Instrumentation of Orchestral Music

Below is a list of all of Walton's published works for orchestral forces, including arrangements. This list also includes music scored for chamber orchestra, string orchestra, and orchestral brass. Unless otherwise noted, numbers given are for minimum requirements; additional players may be desired.

Orchestra Alone – Orchestra and Instrumental Solo(s) – Orchestra and Vocal Solo(s) – Orchestra and Chorus – Stage Works

See below (or click here) for a guide to abbreviations.

Orchestra Alone:

Anniversary Fanfare 1' 0.0.0.0 – 0.9.7.0 – timp.3perc
As You Like It Suite, arr. Davis 14' *2.2.2.2 – 4.2.0.0 – timp.3perc – hp.hpcd – str
Ballet Music from Escape Me Never 3' 2.2.2.2 – 4.3.3.1 – timp.3perc – hp – str
Battle of Britain Suite, arr. Matthews 12' 2.2.2.2 – 4.2.3.1 – timp.3perc – hp – str
A Birthday Fanfare 1' 0.0.0.0 – 0.7.0.0 – perc
Capriccio burlesco 7' *3.*3.*3.*3 – 4.3.3.1 – timp.3perc – hp – str
Crown Imperial 7' *3.*3.*3.*3 – 4.3.3.1 – timp.2perc – hp.[org] – str
Crown Imperial, arr. Stone 7' 2.2.2.2 – 2.2.3.0 – timp.[3perc] – [pf4h] – str
Crown Imperial, arr. Tausky 7' 2.2.2.2 – 4.2.3.[1] – timp.2perc – hp – str
Escape Me Never Suite, arr. Palmer 11' *3.*2.*2.2 – 4.3.3.1 – timp.2perc – 2hp.pf/cel – str
Faηade: First Suite for Orchestra 11' *2.*2.*2.2 – 2.2.1.1 – timp.2perc – str
Faηade: Second Suite for Orchestra 10' *2.*3.2.[sx].2 – 2.2.1.0 – perc – str
Faηade: Third Suite for Orchestra, arr. Palmer 10' *2.*2.*2.sx.2 – 4.2.1.1 – timp.4perc – pf/cel – str
Fanfare for a Great Occasion, arr. Sargent 1' 0.0.0.0 – 4.3.3.1 – timp.perc
The First Shoot, orch. Palmer 10' 3.2.3.2 – 4.3.3.1 – timp.2perc – pf.hp – str
Four Dances from Faηade, arr. Goehr 8' max: *2.1.*2.1 – 2.2.3.0 – timp.2perc – hp – str
min: *1.1.1.0 – 0.2.1.0 – str
Funeral March from Hamlet, arr. Mathieson 5' 2.2.2.2 – 4.2.3.[1] – timp.2perc – hp – str
Galop final, for Music for Children, orch. Palmer 3' *2.*2.2.2 – 4.2.3.1 – timp.2perc – hp – str
Hamlet: A Shakespeare Scenario, arr. Palmer *40' 3.3.*4.3 – 4.3.3.1 – timp.4perc – hp.pf/cel/hpcd – str
Hamlet and Ophelia, arr. Mathieson 14' 2.2.2.2 – 4.2.3.0 – timp.2perc – cel.hp – str
Henry V: Suite for Orchestra, arr. Mathieson 16' *2.*2.2.2 – 4.2.2.[1] – timp.3perc – hp – str
Henry V: Two Pieces for Strings 5' str
Improvisations on an Impromptu of Britten 16' 3.*3.*3.*3 – 4.3.3.1 – timp.3perc – hp – str
Introduction and National Anthem 2' *3.*3.*3.*3 – 4.3.3.1 – timp.2perc – 2hp – str
Johannesburg Festival Overture 7' *3.*3.3.*3 – 4.3.3.1 – timp.3perc – hp – str
Johannesburg Festival Overture, arr. Tausky 7' *1.*3.2.2 – 4.2.2.[1] – timp.perc – hp – str
Macbeth: Fanfare and March, arr. Palmer 6' *4.*4.2.2 – 4.3.3.1 – timp.3perc – pf – str
Major Barbara: A Shavian Sequence, arr. Palmer 10' *3.*3.*3.*3 – 4.3.3.1 – timp.5perc – 2hp.pf/cel – str
March for A History of the English-Speaking Peoples 5' *4.*3.2.*2 – 4.3.3.1 – timp.2perc – hp – str
Music for Children 14' *2.*2.2.2 – 4.2.3.1 – timp.2perc – hp – str
Orb and Sceptre 7' *3.*3.*3.2 – 4.3.3.1 – timp.3perc – hp.[org] – str
Orb and Sceptre, arr. Douglas 7' *2.1.2.1 – 2.2.3.[1] – timp.2perc – hp – str
Partita for Orchestra 16' *3.*3.*3.*3 – 4.3.3.1 – timp.4perc – cel.hp – str
Portsmouth Point 6' *3.*3.*3.*3 – 4.3.3.1 – timp.3perc – str
Portsmouth Point, arr. Lambert 6' *2.1.2.1 – 2.2.1.0 – timp.perc – str
Prelude and Fugue: The Spitfire 8' *2.1.2.1 – 4.2.3.1 – timp.perc – hp – str
Prelude for Orchestra: Granada 6' *3.*3.3.*3 – 4.3.3.1 – timp.3perc – hp – str
Prelude: Richard III, arr. Mathieson 8' 2.*2.2.2 – 4.2.3.0 – timp.2perc – hp – str
Prologo e fantasia 6' *3.*3.*3.*3 – 4.3.3.1 – timp.3perc – hp.pf – str
A Queen's Fanfare 1' 0.0.0.0 – 0.8.4.0
The Quest Suite, arr. Tausky 14' *2.*2.2.2 – 4.2.3.0 – timp.perc – hp.cel/kglk – str
Richard III: A Shakespeare Scenario, arr. Palmer 40' *3.*3.*3.*3 – 4.3.3.1 – timp.4perc – 2hp.org.pf/hpcd/cel – str
Richard III: A Shakespeare Suite, arr. Mathieson 11' max: 2.2.2.2 – 4.2.3.0 – timp.3perc – hp – str
min: 2.1.2.1 – 2.2.0.0 – timp.2perc – str
Scapino 8' *3.*3.*3.*3 – 4.3.3.1 – timp.3perc – hp – str
Siesta 5' *1.1.2.1 – 2.0.0.0 – str
Sonata for String Orchestra 27' str
Symphony No. 1 43' *2.2.2.2 – 4.3.3.1 – 2timp.2perc – str
Symphony No. 2 28' *4.*4.*5.*4 – 4.3.3.1 – timp.4perc – 2hp.pf.cel – str
Three Sisters Suite, arr. Palmer 8' *4.2.2.2 – 4.3.3.1 – timp.4perc – hp.cel.pf – str
Troilus and Cressida: Symphonic Suite, arr. Palmer 35' *3.*3.*3.*3 – 4.4.3.1 – timp.5perc – 2hp.cel.pf – str
Variations on an Elizabethan Theme 16' str
Variations on a Theme by Hindemith 23' *4.*4.*3.*3 – 4.3.3.1 – timp.3perc – hp – str
Varii capricci 14' *3.*3.3.3 – 4.3.3.1 – timp.3perc – cel.hp – str
A Wartime Sketchbook, arr. Palmer 25' 3.2.3.2 – 4.3.3.1 – timp.3perc – hp.pf – str
The Wise Virgins Suite 19' *3.*3.2.2 – 4.2.3.0 – timp – hp – str

