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==Works for string orchestra== {{Main|:Category:Compositions for string orchestra}} *[[Yalil Guerra]]: "Old Havana," "A la antigua," "Terra Ignota" (Unknown Land), "Clave," for strings and percussion, "El Retrato de la Paloma" (The Portrait of the Dove)-Latin GRAMMY nominated composition (2015), Symphony No. 2 for strings "Los Dioses del Olimpo" (The Olympian Gods), "Al Partir" (On Leaving) dedicated to Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda, "Negro Bembón, dedicated to Nicolás Guillén. *[[Louis Andriessen]]: ''Symphony for Open Strings'' *[[Lera Auerbach]]: **String Symphony "Memoria de la Luz" (2013) **Serenade for a Melancholic Sea for violin, violoncello, piano and string orchestra (2002) ** Dialogues of Stabat Mater (after G.B. Pergolesi) for violin, viola, vibraphone and string orchestra (2005) *[[Granville Bantock]]: ''Celtic Symphony'' for string orchestra and six harps *[[Samuel Barber]]: ''[[Adagio for Strings]]'' *[[Béla Bartók]]: [[Divertimento for String Orchestra (Bartók)|Divertimento for String Orchestra]] **Romanian Dances for String Orchestra *[[Mason Bates]]: ''[[Icarian Rhapsody]]'' (1999) *[[Jeremy Beck]]: ''Sinfonietta'' (2000) *[[Alan Belkin]]: ''Adagio Symphonique'' (2002) *[[Luciano Berio]]: ''Notturno'' (1995) *[[Leonard Bernstein]]: ''[[Serenade after Plato's "Symposium"|Serenade for Solo Violin, Strings, Harp and Percussion after Plato's "Symposium"]]'' *[[Judith Bingham]]: ''The Hythe'' (2012) *[[Georges Bizet]]: ''Adagietto,'' [[L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1]] (1872) *[[Ernest Bloch]]: ''Concerto Grosso'' No. 2 *[[Nimrod Borenstein]] **In the night, Op. 48 (2007) **In the morning, Op. 51 (2008) **Symphony for strings, Op. 68 (2014) **Suspended, Op. 69 (2014) **Yodit, Op. 82 (2018) *[[Pierre Boulez]]: ''[[Livre pour cordes]]'' *[[Frank Bridge]]: ''Lament'' (1915) *[[Benjamin Britten]]: ''[[Simple Symphony]]'' *[[Stephen Brown (composer)|Stephen Brown]]: **''The Carol Suite'' (1993) **''Sunrise Serenade'' (2001) **''On the Idle Hill of Summer'' (2002) *[[John Cage]]: ''Twenty-Three'' (for violins, violas, and cellos) Additionally, many of Cage's indeterminate scores could be arranged for string orchestra. *[[Carlos Chávez]]: Symphony No. 5 *[[Nigel Clarke (composer)|Nigel Clarke]]: ''The Miraculous Violin'' *[[Anna Clyne]]: **''[[Within Her Arms]]'' (2009) **''[[Prince of Clouds]]'' (2012) *[[Paul Creston]]: ''Gregorian Chant for String Orchestra'' (1936) *[[Tansy Davies]]: ''Residuum'' *[[David Diamond (composer)|David Diamond]]: ''Rounds for String Orchestra'' (1944) *[[Avner Dorman]]: Concerto Grosso (2002–2003) *[[Antonín Dvořák]]: [[Serenade for Strings (Dvořák)|Serenade for String Orchestra]] in E major, Op.22 *[[Edward Elgar]]: **''[[Introduction and Allegro (Elgar)|Introduction and Allegro for Strings]]'' (1905) **[[Serenade for Strings (Elgar)|Serenade for Strings]] *[[Irving Fine]]: ''Serious Song: A Lament for String Orchestra'' (1955) *[[Gerald Finzi]]: Romance, Op. 11 (1928) *[[Arthur Foote]]: Suite in E major for String Orchestra, Op. 63 (1909) *[[Alberto Ginastera]]: ''Concerto per corde'', Op. 33 (originally written for string quartet then arranged for string