BAROQUE (c. 1600–1750)

• VIVALDI (1678–1741)

The Four Seasons

Concerto in D major for Flute and Orchestra

Concerto for Two Violins, Strings and Continuo

• GLUCK (1714–1787)

Orfeo ed Euridice

• HANDEL (1685–1759)

Organ Concerto op. 4 nos. 1 & 4

CLASSICAL (c. 1750–1820)

• BOCCHERINI (1743–1805)

Symphony op. 12 no. 4 “The Devil’s House”

• HAYDN (1732–1809)

Symphonies nos. 44, 45, 49, 88, 101

Piano Concerto no. 11

• MOZART (1756–1791)

Eine kleine Nachtmusik; Three Divertimenti for Strings; Symphonies KV 183, 201, 385, 425, 543, 550, 551

Concertos KV 191, 216, 314, 417, 414, 488

Le Nozze di Figaro; Don Giovanni; Così fan tutte

• BEETHOVEN (1770–1827)

Symphonies nos. 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7

Piano Concertos nos. 1 & 3; Violin Concerto

Overtures: Egmont, Coriolan, Fidelio

• SCHUBERT (1797–1828)

Symphonies nos. 3 & 5

ROMANTIC (c. 1820–1900)

• MENDELSSOHN (1809–1847)

Symphonies op. 11, 56 (“Scottish”), 64 (“Italian”); Violin Concerto op. 64; Hebrides Overture

• CHOPIN (1810–1849)

Piano Concerto no. 1

• SCHUMANN (1810–1856)

Symphony no. 3; Cello Concerto

• ROSSINI (1792–1868)

Overtures: Il signor Bruschino, L’Italiana in Algeri, Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Guglielmo Tell

• BELLINI (1801–1835)

Oboe Concerto; Norma

• DONIZETTI (1797–1848)

Don Pasquale; L’elisir d’amore

• VERDI (1813–1901)

La forza del destino; Il trovatore; Excerpts from La Traviata, Rigoletto

• PUCCINI (1858–1924)

Tosca; Suor Angelica; Prelude from Edgar; La Tregenda from Le Villi; Excerpts from Manon Lescaut; Preludio Sinfonico 

• LEONCAVALLO (1857–1919)

Pagliacci

• MASCAGNI (1863–1945)

Cavalleria Rusticana; Il sogno – Intermezzo from Guglielmo Ratcliff

• GIORDANO (1867–1948)

Prelude from Siberia; Excerpts from Andrea Chénier; Intermezzo from Fedora

• RIMSKY-KORSAKOV (1844–1908)

Scheherazade

• BRAHMS (1833–1897)

Symphonies nos. 1 & 2; Piano Concerto no. 2

• WAGNER (1813–1883)

Die Meistersinger – Overture

• BERLIOZ (1803–1869)

Symphonie Fantastique

• TCHAIKOVSKY (1840–1893)

◦ Serenade for Strings; Concertos (Piano op. 23, Violin op. 35); Romeo and Juliet – Fantasy Overture; Symphony nos. 4 & 5

LATE ROMANTIC / EARLY 20th CENTURY

• RACHMANINOV (1873–1943)

Symphonic Dances

• MUSSORGSKY (1839–1881)

Night on Bald Mountain (orchestraded by Rimsky-Korsakov)

Pictures at an exhibition (orchestraded by Ravel)

• DEBUSSY (1862–1918)

La Mer; Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune

• RAVEL (1875–1937)

Pavane pour une infante défunte

• STRAVINSKY (1882–1971)

Octet; Dumbarton Oaks

• MAHLER (1860–1911)

Symphony no. 4

• DVORAK (1841–1904)

Serenade for Strings; Excerpts from Rusalka; Symphonies nos. 7 & 9; Symphonic Variations

• ELGAR (1857–1934)

Serenade for Strings; Enigma Variations; Elegy for Strings

• GRIEG (1843–1907)

Holberg Suite

• HOLST (1874–1934)

St. Paul’s Suite; The Planets

• SIBELIUS (1865–1957)

Symphony no. 5; Violin Concerto

• NIELSEN (1865–1931)

Kleine Suite

• WARLOCK (1894–1930)

Capriol Suite

• BOTTESINI (1821–1889)

Double Bass Concerto in B minor

• BERIO (1925–2003)

O King

• BRITTEN (1913–1976)

Simple Symphony; Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell

• SHOSTAKOVICH (1906–1975)

Cello Concertos nos. 1 & 2; Symphony no. 5

• PROKOFIEV (1891–1953)

Symphony no. 1 “Classical”

• RESPIGHI (1879–1936)

Ancient Airs and Dances; Three Chorales; Suite for Strings and Organ

• BARBER (1910–1981)

Adagio for Strings

• ROTA (1911–1979)

Concerto for Strings

• LUTOSŁAWSKI (1913–1994)

Dance Preludes (third version, 1959)

• SWEENEY (20th c.)

Celtic Air and Dance

CONTEMPORARY COMPOSERS (20th-21st c.)

◦ Poe: Contradanse

◦ Adams: The Chairman Dances

◦ Pospisil: Overture for Daydreams