Distanced Classics
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During these unprecedented times, performance plans may need to be adapted to fit within new restrictions that vary from country to country. With that in mind, we have curated lists of selected works for smaller performing groups.The repertoire suggestions below are classic works in recent arrangements for smaller forces, performable by ensembles or chamber orchestras. Groups of up to 20 or up to 50 are permitted to gather in some countries already, hopefully with other countries to follow as circumstances and rules allow – with appropriate distancing of course.
We are happy to supply perusal scores and audio links to conductors and programmers as required, so please contact your local Boosey & Hawkes office: composers.uk@booseycom; composers.us@boosey.com; composers.germany@boosey.com.
Also explore our repertoire for:
> Chamber orchestra or large ensemble with up to 50 players
> Small orchestra or ensemble with up to 20 players
> String orchestra or ensemble up to 20 or 50 players
> Chamber opera with ensemble
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Johann Sebastian Bach – Heribert Breuer
Goldberg Variations (1741, arr. 2015) 57'
version for two trios (or quartets) and harp, with added lectures by MontaigneBéla Bartók – Joolz Gale
Dance Suite (Tanzsuite) (1923, arr. 2016) 16'
arranged for chamber ensembleLudwig van Beethoven – Detlev Glanert
Triple Concerto (Tripelkonzert)in C major op.56 (1804, arr. 2010) 36'
for solo piano trio, with orchestral part arranged for wind quintet and string quintetJohannes Brahms – Detlev Glanert
Four Piano Pieces (Vier Klavierstücke) op.119 (1892, arr. 1997) 15'
arranged for octetJohannes Brahms – Detlev Glanert
Variations on a Theme of Schumann (Variationen über ein Thema von Schumann) op.9 (1854, arr. 1996) 15'
arranged for octetClaude Debussy – Joolz Gale
La Mer (1905, arr. 2016) 26'
arranged for chamber orchestraErik Satie – Martin Christoph Redel
Sports et Divertissements (1914, arr. 2019) 15'
for ensemble, speaker (opt.) and projections (opt.)Robert Schumann – Detlev Glanert
Ghost Variations (Geistervariationen) (1854, arr. 2010) 12'
for chamber ensembleJohann Strauss – Brett Dean
Overture to "Die Fledermaus"(1874, arr. 2011) 8'
arrangement for octetRichard Strauss – Brett Dean
Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche (1895, arr. 1995) 18'
arrangement for nonetRichard Strauss – Eberhard Kloke
Four Last Songs (Vier letzte Lieder) (1949, arr. 2010) 20'
transcription for soprano and ensembleRichard Strauss – Rudolf Leopold
Metamorphosen (1945, arr. 1994) 24'
realised for string septetRichard Wagner – Robin Holloway
Blooms of Passion (Wesendonck-Lieder) (1858, arr. 2011) 28'
arrangement for voice and string orchestraRichard Wagner – Eberhard Kloke
Wesendonck-Lieder (1858, arr. 2013) 24'
transcription and paraphrase for mezzo-soprano and ensemble -
Photo: Basque National Orchestra