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Repertoire of The Women's Philharmonic
goto: A B C D E F G H J K L M O P R S T U V W Y Z| Composer | Piece | Date of Perf | Notes |
| Alberga, Eleanor | Sun Warrior (1990) | 01/25/97 | United States Premiere |
| Alexander, Kathryn | Fling It Out | 11/14/92 | |
| Alexander, Kathryn | Radiant: Aglow | 11/14/92 | |
| Alrich, Alexis | The Avenues | 02/09/91 | World Premiere |
| Anna Amalie/Saxe-Weimar | Concerto for 12 Instruments and Cembalo Obbligato | 05/05/89 | |
| Anna Amalie | Four Marches | BAWP 1981-89 | |
| Armer, Elinor | Island Earth (Ursula Le Guin) | 01/28/95; 05/08/93 | World Premiere |
| Armer, Elinor | The Great Instrument of the Geggerets (Le Guin) | 03/11/89 | World Premiere |
| Arrieu, Claude | Concerto for Trumpet and Strings | 04/20/90 | United States Premiere |
| Aufderheide, May | The Thriller! | 03/11/89; 01/12/92 | |
| Bacewicz, Grazyna | Concerto for String Orchestra | 04/03/93 | |
| Bacewicz, Grazyna | Contradizione (1967) | 03/21/91; 03/23/91 | |
| Bacewicz, Grazyna | Music For 5 Trumpets, Strings & Perc. | BAWP 1981-89 | |
| Bacewicz, Grazyna | Musica Sinfonica in tre movimente (1965) | 10/25/86 | United States Premiere |
| Bacewicz, Grazyna | Overture | 05/21/94 | |
| Ballou, Esther Williamson | Early American Portraits (1962) | 04/03/99 | West Coast Premiere |
| Ballou, Esther Williamson | Intermezzo (1943) | 02/07/98 | |
| Barnett, Carol | Concerto for Horn and Orchestral | 02/06/93 | World Premiere |
| Beach, Amy | Gaelic Symphony | 10/06/90 | |
| Beach, Amy | Gaelic Symphony, slow movement | 01/12/92 | |
| Beach, Amy | Piano Concerto | 05/08/93; 03/25/00 | |
| Berl, Christine | The Violent Bear it Away | 02/11/89 | World Premiere |
| Beyer, Johanna | Fragment | BAWP 1981-89 | |
| Blake, Charlotte | That Poker Rag | BAWP 1981-89 | |
| Bond, Victoria | Urban Bird | 04/03/93 | World Premiere |
| Bonis, Melanie | Suite en forme de valses (1898) | BAWP 1981-89, 01/03/1997 | |
| Bouchard, Linda | Elan (1990) | 11/14/92 | |
| Boulanger, Lili | D'un matin de printemps | 10/25/86; 01/12/92; 05/09/92 | West Coast Premiere |
| Boulanger, Lili | D'un soir triste | 10/25/86; 05/09/92 | West Coast Premiere |
| Boulanger, Lili | Psalm 24 | 05/08/93 | |
| Boulanger, Lili | Psalm 130 | BAWP 1981-89 | |
| Boyd, Anne | Black Sun (1990) | 03/03/90; 12/10/99 | written for BAWP; World Premiere |
| Brouwer, Margaret | Fanfare | 09/30/00 | World Premiere |
| Brouwer, Margaret | Symphony No. 1 Lake Voices | 09/30/00 | |
| Brouk, Joanna | Laninia Electral | BAWP 1981-89 | |
| Brown, Bon and Janika Vandervelde | Settings of Folk Songs | 05/21/94 | |
| Brusa, Elisabetta | Sinfonia "Nittemero" (1985/88) | 11/14/98 | West Coast Premiere |
| Bun-Ching, Lam | Saudades de Macau | 04/03/93 | |
| Caccini, Francesca | Sinfonia | BAWP 1981-89 | |
| Candeille, Amelie-Julie | Concerto for Harpsichord, op. 2 | 11/21/91; 11/23/91 | Jennifer Paul, Harpsichord |
