Arkady Leytush

Music Director-World Peace Sinfonietta

Chorus and Orchestra Repertoire (click to open)
  • Bach- Mass in B minor, BWV232
  • Beethoven- Choral Fantasy, Op. 80; Symphony #9(Choral), Op.125
  • Borodin- Polovtsian Dances from “Prince Igor”
  • Brahms- “Nanie,” Op.82
  • Burdick- “And Death Shall Have No Dominion”, cantata; “Epiphanies”; “Stefania”
  • Bruckner- “Te Deum“
  • Cherubini- Requiem in C-minor
  • Fauré- Requiem
  • Garcia- “Auschwitz”, cantata
  • Haydn- “The Creation”
  • Handel- “Judas Maccabeus”
  • Leytush- Mass in D, for Chorus and Organ; “Most Powerful God”
  • Malkin- “Yizkor”, cantata
  • Mendelssohn- “Hymn of Praise”, Op.52
  • Mozart- Requiem
  • Orff- “Carmina Burana”; “Catulli Carmina”; “Trionfo di Afrodite”
  • Pergolesi- “Stabat Mater”
  • Poulenc- “Gloria”; “Sept Repons des Tenebres”
  • Podgaits- NY Mass
  • Prokofiev- “Alexander Nevsky”, cantata; “Ivan the Terrible”, oratorio
  • Rachmaninoff- “The bells”
  • Schubert- Mass in G; Stabat Mater
  • Shostakovich- “Execution of Stephan Rasin”, cantata
  • Scriabin- “Prometheus”, Symphony #5
  • Senator- “Numbers...Branded Into Your Arms”
  • Sisler- “Songs of the Sages”, cantata
  • Stravinsky- Symphony of Psalms
  • Sviridov- “Oratorio Pathetique”
  • Taneyev- “Johannes Damascenus”, cantata
  • Tchaikovsky- “Moscow”, cantata
  • Verdi- “Inno Delle Nazioni”, cantata; Requiem
Orchestra Repertoire (click to open)
  • Albeniz- Four Spanish Dances: Malaguena, Menuet, Tango Espagnol, Aragonaise (arr. A. Leytush)
  • Albinoni- Adagio in g-minor for Organ and Strings
  • Arutunian- Trumpet Concerto
  • Bach- Brandenburg Concerti: F-Major BWV 1046, F-Major BWV 1047, G-Major BWV 1048, G-Major BWV 1049, D-Major BWV 1050, B Flat-Major BWV 1051 Concerti for Keyboard: d-minor BWV 1052, E-Major BWV 1053, f-minor BWV 1056 Concerti for Violin: a-minor BWV 1041, E-Major BWV 1042 Concerto in c-minor for Violin and Oboe BWV 1960; A Musical Offering BWV 1079 Suites: C-Major BWV 1066, b-minor BWV 1067, D-Major BWV 1068, D-Major BWV 1069 Prelude and Fugue in c-minor (arr. A. Leytush); Fantasia and Fugue in c-minor (arr. E. Elgar); Chaconne- (arr. N. Rakhlin)
  • Barber- Adagio; Knoxville, Summer of 1915; Souvenirs
  • Burdick- “And Death Shall Have No Dominion”; “Phoenix”; “Epiphanies”; “Stefania”
  • Bartok- “The Armor of Light”; Concerto for Orchestra (1943); Dance Suite (1923); “The Miraculous Mandarin Suite”; Music for Strings, Percussions and Celesta (1936); “The Wooden Prince”; Romanian Folk Dances
  • Basset- Concerto for Orchestra
  • Beethoven- Concerti for Piano: C-Major, Op. 15, B Flat-Major, Op. 19, c-minor, Op. 37, G-Major, Op. 58 E Flat-Major, Op. 73 “Emperor”; Concerto in D-Major for Violin, Op. 61; Triple Concerto in C-Major, Op.56; Symphonies: No.1 C-Major, Op. 21, No.2 D-Major, Op. 36, No.3 E Flat-Major, Op. 55 “Eroica”, No.4 B Flat-Major, Op. 60, No.5 c-minor, Op. 67, No.6 F-Major, Op. 67, No.7 A-Major, Op. 92, No.8 F-Major, Op. 93, No.9 d-minor, Op. 125 "Choral" Overtures: Egmont, Op. 84, Die Geschopfe des Prometheus, Op. 43, Fidelio, Op. 72, Coriolan, Op. 62, Lenore, Op. 72c
  • Bizet- L’Arlesienne Suite No.1; No.2 Carmen Suite; Symphony in C (1855)
  • Borodin- “In the Steppes of Central Asia”; Polovtsian Dances; Symphonies: E Flat-Major, b-minor
