Repertoire > Instrumental Concerti

One of the biggest problems with any website is keeping it up to date. Apologies for any failures on this one. I discovered this problem when getting cross with a colleague in Singapore who plans to programme Adam Gorb’s Downtown Diversions and wanted to know the publisher. I recommended my Concerto file – but of course it is not there, it is way out of date. Many apologies,

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and everyone else. Here we are in 2009, needing a new four year revisions, so here is an attempt at this.

Most of the scores in the table were programmed at the RNCM, or are scores which I have heard since 2001 and which I recommend colleagues to programme

I suspect that English cuisine is a byword amongst discriminating WASBE "foodies" as generally fairly appalling, though those of you who have visited Manchester for WASBE 1991 or our Annual Festivals in the last weekend before Easter will find solace in the Armenian Restaurant in Albert Square or in the dozens of excellent curry houses and Chinese food centres.

The traditional British meal can sometimes be satisfying, and so sometimes is the traditional orchestra concert programme. What would we give to be able to programme

in our concert series, drawing on the last two hundred years of Western music, as well as pandering to our audiences knowledge and love of their favourite Hundred Best Tunes. On the one hand, it is exciting for us as conductors and players to be performing new or unfamiliar music most of the time, to be fighting to create recognition for a new medium, on the other we can hardly blame the public for staying away through their ignorance of new composers and new sounds. And do we really make good use of the incredible repertoire that is there?
Gunther Schuller in a letter on this very problem, wrote that

Unfortunately the situation is worse … because of the social/professional context to which wind music is relegated. …as long as wind ensembles and bands are located primarily (almost entirely) in schools and academic institutions, the rest of the music world will never take wind and band music very seriously, no matter how good the music is and how well its performed. They see it as relegated to students and amateurs, and just ignore it, don't give the field any respect.

After recent meeting (on the internet) with Kamillo Lendvay, he sent recordings of his tremendous Piano Concertino (1959) which I first heard at WASBE, and of his Trumpet Concerto, premiered in WASBE 1991, conducted by Laszlo Marosi. Klaes Ryberg, until recently Manager of the Ostgota Musiken, was at our recent Manchester Festival and reminded me of his commissions from Mats Larsson of a Trombone Concerto, which made a great impact in WASBE Schladming; there is a Violin Concerto to follow.

This set me musing on how we best can involve the leaders of the music profession, that elite which dictates public taste in “serious” music, in what we are doing. One solution we tried in Manchester in the 80’s and 90’s was to use top international or national soloists in our programmes wherever possible. In our first two International Festivals we introduced Evelyn Glennie in the world premiere of an exciting new percussion concerto, Elements by Adam Gorb, Allen Vizzutti playing the Richard Rodney Bennett Trumpet Concerto, Steven Mead in the world premiere of Joseph Horovitz' own wind arrangement of his Euphonium Concerto, Bob Childs playing the new Euphonium Concerto by Nigel Clarke The City beneath the Sea and James Gourlay as soloist in an arrangement of the Vaughan Williams Tuba Concerto. We have in the past welcomed the late John Fletcher in the premiere of the wind version of Edward Gregson’s Tuba Concerto, Susan Milan playing Kent Kennan's Night Soliloquy, John Wallace playing the Husa Trumpet Concerto, Evelyn Glennie in the world premiere of Thea Musgrave's evocative Journey through a Japanese Landscape, George Caird in the Rimsky-Korsakov Oboe Variations, Trombonists Denis Wick as soloist in the Berlioz Symphonie Funèbre et Triomphale, Christian Lindberg in Derek Bourgeois’ Trombone Concerto and Ian Bousfield, now principal trombone with the Vienna Philharmonic in the Hoddinott Ritornelli for Trombone and Ensemble and Gunther Schuller's Eine Kleine Posaunemusik. Many will remember the young clarinet virtuoso, Michael Collins, playing the Dodgson Capriccio Concertante at the first International Conference in 1981.

This brief survey of concerti which we have played in Manchester at the College or at BASBWE, plus a few others, fulfils a three-fold purpose, helping perhaps to bring national or international stars into touch with our medium, introducing their fans to an unfamiliar repertoire and ensemble, and also adding an international dimension to our programmes. In addition, these works gave valuable solo opportunities to many of our students who have now gone on to distinguished careers.

