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Repertoire List TOSHIYUKI SHIMADA Repertoire List Abe, Keiko Prism Rhapsody for Marimba and Orchestra Adams, John The Chairman Dances The Fearful Symmetry Tromba Lontano Shaker Loops Albert, Stephen To Wake the Dead Albinoni, Tomaso Adagio for Organ and Strings (Giazotto) Oboe Concerto in D minor Albrechtsberger, J.G. 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Toccata Festiva for Organ and Orchestra As of 8-11-2012 1 TOSHIYUKI SHIMADA Bartok, Bela Concerto for Orchestra Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 3 Concerto for Viola and Orchestra Concerto for Violin No. 1 and No. 2 Dance Suite Deux Portraits Divertimento for Strings Hungarian Sketches The Miraculous Mandarin Music for Strings, Percussion & Celeste Rumanian Folk Dances Three Village Scenes Back, Jeremy Sparks, and Flame (Ash) Beach, Amy Quartet for Strings Beath, Betty Lament for Kosovo: Adagio for Strings Woman’s Song: Allegreo Vivace for Strings Beckel, James Concerto for Brass and Orchestra (World Premiere) Beethoven, Ludwig van Concerti for Piano No. 1 – 5 Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D Major Triple Concerto Contredances Egmont (Complete) Fidelio (Complete Opera) Leonore Overtures No. 1 – 3 Missa Solemnis Overtures: Coriolan, Creatures of Prometheus, King Stephen, Namensfeier, Ruin of Athens Romances for Violin No. 1 and 2 Rondino for Winds Septet in Eb Major Complete Symphonies (No. 1 – 9) Wellington’s Victory Benjamin, Arthur Two Jamaican Pieces Berg, Alban Violin Concerto Berio, Luciano Folk Songs for Voice and 7 Instruments Clariniet Sonata No. 1 (Brahms) Berlioz, Hector La Damnation de Faust Harold in Italy Overtures : Carnaval Romain, Le Corsaire, Les Roi Lear Music from Troyens Romeo et Juilliet Symphonie fantastique Symphonie Marche Funebre et Triumphale As of 8-11-2012 2 TOSHIYUKI SHIMADA Bernstein, Leonard Candide (Complete) Chichester Psalms Divertimento for Orchestra Fancy Free On the Town On the Water Front Suite Serenade for Violin Symphony No. 2 (The Age of Anxiety) West Side Story Overture (Peress) West Side Story: Symphonic Dances Bizet, Georges L’Arlesienne Suites No. 1 & 2 Carmen (Complete Opera) Symphony in C Bliss, Sir Arthur Things to Come Boccherini, Luigi Cello Concerto in Eb Bolcom, William Comedia Borodin, Alexander In the Steppes of Central Asia Nocturn for String Orchestra (from String Quartet No. 2 ) Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor Symphony No. 2 Bottesini, Giovanni String Bass Concerto No. 2 in B Minor Brahms, Johannes Academic Festival Overture Alto Rhapsody Concerti for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 & 2 Concerto for Violin and Orchestra Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra Ein deutsches Requiem Hungarian Dances No. 1, 2, 3, 5 & 6 Quartet in G Major (Schoenberg) Schicksalslied Serenade No. 2 in A Major Complete Symphonies (No. 1 – 4) Tragic Overture Variations on a Theme by Haydn Brings, Allen From Psalterium Davidicum Scherzi Musicali Three Holy Sonnets Brittelle, William The Canyons Curved Burgundy (World Premiere) Britten, Benjamin Lachrymae for Viola and Strings Matinees Musicales Serenade for Tenor and Horn Soirees Musicales Peter Grimes (Complete) Simple Symphony War Requiem The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra As of 8-11-2012 3 TOSHIYUKI SHIMADA Bruch, Max Adagio Appassionato Concerti for Violin and Orchestra No. 1& 2 Kol Nidrei Scottish Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra Bruckner, Anton Symphonies No. 4, 5, 6 and 9 Caldara, Antonio Magnificat in C Major Carlson, Phillip Rowing in Eden (World Premiere) Chabrier, Emmanuel Espana Joyeuse Marche Chaminade, Cecile Flute Concerto Charpentier, Marc-Antonin Te Deum Chausson, Ernest Poem for Violin and Orchestra Symphony No. 