WORLD PREMIERES
A noted champion of contemporary composers and their music, Leonard Slatkin has premiered approximately 240 orchestral pieces, many now performed frequently throughout the world.
Peter Schickele
A Zoo Called Earth
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
June 6, 1970
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Jesus Christ Superstar (Symphonic Version)
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
April 13, 1971
Leonard Slatkin
The Raven
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
May 2, 1971
Jerry Goldsmith
Music for Orchestra
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
February 18, 1972
Leonard Slatkin
Extensions I
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
October 27, 1973
Leonard Slatkin
Rhymes and Sonnets
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
December 1, 1974
Leonard Slatkin
Extensions II
Minnesota Orchestra
January 13, 1975
Leonard Slatkin
Extensions III
Minnesota Orchestra
January 13, 1975
Leonard Slatkin
Dialogue for Two Cellos and Orchestra
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
February 23, 1975
Jacob Druckman
Mirage
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
March 4, 1976
Donald Erb
Trombone Concerto
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
March 11, 1976
Leonard Slatkin
Absurd Alphabedtime Stories
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
March 14, 1976
Peter Schickele
American Birthday Card
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
July 17, 1976
David Del Tredici
In Memory of a Summer Day
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
February 23, 1980
Robert Wykes
A Lyric Symphony
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
May 10, 1980
Richard Rodney Bennett
Concerto for Harpsichord and Orchestra
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
December 4, 1980
John Williams
Violin Concerto
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
January 29, 1981
Paul Fetler
Violin Concerto
Minnesota Orchestra
March 18, 1981
David Amram
Violin Concerto
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
May 2, 1981
Rhian Samuel
Elegy-Symphony
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
October 1, 1981
Kevin Hanlon
Cumulus—Nimbus
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
March 5, 1982
Alan Hovhaness
Symphony No. 48, “Vision of Andromeda”
Minnesota Sommerfest
June 21, 1982
Norman Dello Joio
Ballabili: Dances for Orchestra
Minnesota Sommerfest
June 21, 1982
Michael Colgrass
Miami: For Two Pianos and Two Orchestras
Minnesota Sommerfest
June 21, 1982
Joseph Schwantner
Magabunda
(Five Poems of Agueda Pizarro)
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
April 23, 1983
Gene Gutche
Ahkenaten
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
September 23, 1983
Edward Applebaum
Symphony No. 2
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
October 6, 1983
Donald Erb
Prismatic Variations
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
January 28, 1984
Otto Luening
Symphonic Fantasia No. 4
American Composers Orchestra
May 14, 1984
Robert Beaser
Songs from “The Occassions”
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
May 27, 1984
Robert Beaser
The Seven Deadly Sins
New York Philharmonic
June 2, 1984
Joji Yuasa
Towards “The Midnight Sun”
New York Philharmonic
June 3, 1984
Dane Rudhyar
Encounter
New Music America
October 31, 1985
Steve Martland
Babi Yar
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
November 29, 1985
Joseph Schwantner
A Sudden Rainbow
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
January 31, 1986
Steve Reich
Three Movements for Orchestra
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
April 3, 1986
Dominic Argento
Capriccio for Clarinet and Orchestra:
“Rossini in Paris”
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
May 16, 1986
Steven Stucky
Dreamwaltzes
Minnesota Sommerfest
July 17, 1986
Iván Erod
Minnesota Sinfonietta
Minnesota Sommerfest
July 17, 1986
Joseph Phibbs
Music for English Horn and Piano
Minnesota Sommerfest
July 26, 1986
Stephen Paulus
Suite from The Postman Always Rings Twice
Minnesota Sommerfest
July 26, 1986
Christopher Rouse
Phantasmata, Movements I and III
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
October 25, 1986
Joan Tower
Silver Ladders
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
January 9, 1987
William Bolcom
Fourth Symphony
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
March 13, 1987
Donald Erb
Concerto for Brass and Orchestra