  • Brahms- Hungarian Dances; Concerti for Piano: d-minor, Op.15, B Flat-Major Op.83; Concerto in D-Major for Violin Op.61; Concerto for Violin and Cello, Op.102 Overtures: Academic Festival, Op.80; Tragic, Op.81; Symphonies: No.1, c-minor, Op.68, No.2, D-Major, Op.73, No.3, F-Major, Op.90, No.4, e-minor, Op.98; Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56a
  • Bruch- Concerto for Violin in g-minor; Kol Nidrei, Op.47; Scotch Fantasy, Op.46
  • Copland- Ballets: Appalachian Spring (1943-44); Billy the Kid (1938); Rodeo (1942); Concerto for Clarinet (1947-48); Fanfare for the Common Man (1944); Latin American Sketches (1959-71); Lincoln Portrait (1942); Quiet City (1930); Short Symphony (1932-33)
  • Debussy- La Mer; Nocturnes; Prelude a l'Apres-midi d’un Faune
  • Diamond- Concerto for Chamber Orchestra (1940)
  • Elgar- Concerto in e-minor for Cello, Op. 85; Enigma Variations, Op. 34; Pomp and Circumstance Marches Op. 39; Serenade in e-minor, Op. 20; Symphony in E Flat-Major, Op. 13
  • Enescu- Romanian Rhapsody in A-Major Op 11; Symphony in E Flat-Major, Op. 13
  • Franck- Symphonic Variations for Piano M46; Symphony in d-minor M.48
  • Gershwin- “An American in Paris (1928)”; Concerto in F for Piano (1925); Cuban Overture (1932); Rhapsody in Blue (1924); Porgy and Bess, Symphonic Picture (1935)
  • Gershwin- “Porgy and Bess”, concert suite
  • Glazunov- Concerti for piano: In f-minor, Op. 92, In B-major, Op. 100; Concerto in a-minor for violin, Op. 82; Poeme epique (1933-34); The Seasons, Op. 67; Symphony No.5 in B-Flat, Op.55; Concert Waltzes No.1, Op.47, No.2, Op.51
  • Glinka- Kamarinskaya; Waltz-Fantasy; A Life for the Tsar; Tow Spanish Overtures; Ruslan and Ludmila Overture, Dances
  • Grieg- Concerto in a-minor for piano, Op.16; Holberg suite, Op. 40; Peer Gynt: Suite No.1, Op.46, Suite No.2, Op.55
  • M. Gorecki: Notturno for Violin and Strings
  • Haas- Study for Strings
  • Haydn- Concerto for Cello: C-Major HVIIb/1, D-Major HVIIb/2; Concerto for Piano: G-Major HXVIII/4, D-Major HXVIII/99; Concerto in E Flat-Major for Trumpet HVIIe/1;
  • Concerto in C-Major for Violin HVIIa/1; Sinfonia Concertante in B-Flat Major H1/105; Symphonies: No.6 in D-Major `Le Matin", No.7 in C-Major `Le Midi", No.8 in G-Major "Le Soir", No.26 in d-minor "Lementations", No.31 in D-Major "Horn signal", No.42 in D-Major No.45 in f-sharp minor "Farewell", No.47 in G-Major, No.59 in A-Major "Fire", No.83 in a-minor "The Hen", No.87 in A-Major, No.88 in G-Major, No.94 in G-Major "Surprise", No.97 in C-Major, No.100 in G-Major "Military", No.1Ol in D-Major "Clock", No.104 in D-Major "London"
  • Hanson- Symphony No. 6
  • Hartmann- Concerto funebre for Violin and Strings
  • Hindemith- “Mathis der Maler”; Symphonic Metamorphosis (1943); Clarinet concerto
  • Ippolitov-Ivanov- Caucasian Sketches Suite No.1, Op.10
  • Ives- Central Park in the Dark; Symphony No. 3 “The Camp Meeting”, Three Places in New England; “The Unanswered Question”
  • Khachaturian- Spartacus: Suite No.1, Suite No.2, Suite No.3; Gayane (1943): Suite No.1, Suite No.2, Suite No.3; Violin Concerto; Masquerade: Ballet Suite (1944); Symphony No.2 (1943)
  • Kodaly- Galanta Dances; Hary Janos Suite
  • Kalinnikov- Symphony No.1
  • Leytush- Mass in G; “To Life”, Orchestral Fanfare; “Most Powerful God”
