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Major works performed by the orchestra since 1990

ADAMS, John The Chairman Dances
Short Ride in a Fast Machine
Harmonielehre
ADDINSELL, Richard Warsaw Concerto
AJDIC, Alojz Rhapsody for Trumpet and Orchestra - UK premiere 2012 with Rebecca Robertson
Awakening - UK premiere
ALBRECHTSBURGER, Johann Georg Concerto for alto trombone
ALWYN, William Symphony 5
ARUTUNIAN, Alexander Trumpet Concerto
ARNOLD, Sir Malcolm Symphonies 2, 3, 4 and 5
John Field Fantasy
Clarinet Concerto 2
Philharmonic Concerto
Little Suite No 1
Four Cornish Dances
Scottish Dances
Giubiloso
Tam O'Shanter
BACH, Johann Sebastian Double Violin Concerto
Toccata and Fugue (arr Stokowski)
Brandenburg Concerto No 2
BANTOCK, Sir Granville The National Anthem
BARBER, Samuel Overture, School for Scandal
Violin Concerto
Adagio for Strings
BARTOK, Bela Romanian Folk Dances
The Miraculous Mandarin Suite
Concerto for Orchestra
BAX, Sir Arnold Symphony 1
Festival Overture
Tintagel
BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van Symphonies 2, 3, 8
Overture, Coriolan
Overture, Leonore No 3
Overture, Egmont
Piano Concertos 3, 4, 5
BENNETT, Richard Rodney Variations on an English Nursery Tune
BERLIOZ, Hector Overture, Le Carneval Romain
Symphonie Fantastique
Damnation of Faust
Overture, Le Corsaire
BERNSTEIN, Leonard Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
Candide Overture
BINGHAM, Judith Four Minute Mile
BLISS, Sir Arthur A Colour Symphony
Checkmate Suite
BLOOM, Joe The End of the War
BORODIN, Alexander Prince Igor: Overture and  Polovtsian Dances
BOURNE, Owen Slaithwaite Chaconne (first performance)
BRAHMS, Johannes Symphonies 1, 2 3 and 4
Academic Festival Overture
Double Concerto
Piano Concerto 1
BRITTEN, Benjamin Four Sea Interludes, from Peter Grimes
Russian Funeral Music
The War Requiem
Violin Concerto
BROWN, Matthew Masquerade
BRUBECK, Chris Concerto for Bass Trombone and Orchestra
BRUCH, Max Violin Concerto 1
Kol Nidrei
BRUCKNER, Anton Symphony 9
Symphony 7
BUSONI, Ferruccio Violin Concerto
BUTTERWORTH, Arthur A Dales Suite
Cello Concerto (first performance)
CANTELOUBE, Joseph Songs of the Auvergne
COATES, Eric Knightsbridge March
COLERIDGE-TAYLOR, Samuel Hiawatha's Wedding-Feast
COPLAND, Aaron Four Dances from Rodeo
Clarinet Concerto
Symphony 3
El Salon Mexico
CURTIS, Matthew (b 1959) Amsterdam Suite (first performance)
Overture An Improbable Centenary (first performance)
Divertimento for Orchestra (first performance)
Paths to Urbino
Pas de Deux
Outward Bound
Various short pieces
DAVIES, Sir H Walford Solemn Melody
DEBUSSY, Claude Prelude a l'Apres Midi d'un Faun
La Mer
DELIBES, Leo Ballet Suite: Sylvia
DELIUS, Frederick The Walk to the Paradise Garden
DOHNANYI, Ernst Variations on a Nursery Tune
DRAGONETTI, Domenico Double Bass Concerto
DUKAS, Paul The Sorcerer's Apprentice
DVORAK, Antonin Symphonies 6, 7, 8 and 9
Scherzo Capriccioso
Cello concerto
Violin Concerto
Slavonic Dance No 8
The Noonday Witch
ELGAR, Sir Edward Symphonies 1 and 2
Cello Concerto
Serenade for Strings
Overture, In the South
Overture, Cockaigne
The Music Makers
Enigma Variations
Overture, Froissart
Sea Pictures
Chanson de Matin
Pomp and Circumstance March No 1
Introduction and Allegro for Strings
Dream of Gerontius
ELGAR / PAYNE Symphony 3
ELLIN, Benjamin (b 1980) Harp Concerto (World premiere)
Letters from Home (World premiere)
Pandora, a Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra
White Crucifixion for Viola and String Orchestra
ELLIS, Vivian Coronation Scot
FAURE, Gabriel Pavane
FRANCK, Cesar Symphony in D minor
GABRIELI, Giovanni Sonata Pian' e Forte
GERSHWIN, George Piano Concerto
Rhapsody in Blue
Symphonic Picture, Porgy and Bess
GLAZUNOV, Alexander Violin Concerto
GLINKA, Mikhail Overture, Ruslan & Ludmilla
GODFREY, Fred Lucy Long
GRAINGER, Percy Irish Tune from County Derry
GRIEG, Edvard Elegiac melodies for strings
Piano Concerto
GRUBER, H K Frankenstein!!