| Carnibucci, Laura | Suite Italianne | BAWP 1981-89 | |
| Carreno, Teresa | String Quartet in B Minor (1896) arr. for orch by Gisele Ben-Dor | 02/24/94; 11/15/97 | |
| Chaminade, Cecile | Flute Concertino | 10/03/92 | |
| Chaminade, Cecile | Concertstuck (piano & orch) | BAWP 1981-89 | |
| Cole, Ulric | Two Pieces for String Orchestra (1938) | 01/29/94 | |
| Cooper, Lindsay | Songs for Bassoon and Orchestra | 11/20/93 | |
| Cox, Cindy | (new work) | 05/08/93 | |
| Cox, Cindy | De rerum natura (On the Nature of Things) | 02/26/00 | World Premiere; fanfares project commission |
| Cox, Cindy | Fanfare (2000) | 02/26/00 | West Coast Premiere |
| Crawford Seeger, Ruth | String Quartet 1931, arr. Bond | 04/03/93 | World Premiere |
| Crawford Seeger, Ruth | Two Movements For Chamber Orchestra | BAWP 1981-89 | |
| Crawford Seeger, Ruth | Rissolty Rossolty | BAWP 1981-89 | |
| Crawford Seeger, Ruth | Suite for Woodwind Quintet (1952) | 03/11/95 | |
| Currier, Marilyn | Hampton's Throne | 02/06/93 | World Premiere |
| Daniels, Mabel | Deep Forest (1931) | BAWP 1981-89, 10/16/1999 | |
| Davidson, Tina | They Come Dancing (1994) | 05/28/99 | West Coast Premiere; Commissioned by TWP |
| Dawson, Sarah | Divinity dwells under seal | 11/21/91; 11/23/91 | World Premiere; Tracy Bidleman, sop |
| de Rossi, Camilla | Sinfonia from Il Sacrifizio di Abramo (1709) | (recorded) | |
| de Rossi, Camilla | Sinfonias for strings | 03/01/97 | |
| Diemer, Emma Lou | Concerto for Marimba | 03/21/91 | |
| Diemer, Emma Lou | Marimba Concerto | 03/21/91; 03/23/91 | World Premiere |
| Diemer, Emma Lou | Suite of Homages | 1985, 10/03/2001 | commissioned By TWP (1985) |
| Dobbins, Lori | Fire and Ice (1989) | 11/14/92 | |
| Duval, Mlle | Suite from the Ballet "Les Genies" | 05/05/89 | |
| Eckhardt-Grammatte, Sophie-Carmen | Molto Sostenuto (1938/52) | 01/23/99 | West Coast Premiere |
| Ekizian, Michelle | And Now My Dance Has Measure | 10/03/92 | |
| Ekizian, Michelle | Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, "Ceremonies of Change" | 02/07/98 | |
| Ekizian, Michelle | The Earth is Within Me | 10/03/92 | |
| Farrenc, Louise | Nonet in E Flat (1849) | 03/11/95 | |
| Farrenc, Louise | Symphony | ||
| Fine, Vivian | After the Tradition | BAWP 1981-89 | |
| Fine, Vivian | Madrigali Spirituali | 11/03/90 | World Premiere |
| Firsova, Elena | Autumn Music (1988) | 04/27/91 | |
| Fleischer, Tsippi | A Girl Names Limonad | 10/03/93 | |
| Folville, Juliette | Impressions d'Ardenne | 03/10/01 | United States Premiere |
| Folville, Juliette | Symphonic Sketches for Orchestra | 03/10/01 | United States Premiere |
| Fontyn, Jacqueline | Créneaux | BAWP 1981-89 | |
| Fowler, Jennifer | Chimes, Fractured | 02/?/88 | |
| Giteck, Janice | Tree (1981) | 11/15/97 | |
| Glanville-Hicks, Peggy | Concerto Romantico | 10/21/89 | |
| Glanville-Hicks, Peggy | Sinfonia da Pacifica (1953) | 05/02/98 | |