WORK	INSTRUMENT	COMPOSER	PUBLISHER	NATIONALITY
Concertino Pastorale	Flute WO	Philip Wilby	Maecenas	UK
Concerto	Flute 8tet	William Alwyn	Legnick	UK
Concerto	Flute WE	Henk Badings	Peters	Netherlands
Concerto	Flute	Jonathan Newman	OK Feel Good	USA
Instant Music	Flute WE	Kurt Schwertzig	Boosey	Austria
Lindisfarne Concero	Flute WO	Philip Sparke	Studio	UK
Night Soliloquy	Flute WO	Kent Kennan	Fischer	USA
Concerto	Oboe WE	Jennifer Higdon	Composer	USA
An Elegy for Ur	Oboe WE	Edwin Roxburgh	Maecenas	UK
Concerto	Oboe WE	Ivan Tcherepnin	Peters	USA/Russia
Variations	Oboe WO	Rimsky-Korsakov	Boosey	Russia
Double Variations	Oboe/Fg WE	Edward Harper	OUP	UK
Double Concerto	Oboe/Clarinet WE	Gary Carpenter	Camden	UK
A dramatic Landscape	Clarinet WO	John McLeod	Griffin	UK
Capriccio Concertante	Clarinet WO	Stephen Dodgson	Novello	UK
Clarinet Concerto	Clarinet WO	Csaba Deak	STIM	HungarySweden
Concertante	Clarinet WO	Rimsky-Korsakov	Kalmus	Russia
Concerto	2 Clar WE	Krommer/Crusell	ms	Czech
Concerto	Clarinet WO	Philip Grange	Maecenas	UK
Concerto	Clarinet WO	Stephen McNeff	Maecenas	UK
Concerto	Clarinet WO	Marco Pütz	Bronsheim	Luxembourg
Il Covegno	2 Clarinets WE	Ponchielli	ms	Italy
Prelude, Fugue & Riffs	Clarinet JE	Leonard Bernstein	Schirmer	USA
Concertino	Bassoon wind 8tet	Juriaan Andriessen	Donemus	Netherlands
The Avatar	Bassoon and WE	Dana Wilson	Composer USA
Concerto Grosso	Wind 5tet/WO	Robert Russell Bennett	Peters	USA
Concertango	Alto sax, jazz trio	Luis Serrano Alarcon	Piles	Spain
Concerrto	Saxophone WO	Michael Ball	Maecenas	UK
Concertino	Saxophone WO	Warren Benson	Carl Fischer	USA
Concerto	Saxophone WE	Yasuhide Ito	ms	Japan
Concerto	Saxophone WO	Graham Fitkin	composer	UK
Concerto	Saxophone WO	Karel Husa	AMP	Czechoslovakia/USA
Concerto	Saxophone WO	Paul Creston	Schirmer	USA
Concerto	Soprano Saxophone	John Mackey	Osti Music	USA
Concerto	Saxophone WE/Str 5et	Dominic Muldowney	UE	UK
Concerto	Saxophone WO	Frank Ericksen	Bourne	USA
Concerto	Saxophone WO	Walter Hartley	Presser	USA
Concerto	SaxophoneWO	Ingolf Dahl	ACA	USA
Dream Dancer	Saxophone WO	Michael Colgrass	Carl Fischer	Canada
Star Edge	Saxophone WO	Warren Benson	Carl Fischer	USA
Distant Variations	4 saxophones WE	John Casken	Schott	UK
Urban Requiem	4 saxophones WE	Michael Colgrass	Carl Fischer	UK
Concerto	Horn WO	Mercadante	Molenaar	Italy
Concerto	Horn WO	Marco Putz	Bronsheim	Luxembourg
Concerto	Cornet WO	Dennis Wright	Chapell	UK
Concerto	Trumpet WE	Andre Jolivet	Heugel	France
Concerto	Trumpet WO	Richard Rodney Bennett	Novello	UK
Concerto	Trumpet WO	Karel Husa	AMP	Czechoslvakia/USA
Concerto	Trumpet WO	Istvan Lendvay	EMB/Boosey	Hungary
Le Gai Paris	Trumpet WE	Jean Francaix	Schott	France
Chronicles	Trumpet WO	Joseph Turrin	C Allan	USA
Cameos	BassTromb WO	Gordon Jacob	Emerson	UK
Concerto	Trombone WO	Rimsky-Korsakov	MCA	Russia
Downtown Diversions	Trombone WO	Adam Gorb	Maecenas	UK
Eine Kleine Posaunemusik	Trombone WE	Gunther Schuller	AMP	USA
Rhapsody	Bass Tromb WO	Frigyes Hidas	EMB/Boosey	Hungary
Ritornelli	Trombone WE	Alun Hoddinott	Wicks	Wales
Tales of Father Goose	Trombone WE	Gyorgy Ranki	EMB	Hungary
White Knucklebone Ride	Trombone WO	Philip Wilby	Novello	UK
