Most Requested works in 2020
*Note: Due to the Covid-19 crisis, this year’s Zinfonia statistics represent a list of works requested and not necessarily performed as the majority of all orders placed on the system were later withdrawn.
- Aaron Copland Appalachian Spring. Suite [Chamber Version] (Boosey & Hawkes)
- Aaron Copland Appalachian Spring. Suite [Orchestral Version] (Boosey & Hawkes)
- Arturo Márquez Danzon No. 2 (Peermusic Classical)
- Igor Stravinsky Pulcinella. Suite (Boosey & Hawkes)
- Joan Tower Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman, No. 1 (Associated Music Publishers)
- Carl Orff Carmina Burana (Schott Music)
- Richard Strauss Metamorphosen [23 Strings] (Boosey & Hawkes)
- Samuel Barber Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (G. Schirmer)
- Modest Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition; arr. [Ravel] (Boosey & Hawkes)
- Leonard Bernstein West Side Story. Symphonic Dances (Boosey & Hawkes)
- Florence Price Symphony No. 1 in e minor (G. Schirmer)
- Aaron Copland Appalachian Spring. Ballet [13 Instruments] (Boosey & Hawkes)
- William Schuman New England Triptych (Merion Music, Inc.)
- Igor Stravinsky Soldier’s Tale (L’Histoire du Soldat), The (Chester Music)
- Joaquín Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez (Schott Music Mainz / Ediciones Joaquín Rodrigo)
- Max Richter Four Seasons Recomposed, The (Chester Music)
- Béla Bartók Concerto for Orchestra (Boosey & Hawkes)
- Aaron Copland Clarinet Concerto [Standard Version] (Boosey & Hawkes)
- John Rutter Requiem [ensemble version] (Oxford University Press)
- Sergey Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances [Full Orchestra] (Boosey & Hawkes)
- Maurice Ravel Concerto en Sol (Editions Durand)
- Ástor Piazzolla The Four Seasons in Buenos Aires (Warner Chappell)
- Erich Wolfgang Korngold Konzert D-Dur (Schott Music)
- George Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue (Gershwin Music)
- Igor Stravinsky Concerto in E-flat (G. Schirmer)
- George Antheil Symphony No. 3 “American” (G. Schirmer)
- Ruo Huang the Girl From the Da Ban City (G. Ricordi & Co. (London))
- Sergey Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (Boosey & Hawkes)
- Arvo Pärt Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten (Universal Edition)
- Ástor Piazzolla Cuatro Estaciones Portenas; arr. [Violin & Str] (Faber Music/Warner Chappell)
- Benjamin Britten Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge (Boosey & Hawkes)
- Igor Stravinsky Petrushka [Revised] (Boosey & Hawkes)
- Béla Bartók Divertimento (Boosey & Hawkes)
- Igor Stravinsky Concerto en mib (Schott Music)
- Dmitri Shostakovich Chamber Symphony, Op. 110a (Sikorski/G.Schimer)
- Sergey Prokofiev Classical Symphony (Boosey & Hawkes)
- Benjamin Britten Les Illuminations (Boosey & Hawkes)
- Ralph Vaughan Williams Lark Ascending [full version], The (Oxford University Press)
- William Grant Still Afro-American Symphony (Novello & Co)
- Leonard Bernstein On the Town. 3 Dance Episodes (Boosey & Hawkes)
- Samuel Barber Knoxville, Summer of 1915, Op. 24 (G. Schirmer)
- Alberto Ginastera Variaciones concertantes (Boosey & Hawkes)
- John Adams Shaker Loops, for Strings (Associated Music Publishers)
- Zoltán Kodály Tänze aus Galanta (Universal Edition)
- Alberto Ginastera Estancia. Dances (Boosey & Hawkes)
- Arvo Pärt Fratres (Universal Edition)
- Benjamin Britten Simple Symphony (Chester Music)
- Richard Strauss Four Last Songs (Boosey & Hawkes)
- Igor Stravinsky Soldier’s Tale: Suite (Chester Music)
- José Pablo Moncayo Huapango (Peermusic Classical)
- Osvaldo Golijov Last Round (Boosey & Hawkes)
- Ottorino Respighi Pini di Roma [Pines of Rome] (Casa Ricordi)
- Rodion Shchedrin Carmen Suite (after Georges Bizet) (Sikorski/G.Schimer)
- Darius Milhaud Création Du Monde (La) (Eschig)
- György Ligeti Concert Românesc (Schott Music)
- Dmitri Shostakovich Concerto for Piano No. 2, Op. 102 (Dmitri Shostakovich Estate)
- Gabriela Lena Frank Leyendas: An Andean Walkabout (G. Schirmer)
- George Gershwin An American in Paris (Gershwin Music)
- Howard Blake Snowman (Concert Version), The (Chester Music)
- Max Richter On the Nature of Daylight (Chester Music)