| Glanville-Hicks, Peggy | Three Gymnopedies | 02/28/87; 03/21/91; 03/23/91 | |
| Gotkovsky, Ida-Rose | Concerto for Trombone and String Orchestra (1978) | 11/14/92 | |
| . Maria Margherita Grimani | Sinfonia from Pallade e Marte | BAWP 1981-89 | |
| Gubaidulina, Sofia | Concordanza (1971) | 04/27/91 | |
| Gubaidulina, Sofia | Offertorium | 05/21/94 | |
| Hanson, Shelley | b'Sha-ah Tovah (All in Good Time) | 10/03/93 | |
| Hedstrom, Ase | Saisir | 11/02/93 | |
| Higdon, Jennifer | Fanfare (2000) | 03/25/00 | West Coast Premiere |
| Higdon, Jennifer | Fanfare Ritmico | 3/25/00; 03/07/04 | West Coast Premiere |
| Hill, Edie | High Plains Revelry | 05/08/93 | |
| Hoffman, Ellen | Variations on a Dream | BAWP 1981-89 | |
| Hoover, Katherine | Stitch-te-naku for cello and orchestra (1997) | 02/26/00 | |
| Hoover, Katherine | Two Sketches | 04/20/90 | World Premiere |
| Howe, Mary | Sand | 10/08/94 | |
| Howe, Mary | Stars | 10/08/94 | |
| Howe, Mary | Spring Pastoral | BAWP 1981-89 | |
| Hwong, Lucia | The Unwelcome Rhythm of Your Pulse (the seduction of Teresa by the angel Gabriel) | 03/02/92 | Commissioned by TWP, Helen F. Whitaker Fund |
| Jacquet de le Guerre, Elizabeth | Cantata No. 4 "Jonas" (1708) | (recorded) | |
| Jacquet de le Guerre, Elizabeth | Le Sommeil D'Ulisse | BAWP 1981-89 | |
| Karpman, Laura | Switching Stations | 3/21/91; 11/15/97 | |
| Karpman, Laura | Duets Trios & Quintets | BAWP 1981-89 | |
| Kats-Chernin, Elena | Zoom and Zip (1997) | 05/26/00 | United States Premiere |
| Kirlin, June | Double Concerto for Oboe, Clarinet and Orchestra | 05/02/98 | |
| Kirlin, June | Odyssey (1999) | 05/26/00 | World Premiere |
| Kohjiba, Tomiko | The Transmigration of the Soul (1995) | 05/26/00 | |
| Kotova, Nina | Cello Concerto | 09/30/00 | World Premiere |
| La Barbara, Joan | Helga's Leid | 02/09/91 | Local Premiere |
| La Barbara, Joan | The Solar Wind | BAWP 1981-89, 02/09/91 | |
| La Barbara, Joan | Sound Painting Number 1 | 02/09/91 | "Premiere" |
| La Barbara, Joan | The Solar Wind III | 02/09/91 | |
| La Barbara, Joan | Vlissigen Harbor | 02/09/91 | |
| La Guerre, Elisabeth Jacquet de | Jonas Cantata No. 4 | 05/05/89 | United States Premiere; Judith Nelson, sop. |
| Lam, Bun-Ching | Saudades de macau | 04/03/93 | |
| Lam, Bun-Ching | Sudden Thunder (1994) | 03/01/97 | |
| Larsen, Libby | Aubade | 10/03/92 | |
| Larsen, Libby | Fanfare: Sizzle | 03/07/04 | World Premiere |
| Larsen, Libby | Four on the Floor (1983) | 04/03/87 | |
| Larsen, Libby | Ghosts of an Old Ceremony | 02/01/92 | |
| Larsen, Libby | In a Winter Garden | 02/28/87 | West Coast Premiere |
| Larsen, Libby | Lost John: for Lucille | 05/13/01 | World Premiere |
| Larsen, Libby | Marimba Concerto (After Hampton) | 11/15/97 | |
| Larsen, Libby | Parachute Dancing | 01/12/92 | |
| Larsen, Libby | Sonnets from the Portuguese (1989) | 10/16/99 | West Coast Premiere |
