American Orchestral Firsts

1st June 2007

Is your orchestra looking for a work never heard in the US? A number of titles in our catalogue await their American debuts with your orchestra. Browse this selected collection of recent works. A work or two may fit your seasonal and thematic plans and receive their first US hearing. Contact schirmer@schirmer.com for more details or perusal material.

Simon Bainbridge
    Diptych (2006) 33'
    2+pic(afl)+afl(bfl).2+ca.3+bcl.2+cbn/4430/4perc/pf.hp.acn.man/str (16.14.12.10.8)

Richard Rodney Bennett
    Reflections on a Scottish Folk Song (2004) 27'
    Cello; str (min. 14.12.10.8.6)

Avner Dorman
    Ellef Symphony (2005) 19'
    3(pic).2+ca.2+bcl.2+cbn/4331/timp.5perc/pf.hp/str

    Spices, Perfumes, Toxins (2006) 25'
    Percussion Duo; 3(afl:pic, bfl).3.3(Ebcl:bcl).3(cbn)/4.3.3.1/timp+perc/pf.hp/str

    Violin Concerto (1998) 14'
    Violin; vn, 2egtr, bgtr, syn, dms

Haflidi Hallgrimsson
    Cello Concerto (2003) 25'
    Cello; 2(pic).2(ca).2(bcl).2/2211/timp/1[=2]perc/hp/str

Hans Werner Henze
    Fünf Botschaften für die Königin von Saba (2004) 17'
    3(3pic,afl).1+ca.0.ssx(asx)+tsx.3(cbn)/4330/3perc/hp.cel.pf4-hnd/str

Simon Holt
    witness to a snow miracle (2005) 22'
    Violin; 2pic+afl.1(ca).1+bcl.cbn/3.0.1+btbn.1/timp.3perc/2hp.pf+cel/str (12.10.0.0.8)

Stuart MacRae
    Three Pictures (2005) 21'
    2(pic:afl).2(ca).2(Ebcl:bcl).2(cbn)/2200/timp.perc/str (8.6.4.4.2)

John McCabe
    Horn Concerto (2006) 24'
    Horn; 2(pic).2.1+bcl.2/2221/timp.perc/hp/str

Thea Musgrave
    Wood, Metal and Skin (2004) 17'
    Percussion; 2222/4331/timp.4perc/str

Per Nørgård
    Symphony No. 6 (1999) 31'
    4444/6441/timp.3perc/hp/pf/str

Michael Nyman
    A Handshake in the Dark (2007) 30'
    SATB; 2+pic.2+ca.2+bcl.2+cbn/4.3.2+btbn.1/pf/str

Poul Ruders
    Shakespeare Songs (2005) 19'
    Mezzo-soprano; 3(pic).3(ca).3(bcl).3(cbn)/4331/2perc/hp/cel/str (14.12.10.8.6)

Aulis Sallinen
    Chamber Concerto (2005) 24'
    Piano, Violin; 1(pic).1.1.1/1000/str (min.4.3.2.2.1)

Alfred Schnittke
    Nagasaki (1959) 40'
    Russian language texts
    Mezzo-soprano; SATB chorus
    4(2pic).4(ca).4(Ebcl.bcl).4(cbn)/8442/perc/2hp.cel.pf/str

    Symphony No. 0 (1957) 30'
    3(pic).2(ca).3.2/4331/perc/hp.pf/str

Gerard Schurmann
    Gaudiana (2005) 25'
    3(2pic).3.3+Ebcl.3/4.3.2+btbn.1/timp.4perc/hp.pf(cel)/str

Bent Sørensen
    The Little Mermaid (2005) 27'
    Soprano, Tenor; SA chorus; 0.2(2obda).0+2Ebcl.2(cbn)/4231/2perc/hp/pf/str

Joby Talbot
    Desolation Wilderness (2006) 23'
    Trumpet; 2(pic).1+ca.2(bcl).2(cbn)/2220/3perc/hp/str

John Tavener
    Kaleidoscopes (2005) 30'
    Oboe; 2perc, 8vn, 4va, 4vc, 2db