Capriccio	Piano Brass	Leos Janacek	Artia	Czechoslovakia
Concertino	Piano WE	Istvan Lendvay	EMB	Hungary
Concerto	Piano WE	Igor Stravinsky	Boosey	Russia
Concerto	Piano WE	Karl Amadeus Hartmann	Schott	Germany
Concerto 2	Piano WE	Alun Hoddinott	OUP	Wales
Concerto	Piano WO	Edward Gregson	Maecenas	UK
Concerto 2	Piano WO	Friedrich Gulda	Weinberger	Austria
Concerto	Piano WO	Geoffrey King	ms	UK
Oiseaux Exotiques	Piano WE	Olivier Messiaen	UMP	France
Rhapsody in Blue	Piano Band/we	George Gershwin	Warner	USA
Soncertino	Piano WE	Hans Werner Henze	Schott	Germany
Susato Variations	Piano WE	David Bedford	Novello	UK
Concerto	Euphonium WO	Adam Gorb	Maecenas	UK
Concerto	Euphonium WO/BB	Nigel Clark	Maecenas	UK
Concerto	Euphonium WO/BB	Martin Ellerby	Studio	UK
Concerto	Euphonium WO	Joseph Horovitz	Novello	UK
Concerto	Euphonium WO	Philip Wilby	Music Sales	UK
Concerto	Tuba WO	Martin Ellerby	Maecenas	UK
Concerto	Tuba WO	Edward Gregson	Novello	UK
Concerto	Tuba WO	Ray Premru	ms	USA
Concerto	Tuba WO/vcl/Kb	Ole Schmitt	Music Sales	Denmark
Tubby the Tuba	Tuba WO	George Kleinsinger	Schirmer	USA
Concerto	trumpet/trombone/tuba	Floyd Werle	Bourne	USA
Concerto	Percussion	Jennifer Higdon	Composer	USA
Concertino	Xylophone WO	Istvan Lang	EMB/Boosey	Hungary
Concerto	Marimba WO	David Maslanka	Carl Fischer	USA
Concerto	Percussion WE	Toshiro Mayuzumi	Peters	Japan
Concerto	Marimba WO	Paul Creston	Schirmer	USA
Concerto	Percussion WE	Qu Xiao Song	ms	China
Concerto	Timpani WO	Gordon Jacob	R Smith	UK
Concerto (Journey…)	Marimba WE	Thea Musgrave	Novello	UK
Concerto for 2 Pianos	pnos & Percussion	Darius Milhaud	Durand	France
Concerto	Marimba WO	David Maslanka	Carl Fischer	USA
The Elements	Percussion WE	Adam Gorb	Maecenas	UK
Concerto	Violin WE	Kurt Weill	UE	Germany
Concerto	Violin/Viola WO	Nikos Skalkottas	Bote&Bock	Greece
Ballade	Viola WE	Frank Martin	Universal	Switzerland
Concerto	Cello WE	Friedrich Gulda	Weinberger	Austria
Concerto	Cello WE	Jacques Ibert	Heugel	France
Concertino	Cello WE	Martinu	Ceski Hud	Czechoslovakia
Mozart New Look	Bass WE	Jean Francaix	Schott	France
Concerto	Harp WE	Badings	Peters	Netherlands
Concerto	String Quartet	Schulhoff	Panton	Czechoslovakia
Mr Tambou-rine Man	Soprano	Corigliano	Schirmer	USA
Future of Fire, The	Chorus & Ensemble	Zhou Long	OUP	USA/China
Night Journey	Chorus, baritone WO	Daniel Basford	Maecenas	UK
Word of Love, The	Soprano	James Mobberley	Composer	USA
Four Earth Songs	Soprano	Marco Putz	De Haske	Luxembourg
5 Folk Songs	Soprano WO	Bernard Gilmore	Maecenas	USA
King David	choir, soloists WE	Arthur Honneger	UMP	Switzerland
Mass in E Minor	double chorus WE	Anton Bruckner	Barenreiter	Austria
Mass	Choir & Ensemble	Igor Stravinsky	Boosey	Russia
Missa Brevis Pacem	SSA, soloists WO	Edward Gregson	Novello	UK
Pageant	soloists/choir WE	Michael Ball	Novello	UK
Symphony of Psalms	Choir WO	Igor Stravinsky	Boosey	Russia

There will doubtless be dozens of other works of importance which I should include. I heard the Saxophone Concerto of Ross Lee Finney recently, and it struck me on one hearing as being an important work. Please let me know of gaps you find in our Manchester repertoire – just email …..and a strong black coffee please to wash down the apple pie!