| Larsen, Libby | Symphony: Water Music (1985) | 02/03/90 | Local premiere |
| Larsen, Libby | The Atmosphere as a Fluid System | 10/03/92 | World Premiere |
| Larsen, Libby | Tom Twist | BAWP 1981-89 | |
| Leon, Tania | Bata | 02/?/88 | (composer present at concert) |
| Leon, Tania | Para viola y orquesta (For Viola and Orchestra) (1994) | 10/08/94 | West Coast Premiere |
| Lombardini-Sirmen, Maddalena | Concerto in A Major for Violin | 11/21/91; 11/23/91 | |
| Lombardini-Sirmen, Maddalena | Concerto No. 5 for Violin | 05/05/89 | United States Premiere |
| Lombardini-Sirmen, Maddelena | Violin Concerto No. 3 | 11/21/91 | |
| Lou, Jing Jing | Cicada Slough (1998) | 04/03/99 | World Premiere |
| Louie, Alexina | Love Songs for a Small Planet (1989) | 02/07/98 | |
| Luo, Jing Jing | The Slough (1997) | 04/03/99 | World Premiere |
| Luther, Molly | Variants for Orchestra | 05/13/01 | World Premiere |
| Maconchy, Elizabeth | Coronation Overture: Proud Thames | 10/22/88 | |
| Maconchy, Elizabeth | Music for Woodwinds and Brass (1966) | 10/06/90 | |
| Maconchy, Elizabeth | Serenata Concertante | BAWP 1981-89 | |
| Mahler, Alma | Four Early Songs, arr. Bell | 02/06/93 | |
| Mamlock, Ursula | Concertino | 04/20/90 | World Premiere |
| Martines, Marianne | Sinfonia in C | 01/12/92 | |
| Mayer, Emilie | Faust Overture (1880), reconstructed | 04/03/99 | United States Premiere |
| McLean, Priscilla | Everything Awakening Alert and Joyful | 02/01/92 | World Premiere |
| Mekeel, Joyce | Vigil | 10/25/86 | West Coast Premiere |
| Mendelssohn-Hensel, Fanny | Oratorium nach Bildern der Bibel (1831) | 02/03/90 | Local Premiere; w/ Oakland Sym Chorus |
| Mendelssohn-Hensel, Fanny | Overture (ca. 1830) | 5/9/1992; 02/07/98 | "Premiere" |
| Muhl, Erica | (new work) | 02/25/94 | |
| Musgrave, Thea | Night Music | 03/11/89 | |
| Musgrave, Thea | Three Women (Queen, Mistress, Slave) (1998) | 01/23/99 | World Premiere |
| Ortiz, Gabriela | Elegia | 02/25/94 | |
| Pakhmutova, Alexandra | Russian Suite (1952) | 04/27/91 | |
| Perry, Julia | A Short Piece for Orchestra | 02/11/89 | |
| Price, Florence | Mississippi River (c. 1934) | 03/25/00 | West Coast Premiere |
| Price, Florence | Dance Suite | BAWP 1981-89 | |
| Price, Florence | Symphony in E minor | 02/11/89 | |
| Price, Florence | Symphony No. 3 in c minor (1940) | 05/28/99 | West Coast Premiere |
| Price, Florence | The Oak (c. 1934) | 03/25/00 | West Coast Premiere |
| Procaccini, Teresa | Fiaba musicale per orchestra (A musical fairy tale for orchestra) | 02/26/00 | |
| Procaccini, Teresa | Un cavallino avventuroso (An Adventurous Pony) | BAWP 1981-89, 2/26/2000 | |
| Ran, Shulamit | Fantasy for Cello and Orchestra | 10/03/93 | |
| Ran, Shulamit | Mirage | 03/07/04 | |
| Ran, Shulamit | Three Fantasy Movements for Cello and Orchestra (1971) | 10/03/93 | |
| Richter, Marga | Dusseldorf Concerto (1982) | 02/01/91 | |
| Rhines, MarieAmerican Folk Concerto | American Folk Concerto | BAWP 1981-89 | |
