Just a few off the top of the head. don't think any justification is necessary for these. The list gets heavily American but I think the audience would like it all if I could get them there with the right publicity, which I bet could be pulled off. Mahler: Songs of a Wayfarer; Ruckert Lieder; Das Lied von der Erde Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra, Violin Concerto, Dance Suite Stravinsky: Petrouchka, Baisee de la Fee, Symphony of Psalms (How's this for contrast?) Britten: Violin Concerto; Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge; Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes Vaughan Williams: Oboe Concerto; Lark Ascending; "London: Symphony Debussy: Saxophone Rhapsody; La Mer; Nocturnes Kodaly: Peacock Variations; Concerto for Orchestra; Hary Janos Suite Thompson: 2nd symphony; Frostiana; Testament of Freedom (so there!) Thomson: Symphony on a Hymn Tune; Plow that Broke the Plains; Louisiana Story Schuman: New England Triptych; Symphony 3; Song of Orpheus Shapero: Credo for Orchestra, Symphony for Classical Orchestra, Partita for Piano and Orchestra Hovhanness: Mysterious Mountain, Prelude & Quadruple Fugue, Vishnu Symphony Harrison: Elegiac Symphony, Concerto for Violin & Percussion, Ariadne for Flute & Percussion (don't know the last one, but assume it is short enough) Rabushka: Harp Concerto, Clarinet Concerto, Viola Concerto (to be commissioned) Jim Tobin