orchestra) *[[Philip Glass]]: film score for [[The Hours (film)|''The Hours'']] (large string orchestra plus piano soloist) *[[Henryk Górecki]]: Three Pieces in Old Style (1963) *[[Edvard Grieg]]: ''[[Holberg Suite]]'' (originally written for piano then arranged for string orchestra) *[[Stefans Grové]]: Elegy for Strings (1948) *[[Mark Gustavson]]: ''Hymn to the Vanished'' (2001) *[[Karl Amadeus Hartmann]]: [[Symphony No. 4 (Hartmann)|Symphony No. 4]] *[[Victor Herbert]]: Serenade for Strings *[[Alfred Hill (composer)|Alfred Hill]]: String Symphonies *[[Gustav Holst]]: **''[[St Paul's Suite]]'' (1912) **''[[Brook Green Suite]]'' (1933) **''[[A Moorside Suite]]'' (1928) *[[Arthur Honegger]]: [[Symphony No. 2 (Honegger)|Symphony No. 2]] *[[Alan Hovhaness]]: Symphony No. 31 (1976–77) *[[Charles Ives]]: ''The Call of the Mountains'' (arranged by Jonathan Dore from the String Quartet No. 2) *[[Karl Jenkins]]: [[Palladio (Jenkins)|''Palladio'']] (1996) *[[Paul Juon]]: Five Pieces for String Orchestra, op.16 *[[Vasily Kalinnikov]]: Serenade for Strings in G minor *[[Mieczysław Karłowicz]]: Serenade for Strings Op. 2 (1897) *[[Nigel Keay]]: Serenade for Strings *[[Uuno Klami]]: Suite for String Orchestra (1937) *[[Sophie Lacaze]]: ** ''Y aparece el sol'' (2017) for flute, didgeridoo and string orchestra ** ''Immobilité sérieuse I'' (2013) for piano and string orchestra *[[Kenneth Leighton]]: ** Symphony for Strings, Op. 3 (1948-49) ** Concerto for String Orchestra, Op. 39 (1960-61) *[[Elizabeth Maconchy]]: Symphony for Double String Orchestra (1952–53) *[[Gustav Mahler]]: Adagietto from [[Symphony No. 5 (Mahler)|Symphony No. 5]]. *[[Gian Francesco Malipiero]]: Symphony No. 6 "Degli Archi" (1947) *[[Andrew March]]: [[Sanguis Venenatus]] [[United Kingdom tainted blood scandal|(Tainted Blood)]] Elegy for Strings (2009)[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4gy-7IlUqg] *[[Bohuslav Martinů]]: ''[[Double Concerto for Two String Orchestras, Piano, and Timpani (Martinů)|Double Concerto for Two String Orchestras, Piano, and Timpani]]'' *[[Nicholas Maw]]: ''Life Studies'' *[[Felix Mendelssohn]]: ** [[String symphonies (Mendelssohn)|13 String Symphonies]] ** [[Concerto for Violin and Strings (Mendelssohn)|Concerto for Violin and Strings]] *[[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]]: ** [[Piano Concertos K. 107 (Mozart)|Three Concertos for Piano and Strings]] in D major, G major and E{{music|flat}} major, K. 107 (1771 or 1765) ** Divertimento No. 1 for Strings in D major, K. 136/125a (1772) ** Divertimento No. 2 for Strings in B{{music|flat}} major, K. 137/125b (1772) ** Divertimento No. 3 for Strings in F major, K. 138/125c (1772) ** ''[[Eine kleine Nachtmusik]]'' (1787) *[[Lior Navok]]: ''Between Two Coasts'' *[[Ștefan Niculescu]]: ''Formants'' (1967), for 17 solo strings *[[Robert Paterson (composer)|Robert Paterson]]: **''Suite for String Orchestra'' (2011) **''I See You'' (for String Orchestra and Recording) (2015) *[[Vincent Persichetti]]: Symphony No. 5 *[[Allan Pettersson]]: **Concerto No. 1 (1949–50) **Concerto No. 2 (1956) **Concerto No. 3 (1956–57) *[[Ottorino Respighi]]: ''[[Ancient Airs and Dances#Suite No. 3 (1932)|Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite No. 3]]'' (1932) *[[Carl