| Rossi, Camilla de | Sinfonia from Il Sacrifico d'Abramo | 05/05/89 | United States Premiere |
| Saariaho, Kaija | Verblendungen (1982-84) | 03/01/97 | |
| Schumann, Clara Wieck | Piano Concerto in A minor (1836) | BAWP 1981-89, 05/09/92 |
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| Shatin, Judith | Piping the Earth | 11/03/90 | Commissioned by TWP; World Premiere |
| Shatin, Judith | Ruah (1985) | 01/23/99 | West Coast Premiere |
| Shubinskaya, Valentina | Piano Concerto | 04/27/91 | United States Premiere |
| Silver, Sheila | Dance of Wild Angels (1990) | 10/16/99 | |
| Simon, Louise Marie | Quintet in C (1954) | 03/11/95 | |
| Smyth, Ethel | Concerto for Violin, Horn and Orchestra (1927) | 01/25/97 | United States Premiere |
| Smyth, Ethel | D Major Serenade (1889) | 11/20/93 | |
| Smyth, Ethel | Fête Gallante | BAWP 1981-89 | |
| Smyth, Ethel | Overture to The Wreckers | 10/21/89 | |
| Smyth, Ethel | Two Interlinked Folk Melodies | BAWP 1981-89 | |
| St. John, Michelle | L'etoille | BAWP 1981-89 | |
| Tailleferre, Germaine | Concertino for Harp and Orchestra (1927) | 05/09/92 | |
| Tailleferre, Germaine | Image (1918) | 11/21/91; 11/23/91 | |
| Tailleferre, Germaine | Overture | 02/06/93 | |
| Tailleferre, Germaine | String Quartet (1919) | 03/11/95 | |
| Tailleferre, Germaine | Quadrille | BAWP 1981-89 | |
| Tailleferre, Germaine | Valse des Dépêches | BAWP 1981-89 | |
| Tann, Hilary | From Afar (1996) | 05/28/99 | West Coast Premiere |
| Tann, Hilary | With the heather and small birds (1994) | 03/01/97 | United States Premiere |
| Tann, Hilary | The Open Field, In Memoriam Tiananmen Square | 03/02/92 | |
| Thomas, Augusta Reed | Triple Concerto…night's midsummer blaze | 01/29/94 | |
| Thomas, Augusta Reed | Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra | 01/28/95 | World Premiere |
| Thomas, Augusta Reed | Glass Moon | 10/05/91 | |
| Thomas, Augusta Reed | Vigil, for Cello and Chamber Orchestra | 04/03/99 | West Coast Premiere |
| Thome, Diane | The Golden Messengers (1984) | 10/21/89 | |
| Tower, Joan | Amazon III | BAWP 1981-89 | |
| Tower, Joan | Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman IV | 01/29/94 | |
| Tower, Joan | Island Prelude | 03/11/95 | |
| Tower, Joan | Island Rhythms (1985) | 01/25/97 | |
| Tower, Joan | Piano Concerto (1985) | 10/05/91 | |
| Tower, Joan | Rapids (Piano Concerto No. 2) (1996) | 11/14/98 | West Coast Premiere |
| Tower, Joan | Second Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman (1989) | 10/06/90 | Local Premiere |
| Urner, Catherine | Esquisses Normandes | 04/20/90 | World Premiere |
| Urner, Catherine | Three Movements for Chamber Orchestra (1938) | 11/14/98 | World Premiere |
| van Appledorn, Mary Jeanne | Meliora: A Fanfare for Orchestra | 05/26/00 | |
| Van de Vate, Nancy | Concertpiece | 11/03/90 | |
| Van de Vate, Nancy | Pura Besakih | 02/?/88 | (composer present at concert) |
