New suggestion:

Sinfonia concertante for organ and orchestra

by Esa-Pekka Salonen

* Title

Additional title

Description

I started developing material for the Sinfonia concertante
 in the lockdown spring of 2020. It took me a while to get over the 
first, obvious hurdle: the organ can cover the entire scope of a 
symphony orchestra in every way. It has the same or wider pitch, 
dynamics and colour ranges. How does one write a piece for essentially 
two orchestras without creating redundancy issues?After a lot of thinking and at times agonising, I had the Columbus's 
egg moment: why not just write the music, and orchestrate it for those 
two rich and complex instruments, the organ and the orchestra?I decided to call the composition Sinfonia concertante 
instead of Concerto, as the function of the organ keeps changing 
constantly over the course of the 30-minute journey. Sometimes it plays 
alone, often as the soloist in the traditional sense, or as a 
chamber-music partner to wind instruments. A few times it becomes part 
of the orchestra as a member of the collective in a supporting role. I 
cannot think of any other instrument with the same chameleon-like 
flexibility.The long history of the organ inspired me to imagine “old” music from
 a hypothetical world, an alternate universe, still mine but slightly 
alien. I decided to use old forms, such as the slow, courtly Pavane in the first movement. There is only one actual quote in the Sinfonia Concertante: the famous art antiqua four-part Organa, Viderunt omnes
 by Pérotin (fl. c. 1200), which I re-harmonised and orchestrated for 
full orchestra and the solo organ. (I have been a Pérotin fan since my 
teen years.)

Year of composing

Arranger

Duration

Hours

Minutes

Seconds

Movements

Availability

Abbreviation	Instrument
Woodwind
acl	alto clarinet
afl	alto flute
arec	alto recorder
asax	alto saxophone
barsax	baritone saxophone
barhn	baritone horn
bcl	bass clarinet
bfl	bass flute
bob	bass oboe
bsax	bass saxophone
bsn	bassoon
cbsn	contrabassoon
cl	clarinet
ehn	English horn
fl	flute
hn	French horn
ob	oboe
pic	piccolo
rec	recorder
sax	saxophone
srec	soprano recorder
ssax	soprano saxophone
trec	tenor recorder
tsax	tenor saxophone
Brass
ahn	alto horn
atrb	altotrombone
barhn	baritone horn
btrb	bass trombone
cornet	cornet
euph	euphonium
fhn	flugelhorn
hn	French horn
tba	tuuba
thn	tenor horn
trb	trombone
trp	trumpet
Percussion
dr	drums
glock	glockenspiel
mar	marimba
perc	percussion
timp	timpani
vibr	vibraphone
xyl	xylophone
Strings
db	double bass
gamba	viola da gamba
str	strings
vla	viola
vlc	cello
vln	violin
Other
acc	accordion
cel	celesta
cemb	harpsichord
chords	chords
elbas	electric bass
elg	electric guitar
elorg	electric organ
elpno	electric piano
guit	guitar
harm	harmonium
hca	harmonica
hp	harp
instr	instrument
kantele	kantele
keyb	keyboard
live electr	live electronics
mand	mandolin
mel	melody
org	organ
pno	piano
synth	synthesizer
tape	tape
Vocal
alto	alto
baryt	baritone
basso	bass voice
ch	choir
chc	childrens choir
chf	female choir
chm	male choir
chx	mixed choir
cten	countertenor
mezzo	mezzo-soprano
sopr	soprano
speaker	speaker
ten	tenor
voc	vocal

Symphony orchestra
2222 4331 11 1, str = 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 French horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, one other percussionist, harp and strings
Wind band
2252 3 423 21212 3 = 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 5 clarinets, 2 bassoons - 3 saxophones - 4 French horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones - 2 cornets, alto horn, 2 tenor horns, baritone horn, 2 tubas - 3 percussionists
Big band
221 4 4, pno, guit, db, dr = 2 alto saxophones, 2 tenor saxophones, baritone saxophone, 4 trumpets, 4 trombones, piano, guitar, double bass, drums
Additional codes
+	fl+pic = flutist doubles on piccolo
/	pno/org = can be played on either piano or organ
lib	ad libitum
obl	obligato
str	str: 65432 = specified number of string players
str min	str min: 65432 = at least 65432
str max	str max: 65432 = not more than 65432
solo	vln solo = violin is the solo instrument in a work not obviously for solo violin