  • Liszt- Concerti for piano: E Flat-Major S 123, A-Major S 124, Totentanz S 125; Faust Symphony; Episodes for Lenau's Faust S 110; Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke; Les Preludes S.97
  • Mahler- Das Lied von der Erde; Symphonies: No.1 in D Major, No.4 in G Major, No.5 in c-sharp minor, No.6 in a-minor, No.9 in D Major, No.10 in f-sharp minor (Adagio)
  • Martinu- Symphony No.2
  • Mendelssohn- Concerti for Piano: g-minor, Op. 25, d-minor, Op. 40; Serenade and Allegro Giojoso, Op.43; Concerto in e-minor for Violin, Op. 64; Overtures: The Hebrides, Op. 26; A Midsummer's Night's Dream, Op. 21; Symphonies: No.3 a-minor, Op. 56 "Scottish", No.4 A-Major, Op. 90 "Italian", No.5 D-Major, Op. 107 "Reformation"
  • Mozart- Concerto in A-Major for Clarinet K622; Concerto in C-Major for Flute and Harp K299; Concerti for Piano: E Flat-Major K271, d-minor K466, C-Major K 467 "Elvira Madigan", A-Major K488, c-minor K491, C-Major K503, B Flat-Major K595 Concerti for Violin: B Flat-Major K207; D-Major K218, A-Major K2l9; Eine Kleine Nachtmusik K525; Symphonies: a-minor K183, D-Major K297 "Paris", B Flat-Major K319, D-Major K385 "Haffner", C-Major K425 "Linz", D-Major K504 "Prague", g-minor K550, C-Major K551 "Jupiter"
  • Mussorgsky- “A Night on Bald Mountain”; Pictures at an Exhibition; “Khovanschina” Overture
  • Nielsen- Concerto for Violin, Op. 33
  • Prokofiev- Concerti for Piano: D Flat-Major, Op 10, C-Major, Op. 26, G-Major, Op. 55; Lieutenant Kije Suite Op. 60; Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67; Romeo and Juliet: Suite No.1, Suite No.2; Symphonies: No.1 D-Major, Op.25 "Classical", No.5 B Flat-Major, Op. 100, No.7 c-sharp minor, Op. 131
  • Poulenc- Concerto for Organ, Timpani and Strings
  • Rachmaninoff- Concerti for Piano: f-sharp minor, Op.1, c-minor, Op. 18, d-minor, Op. 30, Rhapsody, Op. 43, “The Isle of the Dead” Op. 29; Symphonic Dances Op. 45; Symphonies: No.2 e-minor, Op. 27, No.3 a-minor, Op. 44, “The Rock”, Op.7
  • Ravel- Mother Goose Suite; Bolero (1928); Concerti for Piano: D-Major (1929-30), G-Major (1929-31); Daphne et Chloe (1909-12): Suite No.1, Suite No.2; Ma Mere l'Oye Ballet (1911); Pavane pour une infante defunte (1910); Rhapsodie espagnole, La Valse; Sonata for Violin and Orchestra, orchestrated by A. Leytush
  • Respighi- “The Fountains of Rome” (1914-16); “The Pines of Rome” (1923-29)
  • Rimsky-Korsakov- Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34; Russian Easter Festival, Op. 36; The Tzar’s Bride Overture; Scheherazade, Op. 35
  • Saint-Saens- Carnival of the Animals; Concerto in a-minor for Cello, Op. 33; Concerto in g-minor for Piano, Op.22; Concerto in b-minor for Violin, Op. 61; Symphony in c-minor, Op. 78 "Organ"; La Musa at Le Poet, for Violin, Cello and Orchestra; Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso
  • Schnittke- Monologue for Viola and Orchestra (1989); Gogol Suite
  • Schoenberg- Chamber Symphony, Op. 9; Verklärte Nacht, Op.4
  • Schubert- Symphonies: No.4 c-minor “Tragic” D417, No.5 B Flat-Major D485, No.6 C-Major D589, No.8 h-minor D759 "Unfinished", No.9 C-Major D944 "The Great"; “Lebensstürme”, D 947, orchestrated by A. Leytush
  • Schubert/Liszt – “Der Erl Konig”, Symphonic Poem, orchestrated by A. Leytush
