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Tchaikovsky (arr. Stravinsky): Bluebird Pas de deux from The Sleeping Beauty, Opus 66
Shostakovich: Concerto No. 1 in A minor for Violin and Orchestra, Opus 77(99)
Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances, Opus 45
All Haydn Program
Mozart: Concerto in A major for Clarinet and Orchestra, K.622
Gluck: Orchestral Suite from Orphée et Eurydice
Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte (Pavane for a Dead Princess)
Bizet: Symphony in C major
FALLA: Master Peter’s Puppet Show (El retablo de Maese Pedro)
R. STRAUSS: Don Quixote, Fantastic Variations for Large Orchestra on a Theme of Knightly Character, Opus 35
Henry Purcell, Chacony in G minor for Strings
Ottorino Respighi, Ancient Airs and Dances, Suites No. 3 and No. 1
Johann Sebastian Bach, Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049
George Frideric Handel, Overture to Ariodante, Water Music Suite No. 3 in G major
Ottorino Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite No. 1
George Frideric Handel, Water Music Suite No. 3 in G major
Steven Stucky: Son et lumière (Sound and Light)
Mozart: Concerto No. 18 in B-flat major for Piano and Orchestra, K.456
Carl August Nielsen: Symphony No. 2, Opus 16, FS 29, The Four Temperaments
Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff, Concerto No. 1 in F-sharp minor for Piano and Orchestra, Opus 1
Igor Fedorovich Stravinsky, The Firebird (1910 version)
Ludwig Van Beethoven, Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Opus 55, Eroica
William Howard Schuman Concerto For Violin And Orchestra
Mozart:
Piotr Ilych Tchaikovsky Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor For Piano And Orchestra, Opus 23 - Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Opus 74, Pathétique
György Sándor Ligeti, San Francisco Polyphony
Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich, Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Opus 54
Béla Victor Janos Bartók Converto No. 3 in E Major for Piano and Orchestra
Einojuhani Rautavaara, Manhattan Trilogy
Albert Charles Paul Marie Roussel Suite No. 2 From Bacchus And Ariadne, Ballet In Two Acts, Opus 43
Max Karl August Bruch Fantasia For The Violin, With Orchestra And Harp, With The Free Use Of Scottish Folk Melodies, Opus 6
Ottorino Respighi, Fontane Di Roma (Fountains Of Rome)
Olivier Messiaen L'ascension, Four Symphonic Meditations For Orchestra
Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 1 In D Major
Johann Sebastian Bach Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067
Franz Peter Schubert Symphony In C Major, D.944, The Great
Iannis Xenakis, À l’Île de Gorée (On The Island Of Gorea)
Ludwig Van Beethoven Symphony No. 4 in B-Flat Major, Opus 60
Richard Georg Strauss, Four Last Songs
Samuel Barber, Andromache's Farewell, Opus 39
Oliver Knussen Symphony No. 3, Opus 18
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