A measure of Sacher's importance as a conductor lies in the works he
commissioned and/or premiered. Partially, here goes:

   Bartok, Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta, 1937
   Bartok, Divertimento for Orchestra, 1940
   Bartok, Violin Concerto No. 1, 1958
   Beck, Lichter und Schatten, 1982
   Berio, Chorale, 1982
   Britten, Cantata Academica, 1960
   Dutilleux, Mystere de l'instant, 1989
   Fortner, Triplum, 1966
   Fortner, Prismen, 1975
   Fortner, Variations for Chamber Orchestra, 1980
   Henze, Compasas para preguntas ensimismadas, 1971
   Henze, Sonata for Strings, 1958
   Henze, Double Concerto for Oboe, Harp and Orchestra, 1966
   Henze, Violin Concerto No. 2, 1972
   Hindemith, Die Harmonie der Welt, 1952
   Holliger, Quartett, 1973
   Honegger, Jeanne d'Arc au Būcher, 1938
   Honegger, Totentanz, 1940
   Honegger, Symphony No. 2, 1942
   Honegger, Symphony No. 4, 1947
   Ibert, Symphonie Concertante for Oboe, 1951
   Krenek, Kette, Kreis, und Spiegel, 1958
   Lutoslawski, Double Concerto, 1980
   Malipiero, Symphony No. 6, 1949
   Martin, Ballade, 1941
   Martin, Petite Symphonie Concertante, 1946
   Martin, Violin Concerto No. 1, 1952
   Martinu, Double Concerto, 1940
   Martinu, Concerto da Camera, 1942
   Martinu, Epic of Gilgamesh, 1958
   Martinu, Toccata e due Canzoni, 1947
   Petrassi, Orchesterkonzert No. 2, 1952
   Strauss, Metamorphosen, 1946
   Stravinsky, Concerto in D, 1947
   Stravinsky, A Sermon, A Narrative and a Prayer, 1962

Sacher's complete titles may be  obtained from the Fondation Paul Sacher,
Munsterplatz 4, 4051 Basel, Switzerland

Charles Barber