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
April 16, 1987
Kamran Ince
Ebullient Shadows
Minnesota Sommerfest
July 23, 1987
Joseph Schwantner
From Afar …
A Fantasy for Guitar and Orchestra
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
January 8, 1988
Joseph Schwantner
Piano Concerto
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
July 8, 1988
Jacob Druckman
Quickening Pulse
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
July 9, 1988
Ingram Marshall
Sinfonia, Dolce far Niente
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
December 8, 1988
Stanley Wolfe
Concerto for Violin
New York Philharmonic
February 9, 1989
Jacob Druckman
Brangle
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
March 23, 1989
Alberto Ginastera
Popol Vuh
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
April 7, 1989
Joan Tower
Island Prelude
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
May 4, 1989
John Tartaglia
Improvisations for Double Bass and Chamber Orchestra
Minnesota Sommerfest
July 27, 1989
Peter Schickele
Monochrome VI: “Music for a Summer’s Day” for ten pianos
Minnesota Sommerfest
July 30, 1989
Mark Phillips
Turning
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
October 6, 1989
Yui Kakinuma
Arioso
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
February 10, 1990
Robert Beaser
Piano Concerto
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
May 4, 1990
Claude Baker
Shadows
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
May 18, 1990
John Tartaglia
Fanfare Beethoveniana
Minnesota Sommerfest
July 13, 1990
Johann Strauss Jr./Jerome Cohen
Houghton Waltz
Minnesota Sommerfest
July 13, 1990
David Lang
International Business Machine:
An Overture for Tanglewood
Boston Symphony Orchestra
August 25, 1990
Ned Rorem
Goodbye My Fancy
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
November 8, 1990
Terry Riley
The Jade Palace Orchestral Dances
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
February 4, 1991
Steven Stucky
Impromptus for Orchestra
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
April 26, 1991
Joan Tower
Concerto for Orchestra
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
May 16, 1991
William Bolcom
Clarinet Concerto
New York Philharmonic
January 3, 1992
Toru Takemitsu
Fantasma/Cantos
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
January 24, 1992
Donald Erb
Ritual Observances
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
April 30, 1992
David Heath
Cry from the Wild
Philharmonia UK
June 11, 1992
Christopher Rouse
Concerto for Violin
Aspen Festival Orchestra
July 2, 1992
Mark Isham
Five Short Stories
for Trumpet and Orchestra
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
November 27, 1992
Lowell Liebermann
Flute Concerto
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
December 6, 1992
Christopher Rouse
Trombone Concerto
New York Philharmonic
December 30, 1992
Phillip Ramey
Concerto for Horn and String Orchestra
New York Philharmonic
April 22, 1993
Michael Torke
Run
New York Philharmonic
April 29, 1993
Claude Baker
Awaking the Winds
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
May 14, 1993
Dmitri Shostakovich/Gerard McBurney
Hypothetically Murdered: Suite
Cleveland Orchestra
August 20, 1993
James MacMillan
Trumpet Concerto
Philharmonia UK
August 28, 1993
William Bolcom
Lyric Concerto for Flute and Orchestra
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
October 27, 1993
Bernard Rands
… where the murmurs die …
New York Philharmonic
December 9, 1993
Barbara Kolb
All in Good Time
New York Philharmonic
February 24, 1994
Samuel Adler
Concerto for Woodwind Quintet
and Orchestra: “Song of Ascent”
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
May 5, 1994
Joseph Schwantner
Percussion Concerto
New York Philharmonic
January 6, 1995
Toru Takemitsu
Family Tree
New York Philharmonic
April 20, 1995
Claude Baker
Whispers and Echoes
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
September 22, 1995
Jeffrey Mumford
within a cloudburst of echoing brightness
National Symphony Orchestra
November 2, 1995
Stephen Hartke
The Ascent of the Equestrian in a Balloon
National Symphony Orchestra
November 2, 1995
Samuel Adler
Festive Proclamation
National Symphony Orchestra
November 9, 1995
Joseph Schwantner
Evening Land
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
November 24, 1995
Richard Danielpour
Toward the Splendid City
New York Philharmonic
January 4, 1996
Truman Harris
Prelude
National Symphony Orchestra
February 1, 1996
Robert Moran