Ruggles]]: ''Portals'' *[[Aulis Sallinen]]: ''Aspects of the Funeral March of Hintriki Peltoniemi'' (originally written for string quartet then arranged for string orchestra) *[[Esa-Pekka Salonen]]: ''[[Stockholm Diary]]'' (2004) *[[Arnold Schoenberg]]: ''[[Verklärte Nacht]]'' or ''Transfigured Night'' (1899) (originally written for string sextet then arranged for string orchestra) *[[Franz Schreker]]: Scherzo for String Orchestra (1900) **Intermezzo for String Orchestra (Op. 8, 1900) *[[William Schuman]]: Symphony No. 5 *[[Jean Sibelius]]: ''[[Andante festivo]]'' for strings and timpani *[[Richard St. Clair]] Symphony for String Orchestra *[[Richard Strauss]]: ''[[Metamorphosen]]'' for 23 solo strings *[[Igor Stravinsky]]: **[[Concerto in D (Stravinsky)|Concerto in D]] (1946) **''[[Apollon Musagète]]'' (1927–1928), ballet for string orchestra *[[Josef Suk (composer)|Josef Suk]]: [[Serenade for Strings (Suk)|Serenade for Strings]] (Op. 6, 1892) *[[William Susman]]: **''Zydeco Madness'' **''Angels of Light'' *[[Tōru Takemitsu]]: ''Requiem'' (1957) **"A Way a Lone II" (1981) *[[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky]]: [[Serenade for Strings (Tchaikovsky)|Serenade for Strings]] in C major, Op. 48 *[[Michael Tippett]]: **Concerto for Double String Orchestra **''Corelli Fantasia'' **''Little Music for Strings'' *[[Joan Trimble]]: "Suite for Strings" (1951) *[[Pēteris Vasks]]: **''Cantabile'' (1979) **''Musica Dolorosa'' (1984) *[[Ralph Vaughan Williams]]: **''[[Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis]]'' **''[[Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus]]'' **[[Concerto Grosso (Vaughan Williams)|Concerto Grosso]] *[[Heitor Villa-Lobos]]: [[Bachianas Brasileiras#Bachianas Brasileiras No. 9|''Bachianas Brasileiras No.9'']] *[[Carl Vine]]: ''Smith's Alchemy'' *[[Claude Vivier]]: ''[[Zipangu (Vivier)|Zipangu]]'' (1980) *[[Julian Wagstaff]]: ''Treptow'' for String Orchestra (2005) *[[George Walker (composer)|George Walker]]: ''[[Lyric for Strings]]'' (1946) *[[William Walton]]: Sonata for Strings *[[Robert Ward (composer)|Robert Ward]]: ''Concertino for String Orchestra'' (originally written for string quartet then arranged for string orchestra) *[[Graham Waterhouse]]: **''[[Celtic Voices and Hale Bopp]]'' (1995, 1997) **Sinfonietta (2002) *[[Malcolm Williamson]]: **''Epitaphs for Edith Sitwell'' (1966/72) **''Ode for Queen Elizabeth'' (1980) **''Lento for Strings'' (1985) *[[Dag Wirén]]: ''Serenade for Strings'' *[[John Woolrich]]: **''Blue Drowning'' (2005) **''It is Midnight Dr. Schweitzer'' **''To the Silver Bow'', double concerto for viola, double bass and strings (2014) **''[[Ulysses Awakes]]'' *[[Charles Wuorinen]]: ''Grand Bamboula'' *[[Iannis Xenakis]]: ''[[Pithoprakta]]'' for 46 strings, 2 trombones, wood block and xylophone. *[[Takashi Yoshimatsu]]: ''Threnody to Toki'' for Piano and String Orchestra (1980) *[[Đuro Živković]]: **''Serenade'' (2002) **''PSALM XIII'' (2014) *[[Ellen Taaffe Zwilich]]: **''Partita'' (Violin Concerto No. 2) for Violin and String Orchestra (2000) **''Commedia dell'arte'' (Violin Concerto No. 3) for Violin and String Orchestra (2012) **''Prologue and Variations'' (1983)
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