Jeff: > But what if some orchestra asked us: what underplayed works would YOU > like to hear at your nearest symphony orchestra? There are many pieces Another limiting factor is the idea that a concert must contain the structure Overture-Concerto-Symphony and not last longer than, say 80 minutes. I would travel very far to see and hear a performance of Busoni's piano concerto (70 minutes), Respighi's suite for Organ and Orchestra, Gounod's Suite Concertante for Pedal-Piano (now organ) and orchestra, Massenet's Piano Concerto, Prokoviev's Alexander Nevsky.... Gerhard http://skoongrappies.com *********************************************** The CLASSICAL mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's HDMail High Deliverability Mailer for reliable, lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html