Obrigado
National Symphony Orchestra
March 14, 1996
Anne LeBaron
American Icons
National Symphony Orchestra
March 21, 1996
Alexander Glazunov/Leonard Slatkin
Five Novelettes for Strings
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
April 5, 1996
John Casken
Sortilege
Philharmonia UK
April 9, 1996
Andreas Makris
J.F.K. Commemorative Fanfare
for Strings and Snare Drum
National Symphony Orchestra
April 25, 1996
Bolcom, Baker, Erb, Schwantner, Slatkin, Tower
Yet Another Set of Variations
(on a Theme of Paganini)
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
May 19, 1996
Claude Baker
Into the Sun
National Symphony Orchestra
September 12, 1996
Peter Schickele
Symphony No. 1, “Songlines”
National Symphony Orchestra
September 19, 1996
Henry Panion III
Fanfare & Elegy
National Symphony Orchestra
September 22, 1996
Ron Nelson
Panels (Epiphanies II)
National Symphony Orchestra
September 26, 1996
Peter Lieberson
Fire
New York Philharmonic
October 17, 1996
Betsy Jolas
Lumor
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
November 28, 1996
Roger Reynolds
The Red Act Arias
BBC Symphony Orchestra
August 4, 1997
John Corigliano
D.C. Fanfare
National Symphony Orchestra
October 24, 1997
Leonard Slatkin
Housewarming: A Spatial Welcome for Orchestra
National Symphony Orchestra
October 25, 1997
John Zorn
Orchestra Variations:
Leonard Bernstein in Memoriam
New York Philharmonic
January 22, 1998
William Bolcom
Sixth Symphony
National Symphony Orchestra
February 26, 1998
Michel Camilo
Piano Concerto No. 1
National Symphony Orchestra
June 12, 1998
Jeffrey Rathbun
Three Psalms of Jerusalem
Cleveland Orchestra
August 16, 1998
John Corigliano
A Dylan Thomas Trilogy
National Symphony Orchestra
March 11, 1999
Michael Daugherty
UFO
National Symphony Orchestra
April 10, 1999
John Stephens
Three Symphonic Etudes
for Solo Timpani and Orchestra
National Symphony Orchestra
April 10, 1999
Christopher Rouse
Seeing
for Piano and Orchestra
New York Philharmonic
May 6, 1999
Stephen Paulus
Behold This Man! George Washington
for Narrator and Orchestra
National Symphony Orchestra
September 12, 1999
Michael Kamen
New Moon in the Old Moon’s Arms
National Symphony Orchestra
January 13, 2000
Richard Danielpour
Voices of Remembrance
National Symphony Orchestra
January 13, 2000
Kurt Weill
Street Scenes
(Concert Version)
New York Philharmonic
March 9, 2000
Simon Bainbridge
Scherzi
BBC Symphony Orchestra
October 22, 2000
Mark-Anthony Turnage
Another Set To
BBC Symphony Orchestra
October 22, 2000
Roberto Sierra
Fandangos
National Symphony Orchestra
February 28, 2001
Alexander Goehr
… second musical offering (GFH 2001)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
September 10, 2001
Albert Willem Holsbergen/Beethoven
Overture to Macbeth
(completed from sketches by Albert Willem Holsbergen)
National Symphony Orchestra
September 20, 2001
Roberto Sierra
Recuerdo
National Symphony Orchestra
September 20, 2001
Jefferson Friedman
March
National Symphony Orchestra
September 27, 2001
Joan Tower
Strike Zones
National Symphony Orchestra
October 4, 2001
George Tsontakis
Mirologhia
for Percussion Solo and Orchestra
National Symphony Orchestra
October 5, 2001
Robert Mintzer
Rhythm of the Americas
National Symphony Orchestra
January 24, 2002
Tina Davidson
Beyond the Blue Horizon
National Symphony Orchestra
January 24, 2002
Paquito D’Rivera
Gran Danzon (The Bell-Air Concerto)
for Flute and Orchestra
National Symphony Orchestra
February 9, 2002
Richard Danielpour
Piano Concerto No. 3:
“Zodiac Variations”
National Symphony Orchestra
April 4, 2002
Daniel Ott
Firebrand
National Symphony Orchestra
April 18, 2002
Christian Jost
Cosmodromion
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
June 17, 2002
David Sawer
Concerto for Piano
BBC Symphony Orchestra
July 23, 2002
Judith Weir
Bright Cecilia
BBC Symphony Orchestra
September 14, 2002
Magnus Lindberg
Purcell Variation—Finale Grande
BBC Symphony Orchestra
September 14, 2002
Derek Bermel
The Ends
National Symphony Orchestra
September 19, 2002
Einojuhani Rautavaara
Clarinet Concerto
National Symphony Orchestra
October 17, 2002
Steven Burke
Dance Craze
National Symphony Orchestra
October 24, 2002
Cindy McTee
Symphony No. 1: Ballet for Orchestra
National Symphony Orchestra
October 24, 2002
Dominic Muldowney
Piano Concerto No. 2
BBC Symphony Orchestra
November 7, 2002
Mark-Anthony Turnage
Etudes and Elegies
BBC Symphony Orchestra
January 18, 2003
Mark-Anthony Turnage
The Game Is Over
BBC Symphony Orchestra
January 26, 2003
Martin Bresnick
Encore!