1 in Bb Chavez, Carlos Symphony No. 5 Chopin, Frederic Andante spinato et Grande Polonaise Piano Concerti No. 1 & 2 Les Sylphides Cimador, Giambattista DoubleBass Concerto in G Major Clarke, Jeremiah Trumpet Voluntary Comoli, Gia Flight of Icarus Coolidge, Paggy Stuart Pioneer Dances Cooper, Paul Symphony No. 4 (World Premiere) Copland, Aaron Appalachian Spring (Larger Orchestra) Appalachian Spring (Original) Billy the Kid Ballet Suite Clarinet Concerto Danzon Cubano Fanfare for the Common Man John Henry Letter from Home Lincoln Portrait Old American Songs An Outdoor Overture Quiet Place The Red Pony Suite Rodeo El Salon Mexico Symphony No. 3 The Tender Land Corelli, Arcangelo Concerto grossi Op. 6 As of 8-11-2012 4 TOSHIYUKI SHIMADA Corigliano, John Altered State Elegy Promenade Overture Symphony No. 1 Cox, Boudewijn Onyx Creston, Paul Marimba Concerto Crumb, George Ancient Voices of Children Night of Four Moons Dahl, Ingolf Sinfonietta Dallapiccola, Luigi Variations for Orchestra David, Ferdinand Trombone Concertino Debussy, Claude La Damoiselle Elue Danses Sacree et Profane Jeux La mer Nocturnes Prelude a L’apres-midi d’un faune Premiere Rapsody for Clarinet and Orchestra De Lalande Sinfonie pour les Soupres du Roi Delibes, Leo Coppelia Suite Delius, Frederick On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring Sleigh Ride Summer Night on the River Dittersdorf, Karl D. von Concerto for Double Bass in E Major Dohnanyi, Ernst von Concert Piece for Cello and Orchestra Donizetti, Gaetano Don Pasaquale L’elisir d’amore La filled du regiment Lucia di Lammermoor Druckman, Jacob Paene (World Premiere) Duffy, Thomas Heart Throb Tempus Fugit III Dukas, Paul L’Apprenti Sorcier Fanfare from La Peri Dvorak, Antonin Carnival Overture Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in B Minor Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in A Minor Cypresses (Suk) Czech Suite Golden Spinning Wheel, Op. 109 Legends, Op. 59 As of 8-11-2012 5 TOSHIYUKI SHIMADA Midday Witch, Op. 108 Othello Overture Romance for Violin and Orchestra Scherzo Capriccioso Serenade in E Major for Strings, Op. 22 Serenade in D Minor, Op. 44 Slavonic Dances Op. 46 & 72 Symphonies No. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 & 9 Elgar, Sir Edward Chanson de Matin Chanson de Nuite Cockaigne, Op. 49 Concerto for Cello and Orchestra Concerto for Violin and Orchestra Coronation Ode Enigma Variations Pomp and Circumstance Marches No. 1 & 4 Salut d’amour Serenade for Strings Symphony No. 1 in Ab Major The Wand of Youth Suites Enescu, Georges Rumanian Rhapsody No. 1 Symphony No. 1 Erb, Donald Concerto for Contra Bassoon and Orchestra Falla, Manuel de El Amor Brujo The Three Cornered Hat Ballet Interlude and Dance: La vida breve Faure, Gabriel Pavane Pelleas et Melisande Suite Requiem Fernandez, Oscar Lorenzo Batuque Fetherolf, David El Dia de los Muertos Fine, Vivian Romantic Ode Finzi, Gerald Romance Foulds, John Piano Concerto: Dynamic Triptych Franck, Cesar Symphonic Variations Symphony in D Fuchs, Kenneth Atlantic Riband Fucik, Julius The Entrance of Gladiators Gabrieli, Giovanni Canzonas and Sonatas for Brass Gardner, Kay Rain Forest As of 8-11-2012 6 TOSHIYUKI SHIMADA Gershwin, George An American in Paris Concerto in F for Piano and Orchestra Cuban Overture Fanny Face Overture Girl Crazy Overture I Got Rhythm Variations Lullaby for Strings Of Thee I Sing Overture O Kay Overture Porgy and Bess Promenade Rhapsody in Blue Second Rhapsody Strike Up the Band: Selections Gigout Eugene Prelude Symphonique Ginastera, Alberto Estancia: Malambo Harp Concerto Variationes Concertantes Violin Concerto Giordano, Umberto Andrea Chenier: Selections Glass, Philippe Company Glazunov, Alexander Saxophone Concerto Symphony No. 4 Gliere, Reinhold Harp 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