 

Orchestra and Instrumental Solo(s):

Cello Concerto 29' cello *2.*2.*2.*2 – 4.2.3.1 – timp.3perc – cel – hp – str
Five Bagatelles, arr. Russ 16' guitar *2.*2.*2.2 – 2.*2.0.0 – timp.4perc – str
Four Dances from Faηade, arr. Goehr 8' piano str
Orb and Sceptre, arr. Douglas 7' piano str
Sinfonia Concertante (original version) 18' piano *3.*3.*3.*3 – 4.3.3.1 – timp.2perc – str
Sinfonia Concertante (revised version) 18' piano *3.*3.2.2 – 4.2.3.1 – timp.2perc – str
Sonata for Violin and Orchestra, orch. Palmer 26' violin *3.*2.*3.2 – 4.3.3.1 – timp.2perc – hp.pf/cel – str
Two Pieces for Violin and Orchestra, orch. Palmer 6' violin 2.1.2.1 – 2.1.0.0 – perc – hp – str
Viola Concerto (original version) 25' viola *3.*3.*3.*3 – 4.3.3.1 – timp – str
Viola Concerto (revised version) 25' viola *2.*2.*2.2 – 4.2.3.1 – timp – hp – str
Violin Concerto 30' violin *2.*2.2.2 – 4.2.3.0 – timp.2perc – hp – str

 

Orchestra and Vocal Solo(s) (without chorus):

Anon. in love 10' tenor 0.0.0.0 – 0.0.0.0 – perc – hp – str
As You Like It: A Poem for Orchestra, arr. Palmer 10' soprano 3.2.2.2 – 4.2.2.0 – timp.2perc – hp.hpcd/cel – str
Hamlet: A Shakespeare Scenario, arr. Palmer *40' speaker 3.3.*4.3 – 4.3.3.1 – timp.4perc – hp.pf/cel/hpcd – str
Henry V: A Shakespeare Scenario, arr. Watson 41' speaker *1.*1.*2.1 – 1.1.0.0 – perc – pf/hpcd – 2vc
Richard III: A Shakespeare Scenario, arr. Palmer 44' speaker *3.*3.*3.*3 – 4.3.3.1 – timp.4perc – 2hp.org.pf/hpcd/cel – str
A Song for the Lord Mayor's Table 17' soprano *2.1.1.1 – 2.1.0.0 – timp.2perc – hp – str
Three Arias from Troilus and Cressida 14' soprano *3.*3.3.3 – 4.2.3.1 – timp.perc – 2hp – str
Under the Greenwood Tree, arr. Douglas 2' soprano 2.*2.2.2 – 2.0.0.0 – hp – str

