Orchestral music
The list of all works for orchestra classified into three main groups:
Orchestra alone






Pure orchestral works without soloists and choir
With Soloist(s)
Concertos for soloist(s) and orchestra, Concert Aria for soprano and orchestra, Dramatic Symphony,
and A Legend
With Choir
Symphony of Sorrow
&
Symphonic cantata
Works for orchestra alone:
String Orchestra:
Op. 51 – Three Bagatelles [1958] - Dedicated to Jascha Horenstein
Small Orchestra:
Op. 55 - Sinfonietta da camera [1960-61] - Dedicated to to Luigi Rognoni
Full Orchestra:
Op. 31 - 6 pieces [1954] - Dedicated to Georges Auric
Op. 48 - Overture [1958] - Dedicated to William Steinberg
Op. 39 - Symphonic Fantasy [1956] - In memory of his friend Erich Itor Kahn
Op. 4 - Symphony [1939-41]
Op. 14 - Variations [1944-45] - Dedicated to his friend Max Deutsch
Op. 63 - Symphonic Rhapsody [1964-65]
Jazz Orchestra:
Op. 52 - Art for Art's Sake - Fantasy [1959] - Dedicated to his friend Art Simmous
Works for orchestra with soloist(s):
Concertos for soloist(s) and orchestra:
Op. 5 - Concerto for Violin, Piano and Orchestra [1941-42] - In memory of Alban Berg
Op. 32 - Concerto for Piano and Orchestra [1954] - Dedicated to Mary-Jo
Op. 35 - Concertino for Viola and Chamber Orchestra [1954] - Dedicated to Michael Mann
Op. 50 - Concerto for Violin and Orchestra [1958] - Dedicated to Ivry Gitlis
Op. 53 - Concertino for Trombone and Orchestra [1960] - Dedicated to Vincent Globokar
Op. 58 - Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra [1962] - Dedicated to Amadeo Baldevino
Op. 24 - Perpetuum mobile: The City - Dramatic Symphony [1951] - Dedicated to the first performer: Ellen Adler - Poem by William C. Williams
Op. 7 - Tourist's death - Concert Aria [1949] - Poem by Archibald MacLeish
Op. 82 - A Legend [1968] - Dedicated to Franco Mannino - Poem by Hart Crane
Op. 89 - Scene and Aria [1970] - Poem by Georg Heym
Soprano and Orchestra:
Narrator and Orchestra:
Works for orchestra with choir and soloist(s):
Op. 33 - Träume vom Tod und vom Leben - Funeral Symphony [1954-55], based on a passage from Wortträume und Schwarze Sterne by Hans Arp - Dedicated to the memory of Arnold Schönberg
Op. 68 - A Prayer - Symphonic Cantata for Contralto, Male Choir and Orchestra [1965] - Poem by James Joyce
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