GUILMANT, Felix Alexandre Symphony 1 for Organ and Orchestra
HANDEL, G F Suite: The Water Music
HARRISON, Mark (b 1954) Symphony in F (first performance)
HARTLAND, Matthew (b 1965) Farewell to a Soldier (first performance)
HAYDN, Joseph Symphony 92 (Oxford), 94 (Surprise)
Trumpet Concerto
The Creation
HERRMANN, Bernard Vertigo Suite
HINDEMITH, Paul Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Weber
HODGSON, Ivor Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra (World Premiere)
HOLST, Gustav Ballet Music The Perfect Fool
The Planets
Hammersmith
Egdon Heath
HUMMEL, Joseph Trumpet Concerto
HUMPERDINCK, Engelbert Overture Hansel and Gretel
D'INDY, Vincent Symphony on a French Mountain Air
IVES, Charles The Unanswered Question
JANACEK, Leos Sinfonietta
Glagolitic Mass
KABALEVSKY, Dmitri Overture Colas Breugnon
Violin Concerto 1
KHACHATURIAN, Aram Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia
Violin Concerto
KLEINSINGER, George Tubby the Tuba
KODALY, Zoltan Peacock Variations
Dances of Galanta
KORNGOLD, Erich Symphony in F#
KREK, Uros Rhapsodic Dance (UK premiere 2012)
LAMBERT, Constant The Rio Grande
LEOCAVALLO, Ruggero Pagliacci fully staged opera
LISZT, Franz Piano Concerto 2
LITOLFF, Henry Scherzo from Concerto Symphonique 4
LUTOSLAWSKI, Witold Paganini Variations
MACKENZIE, Sir Alexander Britannia: A Nautical Overture
MACMILLAN, James Britannia
MAHLER, Gustav Symphony 1
Symphony 2
Symphony 3 (first performance in Huddersfield)
Symphony 5
Symphony 6
Symphony 7
MARCELLO, Benedetto Oboe Concerto
MASCAGNI, Pietro Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana
Cavalleria Rusticana fully staged opera
MAURICE, Paule Tableaux de Provence for Saxophone & Orchestra
MAXWELL DAVIES, Sir Peter An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise
Mavis in Las Vegas
McCORMACK, Andrew Reframe (World Premiere)
MEDTNER, Nicolai Piano Concerto 3
MENDELSSOHN, Felix Overture, Ruy Blas
Violin Concerto
Overture, Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage
Overture, The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave)
Overture, The Fair Melusine
Symphonies 3, 4
MILHAUD, Darius Piano Concerto 2
MOZART, W A Piano Concerto 23
Piano Concerto 24
Violin Concertos  4, 5
Overture The Magic Flute
Symphony 35 (Haffner)
Exsultate, Jubilate
Concert Arias
Horn Concerto 3
Symphony 41 (Jupiter)
Ave Verum Corpus
Requiem
Sinfonia Concertante for Four Winds
MUSSORGSKY, Modest St John's Night on Bare Mountain
MUSSORGSKY/RAVEL Pictures at an Exhibition
MUSSORGSKY/RIMSKY-KORSAKOV A Night on the Bare Mountain
NIELSON, Carl Overture Helios
Symphony 4
Symphony 5
ORFF, Carl Carmina Burana
PANUFNIK, Sir Andrzej Sinfonia Sacra
PARRY, Hubert Jerusalem
POULENC, Francis Flute Concerto (arr Berkeley)
Piano Concerto
Gloria
Les Biches
PROKOVIEV, Sergei Suites 1 and 2 from Romeo & Juliet
Peter and the Wolf
Lieutenant Kije Suite
Piano Concerto 3
Symphony 1 (Classical)
PUCCINI, Giacomo Concert performance of Turandot
Fully staged performance of La Boheme
Fully staged performance of Tosca
RACHMANINOV, Sergei Piano Concertos 1, 2, 3, 4
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Symphonies 2 and 3
RADVILOVICH, Alexander Music for Soul Leaving (UK premiere)
RAVEL, Maurice Daphnis and Chloe Suites 1 and 2
Bolero
Mother Goose Suite