  • Schumann- Concerto in a-minor for Cello, Op. 129; Concerto in a-minor for Piano for Violin (1853); Overture, Scherzo and Finale, Op. 52; Symphonies: No.1 B Flat-Major, Op. 38 "Spring", No.2 C-Major, Op. 61, No.3 E Flat-Major, Op. 97"Rhenish", No.4 d-minor, Op. 120; “Woman’s Life and Love”, for High Voice and Orchestra, orchestrated by A. Leytush
  • Scriabin- Concerto in f-sharp minor for Piano, Op. 20; Symphony No.4 Op. 54 "Poem of Ecstasy"
  • Shostakovich- Song Cycle from Jewish Folk Poetry; Concerto for Piano and Trumpet, Op. 35; Concertino for Piano and Orchestra; Symphonies: No.1 f-minor, Op. 10, No.5 d-minor, Op. 47, No.6 b-minor, Op. 54, No.7 C-Major, Op. 60 "Leningrad", No.9 E Flat-Major, Op. 70, No.10 e-minor, Op. 93, No.13 a-minor, Op. 103 "The Year 1905", Chamber Symphony, Op. 102, Memorial Music (arr. A. Leytush)
  • Sibelius- Concerto in d-minor for Violin, Op. 47; The Oceanides; Finlandia, Op.26; Karelia Suite, Op.11 Pohjola's Daughter Op.49; Symphonies: No.1 e-minor, Op 39, No.2 D-Major, Op.43, No.5 E Flat-Major Op.82
  • Sisler- Two American Pictures; St. Patrick; Arbor Day; Milestones; Four Impromptus, The Cosmic Divide, The Big Bang, The Thermals Rising (All orch. by A. Leytush)
  • Smetana- Ma Vlast
  • Strauss- Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op.30; Don Juan, Op. 20; Four Last Songs; Till Eulenspiegel, Op.28; Tod und Verklärung, Op.24
  • Stravinsky- Ballets: The Firebird; Petrushka; Pulcinella; The Rite of Spring; L'Histoire du Soldat; Symphony in 3 movements
  • Tchaikovsky- Ballets: The Nutcracker; Swan Lake; Capriccio Italien, Op. 45; Concerti for Piano: No.1 b-flat minor, Op. 23, No.2 G-Major, Op. 44, No.3 E Flat-Major, Op.75; Concerto in d- minor for Violin, Op. 35; Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32; Hamlet, Op. 67; Romeo and Juliet; Overture 1812, Op. 49; Suite No.3 in G, Op.55; Symphonies: No.1 g-minor, Op. 13 "Winter Dreams", No.2 c-minor, Op. 17 "Little Russian", No.3 D-Major, Op. 29 "Polish", No.4 f-minor, Op. 36, No.5 f-minor, Op. 64, No.6 b-minor, Op. 74 "Pathetique", Manfred Symphony, Op.58, Variations on a Roccoco Theme, Op. 33
  • Villa-Lobos- Bachianis Brasileiras # 5
  • Vivaldi- Concerto for Violin, Op. 8; “The Four Seasons"
  • Wagner- Gotterdammerung; Rhine Journey and Funeral Music; Lohengrin; Prelude to acts 1 and 3; Overtures: Der fliegende Hollander; Die Mesitersinger von Nurnberg; Tannhauser; Siegfried Idyll; Tristan und Isolde; Prelude and Liebestod; Die Walkure; Fire Music and Ride of the Valkyries; Prelude to Parsifal
  • Weber- Overtures: Euryanthe; Der Freischutz; Oberon; Invitation to the Dance
  • Yusupov- Gabriel
Opera Repertoire (click to open)
  • Bizet- Carmen
  • Darqomyzhksy- Rusalka; The Stone Guest
  • Gounod- Faust
  • Kalman- Silva; Mister "X"
  • Khrennikov- In a Storm
  • Lehar- The Merry Widow
  • Leoncavallo- Pogliacci
  • Mascagni- Cavaleria Rusticana
  • Menotti- Telephone
  • Mussorgsky- The Fair at Sorochinsky; Boris Goudonov
  • Offenbach- The Tales of Hoffman; La Belle Helene
  • Pliev- Kosta
  • Prokofiev- The Love of Three Oranges
  • Puccini- La Boheme; Madame Butterfly; Tosca
  • Rimsky-Korsakov- The Tsar’s Bride
  • Rossini- Le Barbiere di Sevilla
  • J. Strauss- Die Fledermaus
  • Tchaikovsky- Eugene Onegin; The Queen of Spades; Iolanta
  • Verdi- Aida; Otello; La Traviata; Rigoletto