Colleen Potter Thorburn, harp
Large Ensemble Repertoire List all pieces listed have been publicly performed updated June 2013
Harp in the Orchestra
John Adams, The Chairman Dances Kurt Atterburg, Symphony No. 3 (Nutmeg Symphony, 2011) Samuel Barber, Overture to the School for Scandal Bela Bartók Concerto for Orchestra (both parts) The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19 Violin Concerto No. 2 Robert Beaser, Folk Songs LV Beethoven, Creatures of Prometheus Hector Berlioz Les nuits d'été Roméo et Juliette Symphony Symphonie Fantastique (both parts) Leonard Bernstein Age of Anxiety Symphony Sérénade after Plato's Symposium West Side Story Overture and Symphonic Dances Kari Besharse, Spinning Sky (UI New Music Ensemble, 2005) Alexander Borodin, Symphony No. 2 Colin Britt, House of Clouds (2011) Benjamin Britten, Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra Anton Bruckner, Symphony 8 Chabrier, España (both parts) Aaron Copland Appalachian Spring Concerto for Clarinet Lincoln Portrait Suite from Rodeo John Corigliano, Circus Maximus
—Colleen Potter Thorburn, Orchestral and Large Ensemble Repertoire, page 1— Luigi Dallapiccola, Piccola Musica Notturna (Atlantic Music Festival, 2012) Manuel De Falla, El Sombrero de Tres Picos Claude Debussy La Mer Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune (both parts) Première Rhapsodie Vincent D'Indy, Orfeo (selections) Paul Dukas, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice Tan Dun, Water Concerto (ECSO, 2012) Dutilleux, “Tout un monde lointain…” concerto pour violoncello et orchestra Dvorak, Legenden Nos. 6-10 Gabriel Fauré, Pelléas et Melisande Kenneth Fuchs, Atlantic Riband (ECSO, 2012) Howard Hanson, Symphony No. 2 Stephen Hartke, Concerto for Clarinet, “Landscape with Blues” Gustav Holst, The Planets (2nd harp) Solbong Kim, Excerpts from the Book of Nightmares (2012) Seunghee Lee, Gan (UI New Music Ensemble, 2006) Peter Lieberson, Neruda Songs (Aspen, 2008) David Ludwig, Piccola Musica Notturna (2011) Gustav Mahler Symphonies 3, 4, 5, and 6 Modest Mussorgsky, Pictures at an Exhibition (both parts) Sergei Prokofieff Suite from Cinderella Symphony No. 5 Selections from Romeo and Juliet ballet suites Maurice Ravel Daphnis et Chloe (both parts) Ma mere l’oye suite Tzigane Ottorino Respighi, Pines of Rome Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio Espagnole
—Colleen Potter Thorburn, Orchestral and Large Ensemble Repertoire, page 2— Scheherezade Christopher Rouse, Flute Concerto Albert Roussel, Bacchus et Ariane, Ballet in 2 Acts, Op. 43 Jean Sibelius, Symphony No. 1 James Nyoraku Schlefer, Concerto for Shakuhachi and Chamber Orchestra (Round Top, 2009) Arnold Schoenberg, Gurrelieder (Aspen, 2008) Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony No. 5 Bedrich Smetana, Ma Vlast, No. 2: Moldau Johann Strauss Blue Danube Waltz Tales of the Vienna Woods Richard Strauss Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme suite Don Juan Josephslegende, fragment, Op. 63 Four Last Songs Morgen and Zueignung Rosenkavalier Suite Tod und Verklarung Igor Stravinsky Chant du rossignol Divertimento from the Fairy’s Kiss L’oiseau de feu (1909 version) Pyotr Tchaikovsky Francesca da Rimini Romeo et Juliette, Ouverture-Fantaisie Suite from Sleeping Beauty Andrew Thomas, Three Transformations for Orchestra (Atlantic Music Festival, 2011) Giuseppe Verdi, Overture to La Forza del Destino (Hps. 1, 2) Richard Wagner Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde Lohengrin: Overture and Scene One from Act III John Williams, Star Wars suite
—Colleen Potter Thorburn, Orchestral and Large Ensemble Repertoire, page 3— Harp with Choir and/or Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein, Chichester Psalms Johannes Brahms, Four Songs for Women’s Choir, Two Horns, and Harp Benjamin Britten, Ceremony of Carols John Corigliano, Fern Hill Gabriel Fauré, Requiem Gustav Holst, Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda Ignacio Jerusalem, Magnificat John Rutter Dancing Day Requiem Camille Saint-Saëns, Oratorio de Noël Conrad Susa, Carols and Lullabies: Christmas in the Southwest William Walton - Belshazzar’s Feast
—Colleen Potter Thorburn, Orchestral and Large Ensemble Repertoire, page 4— Harp in Operas
Charles Gounod, Roméo et Juliette Giacomo Puccini La Bohème (Yale Opera) Madama Butterfly (Aspen) Tosca (Opera Illinois) Stephen Sondheim, Sweeney Todd (UIUC) Giuseppe Verdi, La Traviata (UIUC)
Harp in Ballets
Tchaikovsky, Nutcracker (Hps. 1, 2) Orchestra New England, 2007 Aspen, 2008 Albano Ballet Company, 2009-2011 Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra, 2012
Harp in Musical Theater
Cinderella The Fantasticks (Long Wharf) Fiddler on the Roof (piano) How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (Yale) Once Upon a Mattress (UIUC)
—Colleen Potter Thorburn, Orchestral and Large Ensemble Repertoire, page 5—