Orchestral Music

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Symphonies:

• Symphony No. 1, for orchestra (1932–5)
• Symphony No. 2, for large orchestra (1957–60)

Concertos:

• Concerto for Viola and Orchestra (1928–9, rev. 1961)
• Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (1938–9)
• Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra (1955–6)
• Fantasia concertante, for two pianos, jazz band and orchestra (1923–4) – lost
• Sinfonia concertante, for orchestra with piano obbligato (1925–7, rev. 1943)

Orchestral Suites:

• Façade: First Suite for Orchestra (1926)
• Façade: Second Suite for Orchestra (1938)
• Partita for Orchestra (1957)
• The Wise Virgins: Suite from the Ballet (1940)

Concert Overtures:

• Dr. Syntax: A Pedagogic Overture, for large orchestra (1920–1) – lost
• Johannesburg Festival Overture, for orchestra (1956)
• Portsmouth Point: Overture, for orchestra (1925)
• Prelude for Orchestra: Granada (1962)
• Scapino: A Comedy Overture, for orchestra (1940, rev. 1949)

Marches:

• Crown Imperial: Coronation March, for orchestra (1937, rev. 1963)
• March for A History of the English-Speaking Peoples, for orchestra (1959)
• Orb and Sceptre: Coronation March, for orchestra (1952–3)

Works for String Orchestra:

• Sonata for String Orchestra (1971)
• Finale for Variations on an Elizabethan Theme (Sellinger's Round), for string orchestra (1953)
• Two Pieces for Strings, from Henry V (1943–4)

Other Orchestral Works:

• Ballet Music from Escape Me Never, for orchestra (1934)
• Capriccio burlesco, for orchestra (1968)
• Galop final, for Music for Children (1949, orch. Palmer)
• Improvisations on an Impromptu of Benjamin Britten, for orchestra (1969)
• Memorial Fanfare for Henry Wood, for large orchestra (1945)
• Music for Children, for orchestra (1940–1)
• Prelude and Fugue: The Spitfire, for orchestra (1942)
• Prologo e fantasia, for orchestra (1981–2)
• Siesta, for small orchestra (1926)
• Variations on a Theme by Hindemith, for large orchestra (1962–3)
• Varii capricci, for orchestra (1975–6)

Orchestral Arrangements:

• God Save the Queen, arranged for orchestra (1953, 1955)
• The Star-Spangled Banner, arranged for orchestra (1955)

Arrangements by persons other than the composer:

Concertos: [or, solo instrument and orchestra]

• Crown Imperial: Coronation March, arranged for small orchestra and piano (arr. Greenbaum, 1937)
• A Façade Suite, for harmonica and orchestra (arr. Douglas, 1958)
• Five Bagatelles for Guitar and Orchestra (arr. Russ, 1992)
• Four Dances from Façade, arranged for strings and piano (arr. Goehr, 1939)
• Sonata for Violin and Orchestra (arr. Palmer, 1992)
• Two Pieces for Violin and Orchestra (arr. Palmer, 1992)

Arrangements of Film Music:

• As You Like It: Suite for Orchestra (arr. Davis, 1987)
• Battle of Britain: Suite for Orchestra (arr. Matthews, 1984–5)
• Escape Me Never: Suite for Orchestra (arr. Palmer, 1990)
• Funeral March from Hamlet, for orchestra (arr. Mathieson, 1963)
• Hamlet: A Shakespeare Scenario, for large orchestra (arr. Palmer, 1989)
• Hamlet and Ophelia, tone-poem for orchestra (arr. Mathieson, 1967)
• Henry V: Suite for Orchestra (arr. Mathieson, 1963)
• Major Barbara: A Shavian Sequence, for orchestra (arr. Palmer, 1988)
• Prelude: Richard III, for orchestra (arr. Mathieson, 1963)
• Richard III: A Shakespeare Scenario, for orchestra (arr. Palmer, 1989)
• Richard III: A Shakespeare Suite, for orchestra (arr. Mathieson, 1963)
• Three Sisters: Suite for Orchestra (arr. Palmer, 1990)
• A Wartime Sketchbook, arranged for orchestra from various film scores (arr. Palmer, 1990)

Other Arrangements for Symphony Orchestra

• Façade: Third Suite for Orchestra (arr. Palmer, 1991)
• The First Shoot, transcribed for orchestra (arr. Palmer, c.1991)
• Macbeth: Fanfare and March, for orchestra (arr. Palmer, 1989)
• The Quest: Suite from the Ballet, for orchestra (arr. Tausky, 1961)
• Troilus and Cressida: Symphonic Suite, for orchestra (arr. Palmer, 1988)

Arrangements for Reduced Orchestra:

• Crown Imperial: Coronation March, arranged for reduced orchestra (arr. Tausky, 1967)
• Crown Imperial: Coronation March, arranged for amateur orchestra (arr. Stone, 1969)
• Four Dances from Façade, arranged for small orchestra (arr. Goehr, 1939)
• Johannesburg Festival Overture, arranged for reduced orchestra (arr. Tausky, 1957)
• Orb and Sceptre: Coronation March, arranged for reduced orchestra (arr. Douglas, 1953)
• Portsmouth Point: Overture, arranged for reduced orchestra (arr. Lambert, 1932)

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