Piano Concerto in G
RAWSTHORNE, Alan Piano Concerto 2
RESPIGHI, Ottorino The Pines of Rome
Roman Festivals
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV, Nicolai Scheherazade
Bridal Procession from Le Coq d'Or
Capriccio Espagnol
The Snow Maiden
RODGERS, Richard Slaughter on 10th Avenue
RODRIGO Music for Wind Instruments
ROSSINI, Gioachino Overture, Thieving Magpie
Overture, Barber of Seville
RUSSELL, Barry A Yorkshire Fanfare
Seated on the Rainbow
keep going
RUTTER, John Suite Antique for Flute and Strings
SAINT-SAENS, Camille Violin Concerto 3
Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso
Symphony 3 "Organ Symphony"
Havanaise
Cello Concerto 1
Piano Concerto 2
SCHUBERT, Franz Symphonies 5 and 8
SCHUMANN, Robert Piano Concerto
SCRIABIN, Alexander The Poem of Ecstasy
SHOSTAKOVICH, Dmitri Symphonies 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 12
Festive Overture
Cello Concerto 1
Piano Concerto 2 in F
Jazz Suite No 2 (Variety Suite)
Violin Concerto 1
SIBELIUS, Jean Symphonies 1, 2,5 and 7
En Saga
Karelia Suite
Violin Concerto
Finlandia
Swan of Tuonela
SMETANA, Bedrich Ma Vlast: Vysehrad, Vltava, From Bohemia's Forests and Meadows
Overture, The Bartered Bride
SONDHEIM, Stephen Sweeney Todd Musical
STRAUSS, Richard Waltz-Sequence from Der Rosencavalier
Ein Heldenleben
Six Songs
An Alpine Symphony
Don Juan
STRAVINSKY, Igor Firebird Suite
Firebird Ballet
Pulcinella
Rite of Spring
SUK, Josef Asrael Symphony
SUPPE, Franz von Overture: Light Cavalry
SVENDSEN, Johan Romance for violin and orchestra
SZYMANOWSKI, Karol Symphonie Concertante
TAKEMITSU, Toru Fantasma/Cantos II for Trombone and Orchestra
TAYLOR, Laura Fanfare
TCHAIKOVSKY, P I Symphonies 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6
The Tempest
The Nutcracker
Piano Concerto 1
Rococo Variations for Cello and Orchestra
Violin Concerto
Fantasy Overture, Romeo and Juliet
Manfred Symphony
Capriccio Italien
Serenade for Strings
TOMLINSON, Ernest Fantasia on North Country Tunes
TIPPETT, Michael Piano Concerto
Suite in D for the Birthday of Prince Charles
TORKE, Michael Javelin
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS, Ralph Symphonies 2, 4, 6 and 8
Overture, The Wasps
The Lark Ascending
Fantasia on Greensleeves
Job
Tuba Concerto
5 Mystical Songs
Oboe Concerto
VERDI, Giuseppe Te Deum
Operatic excerpts
The Force of Destiny
Concert Performance of Aida
Requiem
VIVALDI, Antonio Bassoon Concerto in E minor
WAGNER, Richard Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde
Overture The Mastersingers
Prelude to Act III of Lohengrin
Fully staged production of The Flying Dutchman
Siegfried Idyll
WALTON, Sir William Prelude to Richard III
March Crown Imperial
Viola Concerto
Symphony 1
Spitfire Prelude and Fugue
Johannesburg Festival Overture
Coronation March (1953)
Orb and Sceptre
A Shakespeare Suite from Richard III
Belshazzar's Feast
WEBER, Carl Maria von Overtures: Oberon, Der Freischutz
Clarinet Concertos 1 and 2
WEBER / BERLIOZ Invitation to the Dance
WEILL, Kurt Symphony 2
WILLIAMS, Grace Penillion
WILLIAMS, John Symphonic suite from the film Harry Potter
WILLIAMSON, Malcolm Love's Reedeming Work Is Done
WILSON, Trevor Suite for small orchestra (World premiere)
WOOD, Arthur Barwick Green
WOOD, Henry Fantasia on British Sea Songs