 

Orchestra and Chorus:

Antiphon, arr. Palmer 3'   0.0.0.0 – 4.4.4.1 – timp.3perc – hp.org – chor
As You Like It Suite, arr. Davis 14'   *2.2.2.2 – 4.2.0.0 – timp.3perc – hp.hpcd – str – [chor]
Belshazzar's Feast 35' Bar *3.2.*3.sx.*3 – 4.3.3.1 – timp.3perc – 2hp.[pf].org – str – chor.semichor – [brass: 0.6.6.2]
Christopher Columbus Suite, arr. Palmer 10' AT 3.3.3.3 – 4.2.3.1 – timp.3perc – hp – str – chor
Coronation Te Deum 10'   3.*3.*3.*3 – 4.3.3.1 – timp.3perc – hp.org – str – 2chor.2semichor.boychor – [brass: 0.4.3.0 – 4perc]
Coronation Te Deum, arr. Naylor 10'   0.0.0.0 – 0.4.4.0 – org – chor
Coronation Te Deum, arr. Palmer 10'   0.0.0.0 – 4.4.3.1 – timp.3perc – hp.org – chor
Gloria 19' ATB 3.*3.*3.*3 – 4.3.3.1 – timp.3perc – hp.[org] – str – chor
Henry V: A Shakespeare Scenario, arr. Palmer 58' speaker *3.*3.*3.2 – 4.3.3.1 – timp.4perc – hp.hpcd/pf/cel.[org] – str – chor.[boychor]
Henry V: A Shakespeare Scenario, arr. Watson 41' speaker *1.*1.*2.1 – 1.1.0.0 – perc – pf/hpcd – 2vc – [2chorSA]
Henry V: Suite for Chorus and Orchestra, arr. Sargent 12'   3.3.3.3 – 4.3.3.1 – timp.perc – hp.hpcd – str – chor
In Honour of the City of London 17'   2.2.2.2 – 4.3.3.1 – timp.2perc – hp – str – chor
Jubilate Deo, arr. Palmer 3'   0.0.0.0 – 4.4.3.1 – timp.perc – hp.org – chor
The Twelve (orchestral version) 12' SATB 2.2.2.2 – 4.2.3.1 – timp.perc – hp – str – chor

 

Stage Works:

The Bear opera 48' MezBarB *1.*1.*1.1 – 1.1.1.0 – timp.2perc – hp.pf – str
Christopher Columbus incidental music 60' TB, 2 speakers *4.*3.*3.*3 – 4.3.2.1 – timp.3perc – hp – str – chor
The Quest, ed. Palmer ballet 40'   *3.*2.2.2 – 4.3.3.1 – timp.5perc – 2hp.pf/cel – str
Troilus and Cressida opera 135' SMezTTBarBarBB 3.*3.*3.*3 – 5.7.3.1 – timp.6perc – 2hp.cel – str – chor

 

Guide to Abbreviations:

Instruments are listed in traditional orchestral score order.
A slash (/) denotes doubling. Brackets ([ ]) denote an optional instrument.
An asterisk (*) denotes that the following number includes at least one auxiliary instrument, including doublings.
In the duration column, an asterisk (*) indicates that the time given is the maximum time of all movements, though conductors are encouraged to select which movements to perform.
All soloists are listed in italics.

Woodwinds:
Flute  (* denotes piccolo)
Oboe  (* denotes cor anglais)
Clarinet  (* denotes bass clarinet and/or clarinet in E-flat)
Saxophone  (sx)
Bassoon  (* denotes contrabassoon)

Brass:
French horn
Trumpet  (* denotes trumpet in D)
Trombone
Tuba

Percussion:
Timpani  (timp)
Percussion  (perc)

Keyboards and Other Instruments:
Harp  (hp)
Harpsichord  (hpcd)
Keyed glockenspiel  (kglk)
Organ  (org)
Piano  (pf)
Piano duet, i.e. piano four-hands  (pf4h)

Strings:
Strings  (str)
Violin I, Violin II  (vn)
Viola  (va)
Cello  (vc)
Doublebass  (db)

Choirs:
Chorus, SATB  (chor)
Semi-chorus, SATB  (semichor)
Children's chorus, SA  (boychor)
Women's chorus, SA  (chorSA)
Soprano  (S)
Mezzo-soprano (Mez)
Alto  (A)
Tenor  (T)
Baritone (Bar)
Bass  (B)

WilliamWalton.net – Catalogue of Works