What are your favorite pieces of orchestral music...

[Steve Marcus]

Bernstein's Chichester Psalms. I get to sing in the chorus.

[Travis99079]

Might be deviating from prescribed criteria, but...

I'm a huge fan of Richard Wetz's 1st Symphony. Sure don't see his music performed much. Don't suppose anyone's gotten to hear any performances of his work?

[southtubist]

Originally Bruckner's 4th symphony had no tuba part. The scherzo was also completely different, as well as the other movements being different in a lot of ways. Performances of the original edition are extremely rare. This video and the USSR Ministry of Culture recording are the only two I've heard. I like how the whole piece sounds "freer" to my ears, more joyful I think. It's one of my all time favorite pieces ever!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtRnp8r_bH0" target="_blank

I really love a lot of the earlier Bruckner symphonic works (00-3). His motets are also gorgeous! Actually, I've listened to almost everything written by Bruckner. . .

Also, I really like Prokofiev 1. It's just fantastic!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGwW9ecNWEs" target="_blank

Also, some tacet movements (if you count them) are really nice. Like, the pizzicato and adagio movements in Tchaikovsky 4 and the Adagietto from Mahler 5 come to mind. As I've grown older I've started to listen to more delicate music. I don't like to blast in large ensembles anymore. . .

[michael_glenn]

Barber's Adagio for Strings. Nothing is better than hearing that piece live.