for 18-part string orchestraVariations on a Theme of Frank Bridge 25'
for string orchestraBenjamin Britten (and others)
Variations on 'Sellenger's Round' (Aldeburgh Variations) 13'
composite work written by Britten, Berkeley, Oldham, Searle, Tippett, WaltonAnna Clyne
Within Her Arms 14'
for string ensembleAaron Copland
Nonet 18'
for string ensembleTwo Pieces 11'
for string orchestraMichael Daugherty
Strut 6'
for string orchestraBrett Dean
Between the spaces in the sky 8'
for string orchestraCarlo 21'
for strings and samplerShort Stories 12'
five interludes for string orchestraPaquito D'Rivera
Aires Tropicales 24'
for string orchestraIrving Fine
Serious Song 10'
for string orchestraGerald Finzi
Romance 8'
for string orchestraAlberto Ginastera
Concerto per corde 23'
for string orchestraOsvaldo Golijov
Last Round 14'
for string orchestra or string nonetHenryk Mikolaj Górecki
...songs are sung 54'
realised for string orchestra by Chris LathamSofia Gubaidulina
Reflections on the Theme B-A-C-H 5'
for string orchestraLeon Gurvitch
5 Dances in Old Style 20'
for stringsElena Kats-Chernin
A Knock One Night 14'
for string orchestraZoom and Zip 13'
for string orchestraBenjamin Lees
Interlude 12'
for string orchestraIntermezzo 6'
for string orchestraJames MacMillan
For Sonny 5'
arranged for string orchestraÍ (A Meditation on Iona) 17'
for strings and percussionNicholas Maw
Life Studies 40'
8 studies for 15 solo stringsPeter Maxwell Davies
Farewell to Stromness 4'
arranged for string orchestraAndrzej Panufnik
Landscape 7'
for string orchestraOld Polish Suite 12'
for string orchestraArbor Cosmica 40'
12 Evocations for 12 Strings
(shorter combination of movements can also be performed)Serge Prokofieff
Andante 9'
for string orchestra arr.from String Quartet No.1Serge Prokofieff, arr. Rudolf Barshai
Visions fugitives 20'
arranged for string orchestraEinojuhani Rautavaara
Into the heart of light 15'
for string orchestraSteve Reich
Triple Quartet 15'
arrangement for string ensemble or string orchestra (live version)Ned Rorem
Pilgrims 6'
for string orchestraString Symphony 23'
for string orchestraKurt Schwertsik
Mond-Lichtung 10'
for string orchestraDmitri Shostakovich, arr. Rudolf Barshai
Chamber Symphony op. 110a 23'
arrangement of String Quartet No.8 for string orchestraAna Sokolovic
Toke 15'
for string orchestraIl divertimento barocco (string version) 13'
for violin, harpsichord, and string ensembleMark-Anthony Turnage
Lullaby for Hans 6'
for string orchestraClaude Vivier
Zipangu 16'
for 13 stringsIsang Yun
Colloïdes sonores 16'
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Works for string orchestra (21-50 players)
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Leonard Bernstein, arr. Garth Sunderland
Overture to Candide 4'
arranged for string orchestraSebastian Currier
Next Atlantis 19'
for string orchestra and pre-recorded electronicsBrett Dean
Angels' Wings 2'
arrangement for strings of "Engelsflügel II for solo piano" (3rd movement of "Hommage à Brahms")Music of Memory 14'
for string orchestraAlberto Ginastera
Glosses sobre temes da Pau Casals 18'
string quintet "in lontano" and large string orchestra (min. 8.6.4.4.2)Henryk Mikolaj Górecki
Quasi una fantasia 33'
arranged for large string orchestraPavel Haas
Study for strings 10'Gideon Klein
Partita 13'
arranged after the String TrioDavid T. Little
1986 5'
for string orchestraUrsula Mamlok
Concerto for string orchestraAndrzej Panufnik
Lullaby 8'
for 29 stringed instruments and 2 harpsKarol Rathaus
Music for Strings (Adagio for Strings) 10’Christopher Rouse
Concerto per Corde 27'
for string orchestraFranz Schreker
Scherzo 7’
for string orchestraIgor Stravinsky
Concerto in D 12'
for string orchestraApollon musagète 30'
ballet in two scenes
for string orchestraAlso explore works for small string orchestra published by Sikorski.
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Photo: Basque National Orchestra