MP Music Voting List, 2025 – 2026
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SYMPHONIES and SUITES:
Symphony No. 1 (1936) – Samuel Barber (1910–81)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVFSQUOpAGQ
Symphony No. 3 in F major, opus 90 (1883) – Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QLuYj2jxoc
Negro Folk Symphony (1934) – William Dawson (1899–1990)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jcy2J6lq-wc
La Mer (1905, rev. 1909) – Claude Debussy (1862–1918)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrLRZCbN3Eg
Estampas Mexicano (1995) – José Elizondo (b. 1972)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcZXx4YjLAw&list=PLJG3HhFO9NQ7iBod5AHIEW6OwQODS1enW
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58p8HV_LgAM&list=PLJG3HhFO9NQ7iBod5AHIEW6OwQODS1enW&index=2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDG19Fl-6Ac&list=PLJG3HhFO9NQ7iBod5AHIEW6OwQODS1enW&index=3
Estancia – Ballet Suite, Opus 8a (1943) –Alberto Ginastera (1916–1983)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOG4Ct75DKk
Rhapsodie Espagnole (1907) – Maurice Ravel (1875–1937)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyTZIt1HlM0
Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Opus 39 (1898–99) – Jean Sibelius (1865–1957)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AmYc1Id9W4
Sinfonia No. 2 (1988-89) – George Walker (1922–2018)
Movement 1 (6:44) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQ447uESPG8
Movement 2 (4:34) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfcZL_BBSZM
Movement 3 (5:55) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHxM9hLGVVU
OVERTURES and TONE POEMS:
Egmont Overture, opus 84 (1809-10) – Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1822)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oaazxCPNwU
Carnival Overture in A major, opus 92 B, 169 (1891) – Antonin Dvořák (1841–1904)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOG3QOnrIME
Romanian Rhapsodies, No. 1, Opus 11 (1901) – Georges Enescu (1881–1955)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYOCK2Z22qE
Elegía Andina (2000) – Gabriela Lena Frank (b. 1972)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05pkNPdw8-8
Solis for Orchestra (2019) – Amanda Harberg (b. 1973)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1D_iIeX6iU
The Comfort of Asymmetry (2023) – Jonathan Bailey Holland (b. 1974)
https://soundcloud.com/profjbh/the-comfort-of-assymetry
Fanfare for Our Future (2024) – Andrew Kosinski
https://www.andrewkosinski.com/p/fanfare-for-our-future/
Gravity for Orchestra (2019) – Andrew John Kosinski
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XUqgemNVR0
Ácana (2008) – Tania Leon (b. 1950)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tk0JBu_ryAw
Pique Dame Overture (1862) – Franz von Suppé (1819–1895)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF6aoK2EGe8
Hoopla: A Touch of Glee (2005) – George Walker (1922–2018)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuuXeTTGoLg
Mighty River (2005) – Errollyn Wallen (b. 1958)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdiltQdRIjE
STRING ORCHESTRA MUSIC:
Adagio for Strings (1935-35) – Samuel Barber (1910–1981)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAoLJ8GbA4Y
Where Springs Not Fail (2016) – Hannah Benn (b. 1987)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkMEaUpV-qA
Pizzicato for String Orchestra (2001) – Vivian Fung (b. 1975)
https://vivianfung.ca/music/pizzicato-for-string-orchestra/
Two Elegiac Melodies, Op. 34 (1880) – Edvard Grieg (1843–1907)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoNZXiEINqY
Sonata da Chiesa (1992) – Adolphus Hailstork (b. 1941)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91ZKdvxI8j4
Palladio, Concerto Grosso for String Orchestra (1993-95) – Karl Jenkins (b. 1944)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqnO3FSfmyo
Concerto Grosso, opus 34, no. 4 (1996) – Maria Newman (b. 1962)