National Symphony Orchestra
April 24, 2003
Vineet Shende
Razzle for Orchestra
National Symphony Orchestra
June 5, 2003
Jeffrey Mumford
amid the light of quickening memory
National Symphony Orchestra
June 5, 2003
Joseph Phibbs
Lumina
BBC Symphony Orchestra
September 13, 2003
Daron Hagen
Susurrus
National Symphony Orchestra
September 17, 2003
John Sichel
Francesca da Bimini
(Calypso a la Russe)
National Symphony Orchestra
December 4, 2003
Stephen Jaffe
Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra
National Symphony Orchestra
January 8, 2004
Steven Stucky
Jeu de timbres
National Symphony Orchestra
January 24, 2004
David Teie
Fuga Eroica
National Symphony Orchestra
February 5, 2004
Leonard Slatkin
Fin
National Symphony Orchestra
June 3, 2004
Stewart Wallace
Skvera
for Electric Guitar and Orchestra
National Symphony Orchestra
June 3, 2004
Zhou Long
The Immortal
BBC Symphony Orchestra
July 20, 2004
Kevin Puts
River’s Rush
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
September 17, 2004
Jefferson Friedman
The Throne of the Third Heaven
of the Nations Millennium General Assembly
National Symphony Orchestra
October 28, 2004
Philip Glass
Symphony No. 7, “A Toltec Symphony”
National Symphony Orchestra
January 20, 2005
Stephen Jaffe
Cut Time
National Symphony Orchestra
March 13, 2005
Rob Mathes
Gershwiniana
Los Angeles Philharmonic
July 15, 2005
David Del Tredici
Rip Van Winkle
National Symphony Orchestra
November 20, 2005
Roberto Sierra
Missa Latina: Pro Pax
National Symphony Orchestra
February 2, 2006
Joseph Schwantner
Morning’s Embrace
National Symphony Orchestra
February 23, 2006
Edgar Meyer
Triple Concerto
for Banjo, Double Bass, and Tabla
Nashville Symphony Orchestra
September 9, 2006
F. J. Berg
Flute Mystery
National Symphony Orchestra
October 5, 2006
James Lee III
Beyond Rivers of Vision
National Symphony Orchestra
October 19, 2006
Mason Bates
Liquid Interface
National Symphony Orchestra
February 22, 2007
Daniel Kellogg
Pyramus and Thisbe
National Symphony Orchestra
March 4, 2007
Jennifer Higdon
Piano Concerto
National Symphony Orchestra
May 17, 2007
Mark Adamo
Four Angels for Harp and Orchestra
National Symphony Orchestra
June 7, 2007
Jefferson Friedman
Sacred Heart: Explosion
National Symphony Orchestra
October 4, 2007
Tan Dun
Piano Concerto
New York Philharmonic
April 9, 2008
Michael Daugherty
Troyjam
National Symphony Orchestra
May 18, 2008
Chen Yi
Olympic Fire
Royal Philharmonic
August 8, 2008
Derek Bermel
The Good Life
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
October 17, 2008
James Lee III
A Different Soldier’s Tale
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
December 11, 2008
Margaret Brouwer
Rhapsody for Orchestra
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
January 9, 2009
Alla Borzova
Songs for Lada
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
January 15, 2009
Rob Mathes
A Standing Ground:
Concertino for Orchestra
Nashville Symphony Orchestra
February 5, 2009
Leanna Primiani
Sirens
Nashville Symphony Orchestra
February 6, 2009
Derek Bermel
Swing Song
Boston Symphony Orchestra
August 1, 2009
Richard Danielpour
A Woman’s Life
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
October 16, 2009
Billy Childs
Violin Concerto
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
January 29, 2010
Cindy McTee
Double Play
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
June 3, 2010
Lewis Spratlan
Life Is a Dream
Santa Fe Opera
July 24, 2010
Stephen Rush
Tango Symphony
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
April 14, 2011
Colin Matthews
Fanfare
BBC Symphony Orchestra
July 20, 2011
Du Yun
Kraken
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
May 11, 2012
Scott Eyerly
Arlington Sons
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
October 5, 2012
Mason Bates
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
December 7, 2012
Roberto Sierra
Navidad en la montaña
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
December 13, 2012
Kerry Turner
Concerto for Horn and Orchestra:
“The Gothic”
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
May 23, 2013
Missy Mazzoli
River Rouge Transfiguration
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
June 1, 2013
Bright Sheng
Let Fly: Concerto for Violin
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
October 10, 2013
David Del Tredici
Dum Dee Tweedle
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
November 30, 2013