- Gustav Mahler 4. Symphonie (Universal Edition)
- Igor Stravinsky Symphonies of Wind Instruments [Revised 1947] (Boosey & Hawkes)
- Igor Stravinsky Suites 1 and 2 for Small Orchestra (Chester Music)
- Leonard Bernstein Candide. Overture [Standard Concert Version] (Boosey & Hawkes)
- Ottorino Respighi Trittico botticelliano (Casa Ricordi)
- Francis Poulenc Concerto en sol mineur (Salabert)
- Aaron Copland El Salón México (Boosey & Hawkes)
- Arturo Márquez Conga del Fuego Nuevo (Peermusic Classical)
- Benjamin Britten The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra (Boosey & Hawkes)
- Benjamin Britten Four Sea Interludes (Boosey & Hawkes)
- Florence Price Symphony No. 3 in c minor (G. Schirmer)
- John Adams Short Ride in a Fast Machine (Boosey & Hawkes (Hendon))
- Ralph Vaughan Williams Concerto for Tuba (Oxford University Press)
- Benjamin Britten Serenade (Boosey & Hawkes)
- Benjamin Britten The Turn of the Screw (Boosey & Hawkes)
- Fanny Hensel Overture in C Major (Carl Fischer Music)
- Grazyna Bacewicz Koncert na orkiestrę smyczkową (PWM Edition)
- Igor Stravinsky Apollon musagète [Revised] (Boosey & Hawkes)
- Igor Stravinsky Concerto in D (Boosey & Hawkes)
- John Adams Chairman Dances: Foxtrot for Orchestra, The (Associated Music Publishers)
- Nathaniel Stookey The Composer is Dead (Associated Music Publishers)
- Ottorino Respighi Antiche danze ed arie per liuto (Casa Ricordi)
- Einojuhani Rautavaara Cantus arcticus (Fennica Gehrman)
- Gustav Mahler Sinfonie Nr. 5 (Edition Peters)
- Igor Stravinsky The Rite of Spring [1911-13, rev.1947] (Boosey & Hawkes)
- Jacques Ibert Divertissement (Editions Durand)
- Paul Hindemith Symphonic Metamorphosis (Schott Music)
- Anna Clyne Within Her Arms (Boosey & Hawkes)
- Arvo Pärt Fratres (Universal Edition)
- Darius Milhaud Bœuf Sur Le Toit (Le) (Eschig)
- Francis Poulenc Sinfonietta (Chester Music)
- Maurice Ravel Boléro (Editions Durand)
- Arnold Schönberg Verklärte Nacht (Universal Edition)
- George Gershwin Concerto in F (Gershwin Music)
- Gian Carlo Menotti Amahl and the Night Visitors, Opera (G. Schirmer)
- Igor Stravinsky Pulcinella. Ballet [Revised] (Boosey & Hawkes)
- Jacques Ibert Concertino da Camera (Éditions Alphonse Leduc)
- Jacques Ibert Flute Concerto (Éditions Alphonse Leduc)
- Leonard Bernstein Serenade (Boosey & Hawkes)
- Sergey Prokofiev Violin Concerto No.2 in G minor (Boosey & Hawkes)
20 Most Performed Composers in 2020
- Aaron Copland
- Leonard Bernstein
- Igor Stravinsky
- George Gershwin
- Benjamin Britten
- John Rutter
- Dmitri Shostakovich
- Ralph Vaughan Williams
- Richard Strauss
- Florence Price
- Sergey Prokofiev
- Samuel Barber
- Gustav Mahler
- Igor Stravinsky
- Béla Bartók
- Arvo Pärt
- Richard Rodgers
- Maurice Ravel
- Sergey Rachmaninov
- Jean Sibelius
Zinfonia Composers who died in 2020
- Blas Atehortúa
(22.x.1943 — 5.i.2020) - Edward Applebaum
(28.ix.1937 — 7.i.2020) - Algis Bražinskas
(12.xi.1937 — 29.i.2020) - Tamás Sulyok
(19.v.1930 — 4.ii.2020) - Volker David Kirchner
(25.vi.1942 — 4.ii.2020) - Sergey Slonimsky
(12.viii.1932 — 9.ii.2020) - Marvin P Feinsmith
(4.xii.1932 — 9.ii.2020) - Sorrel Hays
(6.viii.1941 — 9.ii.2020) - Lyle Mays
(27.xi.1953 — 10.ii.2020) - Charles Wuorinen
(9.vi.1938 — 11.iii.2020) - Gerard Schurmann
(19.i.1924 — 24.iii.2020) - Krzysztof Penderecki
(23.xi.1933 — 29.iii.2020) - Claudio Spies
(26.iii.1925 — 2.iv.2020) - Dmitry Smirnov
(2.xi.1948 — 9.iv.2020) - Alexander Vustin
(24.iv.1943 — 19.iv.2020) - Vytautas Barkauskas
(25.iii.1931 — 25.iv.2020) - Dietmar Polaczek
(26.x.1942 — 7.v.2020) - Miroslav Skorik
(13.vii.1938 — 1.vi.2020) - Marcello Abbado
(7.x.1926 — 4.vi.2020)
- Jack Fortner
(1935 — 25.vi.2020) - Marga Richter
(21.x.1926 — 25.vi.2020) - Nikolay Kapustin
(22.xi.1937 — 2.vii.2020) - Ennio Morricone
(10.xi.1928 — 6.vii.2020) - Sukhi Kang
(22.x.1934 — 16.viii.2020) - Paul Méfano
(6.iii.1937 — 15.ix.2020) - Jacques-Louis Monod
(25.ii.1927 — 21.ix.2020) - Isidora Žebeljan
(27.ix.1967 — 29.ix.2020) - Arthur Wills
(19.ix.1926 — 30.x.2020) - Volodimir Huba
(22.xii.1938 — 3.xii.2020) - Jaan Rääts
(15.x.1932 — 25.xii.2020) - Paul-Heinz Dittrich
(4.xii.1930 — 28.xii.2020)