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Orchestra
Music for Orchestra (Music for Orchestra I) (1969)—14 minutes
Orchestration: 3333/4331/timp.4-5perc/pf[=cel]/str
Premiere: New York Philharmonic, Leon Kirchner, conductor; Avery Fisher Hall, New York City, October 16, 1969
Orchestra Piece (Music for Orchestra II) (1990)—10 minutes
Orchestration: 3(pic)2+ca.2+bcl.2+cbn/4331/timp.2perc/pf(cel)/str
Premiere: New England Conservatory Symphony Orchestra, Leon Kirchner, conductor; Jordan Hall, Boston, January 30, 1990
Sinfonia (1951)—22 minutes
Orchestration: 3333/4331/timp.perc/cel.hp.pf/str
Premiere: New York Philharmonic, Dimitri Mitropoulos, conductor; Carnegie Hall, New York City, January 31, 1952
The Forbidden (2008)—14 minutes
Orchestration: 2.2+ca.2.2/4331/tmp.3perc/pf(cel)/str
Premiere: Boston Symphony Orchestra, James Levine, conductor; Symphony Hall, Boston, October 16, 2008
Toccata (1955)—14 minutes
Orchestration: 0111/1110/perc/cel/str
Premiere: San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Enrique Jordá, conductor; War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, February 16, 1956
Soloist(s) and Orchestra
Piano Concerto No. 1 (1953)—32 minutes
Orchestration: 3333/4331/timp.perc/cel./str
Premiere: Leon Kirchner, piano; New York Philharmonic, Dimitri Mitropoulos, conductor; Carnegie Hall, New York City, February 23, 1956
Piano Concerto No. 2 (1963)—30 minutes
Orchestration: 2+pic.2+ca.2+bcl.2+cbn/4331/timp.5perc/cel/str
Premiere: Leon Fleisher, piano; Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Leon Kirchner, conductor; Opera House, Seattle, October 28, 1963
Concerto for Violin, Violoncello, Ten Winds, and Percussion (1960)—19 minutes
Orchestration: 1111+cbn/1220/timp.3perc/cel
Premiere: Robert Gerle, violin; Aldo Parisot, cello; members of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Leon Kirchner, conductor; Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, October 16, 1960
Music for Cello and Orchestra (1992)—18 minutes
Orchestration: (pic).3+ca.2+bcl.2+cbn/4331/timp.3perc/pf(cel)/str
Premiere: Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Philadelphia Orchestra, David Zinman, conductor: Academy of Music, Philadelphia, October 16, 1992
Music for Flute and Orchestra (1978)—13 minutes
Orchestration: 3333/4331/timp.5[+]perc/pf(cel,[epf]).hp/str
Premiere: Paula Robison, flute; Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, John Nelson, conductor; Clowes Memorial Hall, Indianapolis, October 20, 1978
Large Ensemble
Music for Twelve (1985)—15 minutes
Orchestration: 1111/1110/pf/vn.va.vc.db
Premiere: Boston Symphony Chamber Players, Leon Kirchner, conductor; Jordan Hall, Boston, February 17, 1985 “
Lily” (for soprano and chamber ensemble) (1973)—22 minutes
Orchestration: fl, ob, cl, bn, hn, perc, pf, cel, vn, va, vc, tape
Premiere: Diana Hoagland, soprano; The Ensemble, Dennis Russell Davies, conductor; Alice Tully Hall, New York, March 11, 1973
Chamber Music
Duo No. 1 for Violin and Piano (1947)—11 minutes
Premiere: Myriam Zunser, violin; Leon Kirchner, piano; Wheeler Auditorium, University of California, Berkeley, April 2, 1948
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