Orchestrations
Christmas | ||||||
Bach/Gounod: | Ave Maria | soprano, viola and harp | ||||
English Carol | 12 Days of Christmas | chorus and orchestra 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 1 T + 2 strings |
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English Carol | The First Nöel | strings | ||||
Wesley, Charles | Hark the Herald | chamber orchestra | ||||
English Carol | Joy to the World | brass: 4 3*(piccolo D trumpet) 3 1 | ||||
Anderson/Ades/Parish | Sleigh Ride | children’s chorus and orchestra 2 2 2 2 4 3 3 1 3 perc. strings |
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Anderson/Parish | Sleigh Ride | adult chorus and orchestra 2 2 2 2 4 3 3 1 3 perc. strings |
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Schubert | Ave Maria | tenor solo and orchestra 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 0 harp strings |
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Schubert | Ave Maria | violin solo and orchestra 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 0 harp strings |
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Star Spangled Banner | ||||||
Banner for One | a more intimate version, appropriate for a memorial (written and arranged to mark 9/11/01) Orchestra: 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 0 snare drum strings |
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Banner for Brass | for large brass section (Symphonie Fantastique): 4 horns 4 trumpets 3 trombones 2 tubas |
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Banner for trumpets | 4 trumpets: 1 center stage, the other three off stage (in hall) can be played with or without a conductor |
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Banner in B | written for a Mendelssohn-sized orchestra, to precede Hebrides (in B major) |
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Brass, Winds | ||||||
Tilzer | Take me out to the ball game | 2 hrns, 2 tpts, 1 trbn | ||||
Rouget de Lisle | La Marseillaise | 1 hrn, 2 trpts, 1 trbn | ||||
Gabrieli | Canzon X | 0 2 2 0 2 4 3 1 (3 choirs) | ||||
Chamber | ||||||
Mozart | Variations on Ah! vous dirais-je, Maman |
violin and viola duet | ||||
humann | Traumerei | violin and cello duet | ||||
Classical orchestrations | ||||||
Brahms | Fuguefrom Variations on a theme by Handel | 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 0 timp strings | ||||
Dvorak | “Goin Home” From Symphony no. 9: II, arranged for chorus and orchestra |
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Mozart | Ave Verum Corpus | horn, 3 trombones and string quintet | ||||
Mozart | Ave Verum Corpus | horn, 3 trombones and string quartet (no cello – standing musicians) |
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Mozart | Ave Verum Corpus | 2 clars, 2 bsns and string quartet (no cello – standing musicians) |
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Mozart | Ave Verum Corpus | 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 strings | ||||
Widor | Toccata (from Symphony no. 5 for organ) |
3 3 2 2 4 2 3 1 timp strings | ||||
Americana | ||||||
Ives | At the River (from Sonata no. 4) For violin solo and orchestra |
2 2* 2 2 4 2 0 0 strings | ||||
Ives | Sonata Set for violin and orchestra (taken from the 4 violin sonatas) |
2 2 2 2 4 2 3 1 timp + 1 strings | ||||
Porter | Begin the Beguine | 2 3 2 2 4 3 3 1 strings bongos, maracas, glockenspiel |
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Irish | ||||||
Traditional | Danny Boy | solo trombone and strings | ||||
Martin Luther King celebration concerts | ||||||
Glen L. Jones | Praise Ye Jehovah | chorus and orchestra 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 0 strings |
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Miles Davis | All Blues | guitar solo and orchestra 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 0 strings |
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Charles Tindley | We Shall Overcome | strings | ||||
Diane Warren | Because You Loved Me | children’s chorus* and orchestra 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 0 traps strings *children sing in unison |
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Hall Johnson | I’ve Been Buked | chorus with string quartet | ||||
Crosby/Doane | Jesus Keep Me Near the Cross | chorus and orchestra 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 0 strings |
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Johnson/Johnson/Carter | Lift Ev’ry Voice | chorus and chamber orchestra 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 0 strings |
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Johnson | Lift Ev’ry Voice | chorus and chamber orchestra 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 0 strings (from the hymnal) |
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Jeremiah Ingalls | Mary’s Dream | strings | ||||
Jeremiah Ingalls | Mary’s Dream | brass quintet | ||||
Andrae Crouch | My Tribute | chorus and orchestra 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 strings |
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White/Dunn | Spirit | high voice and orchestra 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 0 traps vibraphone strings |
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South African Hymn | Siyahamba | chorus and orchestra 2* 2 2 2 4 3 3 1 traps/bells/pno strings |
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Ellington/A. Parker | Come Sunday | chorus + clars bsns vib. celesta strings | ||||
Joplin | Solace | Strings |