| Van de Vate, Nancy | Short Piece for Cello | 11/03/90 | Local Premiere |
| Vandervelde, Janika | Pipa Concerto (2000) | 05/26/00 | World Premiere |
| Vandervelde, Janike | Mythos | 04/27/91 | World Premiere |
| Vandervelde, Janike | Pacific Transit | 05/27/00 | World Premiere |
| Vázquez, Lillia | Encuentros | BAWP, 1981-89 | |
| Vercoe, Elizabeth | Changes: A Little Music for Mozart (1991) | 10/08/94 | West Coast Premiere |
| Volgelsang, Kirsten | Gemini Sky (1984) | 11/14/92 | |
| Von Appledorn, Mary Jeanne | Fanfare (2000) | 05/26/00 | West Coast Premiere |
| von Bayreuth, Wilhelmina | Cembalo Concerto | BAWP 1981-89 | |
| von Paradis, Maria Theresia | Overture to Der Schulkandidat (1792) | 10/08/94 | |
| Wagner, Melinda | Concerto for Flute, Strings and Percussion | 05/13/01 | |
| Walker, Gwyneth | Open the Door | 11/03/90 | World Premiere |
| Walker, Gwyneth | Light of Three Mornings | 03/11/89 | Bay Area Premiere |
| Walker, Gwyneth | Symphony of Grace (1999) | 10/16/99 | World Premiere |
| Wallach, Joelle | The Tiger's Tail | 10/05/91 | World Premiere |
| Walpurgis, Maria Antonia | The Queen of the Amazons (1763) | 11/14/98 | |
| Warren, Elinor Remick | The Crystal Lake (1946) | 01/28/95 | |
| Watkins, Mary | One Episode of an Inner Journey | 04/03/87 | |
| Watkins, Mary | The Sword That Heals | 3/21/91; 3/23/91 | |
| Weir, Judith | Heroic Strokes of the Bow | 05/02/98 | United States Premiere |
| Weishan, Liu | Drunkard Rhapsody | 03/03/90 | Ms. Liu on guzheng |
| Weishan, Liu | The Magnificent Bronze Gorge | 03/03/90 | |
| Yarnell, Carolyn | L | 11/02/93 | |
| Yarnell, Carolyn | Symphony No. 1 | 11/20/93 | |
| Yi, Chen | (new work) | 01/29/94 | |
| Yi, Chen | Antiphony (Ge Xu) | 01/28/95; 06/15/96 | World Premiere |
| Yi, Chen | Cello Concerto (1998) | 12/10/98 | World Premiere |
| Yi, Chen | Chinese Folk Dance Suite | 03/10/01 | World Premiere |
| Yi, Chen | Chinese Myth Cantata | 06/15/96 | |
| Yi, Chen | Duo Ye | 3/3/90; 03/02/92 | West Coast Premiere |
| Yi, Chen | Duo Ye No. 2 | 01/12/92 | |
| Yi, Chen | Eleanor's Gift | 12/10/98 | World Premiere |
| Yi, Chen | Symphony No. 2 | 01/29/94; 06/15/96 | World Premiere |
| Yi, Chen | Tu (Burning) | 03/07/04 | West Coast Premiere |
| Yi, Chen | Violin Concerto | 03/10/01 | World Premiere |
| Zaimont, Judith Lang | Elegy for String Orchestra (1998) | 04/03/99 | United States Premiere |
| Zaimont, Judith Lang | Monarchs | 02/09/91 | Local Premiere |
| Zaimont, Judith Lang | Symphony No. 1 | 05/13/01 | |
| Zwilich, Ellen Taaffe | Concerto Grosso (1985) | 11/03/90 | |
| Zwilich, Ellen Taaffe | Openings | 03/07/04 | West Coast Premiere |
| Zwilich, Ellen Taaffe | Peanuts Gallery (1996) | 02/26/00 | |
| Zwilich, Ellen Taaffe | Prologue and Variations (1984) | 10/03/92 | |
| Zwilich, Ellen Taaffe | Symphony No. 1 | 10/22/88; 02/26/00 |
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