Jie Wang
To and From Dakini
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
March 27, 2014
Allan Gilliland
Harp Concerto
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
March 27, 2014
Bright Sheng
Zodiac Tales
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
April 4, 2014
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov/Maurice Ravel
Antar
Orchestre National de Lyon
June 12, 2014
William Bolcom
Circus Overture
Boston Symphony Orchestra
August 8, 2014
Leonard Slatkin
Endgames: Concertino Grosso
for Woodwinds and Strings
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
November 20, 2014
Tod Machover
Symphony in D
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
November 20, 2015
Leonard Slatkin
Kinah
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
December 5, 2015
Mohammed Fairouz
Desert Sorrows
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
January 14, 2016
Aaron Jay Kernis
Flute Concerto
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
January 21, 2016
Maurice Ravel/Yan Maresz
Sonata for Violin
Orchestre National de Lyon
April 8, 2016
Ferran Cruixent
Big Data
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
September 29, 2016
Guillaume Connesson
Celephaïs
Orchestre National de Lyon
February 9, 2017
Michel Camilo
Concerto for Jazz Trio and Orchestra
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
April 21, 2017
Conor Brown
How to Relax with Origami
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
October 12, 2017
Loren Loiacono
Smothered by Sky
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
October 20, 2017
Joshua Cerdenia
Feuertrunken (Fire-Drunk)
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
December 9, 2017
Steven Bryant
Zeal
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
April 6, 2018
Alexander Kastalsky
Memory Eternal to the Fallen Heroes (1917)
Kastalsky Requiem Project
October 21, 2018
Kristin Kuster
Dune Acres
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
February 21, 2019
Jeff Beal
The Paper Lined Shack
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
May 3, 2019
Camille Pépin
Laniakea
Orchestre National de Lyon
May 17, 2019
Jean-Pascal Beintus
Concerto for Violin
(A Participative Work for Strings)
Orchestre National de Lyon
May 26, 2019
Juliet Palmer
Oil + Water
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
June 7, 2019
Connesson, Corigliano, Harris, McTee, Daniel Slatkin, et al.
Yet Another Set of Variations
(on a Theme of Paganini)
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
October 12, 2019
Mohammed Fairouz
Another Time
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
November 15, 2019
Anna Clyne
Sound and Fury
Orchestre National de Lyon
January 23, 2020
Brahms/arr. Leonard Slatkin
Brahmsiana
The Orchestra Now
September 18, 2021
Samuel Adler
Mirror Images
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
October 15, 2021
Joseph Schwantner
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
October 15, 2021
Jennifer Higdon
The Light That We Can Hear
Chicago Philharmonic
August 13, 2022
Jeff Beal
Body in Motion for Violin and Orchestra
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
January 12, 2024
Maria Newman
Rhapsody for a Golden Age: 1937 Academy Players Directory
Los Angeles Film Orchestra
June 14, 2024
Mychael Danna
Mother Teresa of Calcutta; Time Magazine, 1975
Los Angeles Film Orchestra
June 14, 2024
Harry Gregson-Williams
Two Girls with Sparklers, 1970
Los Angeles Film Orchestra
June 14, 2024
Ihab Darwish
Curva Grande, Faster Corners in Car Racing,
Sports Illustrated, 1970
Los Angeles Film Orchestra
June 14, 2024
Jeff Beal
New York World’s Fair 1964–65
Los Angeles Film Orchestra
June 14, 2024
Marco Beltrami
The Spirit of Sport: Jack Nicklaus
Special Olympics 15th Anniversary, 1983
Los Angeles Film Orchestra
June 14, 2024
Michael Abels
Unbound: Jesse Owens, 1936 Berlin Olympics
Los Angeles Film Orchestra
June 14, 2024
Marc Shaiman
A Song About Audrey
Los Angeles Film Orchestra
June 14, 2024
Don Davis
Golden Eagles, 1978
Los Angeles Film Orchestra
June 14, 2024
Bill Conti
The Great Bridge: 100th Anniversary
of the Brooklyn Bridge, 1983
Los Angeles Film Orchestra
June 14, 2024
Daniel Slatkin
Voyager 130
National Symphony Orchestra (Ireland)
September 27, 2024
Scarlatti/arr. Leonard Slatkin
Five Sonatas for Orchestral Wind Ensemble
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
October 25, 2024