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Bonus: The Concerto List (String Edition) 

Here is a list of all pieces in The Works project that are for one or more string instrument soloists (other than violin only) with orchestra. The list is arranged roughly chronologically. 

If the work doesn't have a title beyond “X Concerto” or “Concerto for X and Orchestra”, then only the composer's name is mentioned (see Walton under viola for an example). If the composer has more than one such concerto, the number or numbers are listed (see Haydn under cello for an example).

The list under each instrument heading is organized roughly chronologically.

Viola
G.P. Telemann: Concerto, TWV 51:G9
Hector Berlioz: Harold en Italie
William Walton
Paul Hindemith: Der Schwanendreher; Trauermusik
Bela Bartok
Luciano Berio: Chemins 2; Chemins 3
Morton Feldman: The Viola in My Life IV

Cello
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerti, R. 413, 424
C.P.E. Bach: Concerto, H. 439
Luigi Boccherini: Concerti, G. 476, 479, 480, 482, 483
F.J. Haydn: Nos. 1-2
Robert Schumann
Camille Saint-Saens: No. 1
P.I. Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme
Antonin Dvorak
Richard Strauss: Don Quixote
Edward Elgar
Ernst Bloch: Schelomo
Frank Bridge: Oration
Paul Hindemith
William Walton
Dmitri Shostakovich: No. 1
Benjamin Britten: Symphony for Cello and Orchestra
Gyorgy Ligeti
Witold Lutoslawski
Henri Dutilleux: Tout un monde lointain…
John Tavener: The Protecting Veil
Peter Maxwell Davies: Strathclyde Concerto No. 2

Double Bass
Peter Maxwell Davies: Strathclyde Concerto No. 7

Harp
G.F. Handel: Concerto, Op. 4 No. 6
Claude Debussy: Danse sacree et danse profane
Alberto Ginastera
Luciano Berio: Chemins 1

Mandolin
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto, R. 425

Guitar
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto, R. 93 (guitar or lute)
Joachim Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez; Fantasia para un gentilhombre
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Luciano Berio: Chemins 5

Multiple String Instruments
W.A. Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante, K. 364 (violin and viola)
Johannes Brahms: Double Concerto (violin and cello)
Michael Tippett: Triple Concerto (violin, viola, and cello)
Peter Maxwell Davies: Strathclyde Concerto No. 5 (violin and viola)

Week 27: Happy New Year! 

Welcome to Week 27 of The Works! There is no podcast episode this week, and this post is coming late in the week, but the next post, with a podcast episode, will come soon.

The pieces for this week are listed below, along with links to scores where available. Here is the Spotify playlist for Week 27.

Morton Feldman
The Viola in My Life 1 (for viola and chamber ensemble)
The Viola in My Life 2 (for viola and chamber ensemble)
The Viola in My Life 3 (for viola and piano)
The Viola in My Life IV (for viola and orchestra)

Edward Elgar
Cello Concerto - score
     recommended recording: Jacqueline du Pre with London Symphony/Barbirolli

Johannes Ciconia
O rosa bella - score
Sus une fontayne
Le ray au soleyl
Una panthera - score
Ut te per omnes - score
O Padua, sidus praeclarum - score
Petrum Marcello Venetum - score
Doctorum principem - score
O felix templum - score
Gloria (score) and Credo “Regina Gloriosa”
Gloria (another one of five settings)

Thelonious Monk
Selections from Blue Note singles and 10" LPs (1947-51), collected under “Genius of Modern Music”
Selections from Prestige 10" LPs (1952-54)
The Unique Thelonious Monk (Riverside 12" LP, 1956)