Conrad Beck(1901-89): a Catalogue of the Orchestral music

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CONRAD BECK: A CATALOGUE OF THE ORCHESTRAL MUSIC

1925:      Symphony No.1
1926:      Symphony No.2 "Sinfonietta": 10 minutes
1927:      Symphony No.3 for string orchestra: 25 minutes
1927-28:Concertino for Piano and Orchestra: 20 minutes
1928:      Symphony No.4 "Concerto for Orchestra": 20 minutes
1929:      Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra: 25 minutes
1930:      Symphony No.5: 18 minutes
                Little Suite for string orchestra: 15 minutes
1931:      "Innominata" for orchestra: 10 minutes
                Lyric Cantata for soprano, contralto, women's chorus and small orchestra: 25 minutes
1932:      Concert Music for Oboe and String Orchestra: 20 minutes
1933:      Piano Concerto: 33 minutes
1933-34: Oratorio "Nach Spruchen des Angelus Silesius" for soprano, contralto, baritone, orchestra and organ: 96 minutes
1935:      Serenade for Flute, Clarinet and String Orchestra: 17 minutes
1935-36:Ballet "The Great Bear": 55 minutes
1936:      Ostinato for orchestra: 12 minutes
                Rhapsodie for Piano and Chamber Orchestra: 24 minutes
1937:      Chamber Cantata for soprano, flute, piano and string orchestra: 25 minutes
1940:      Chamber Concerto for Violin and Small Orchestra: 28 minutes
                 Prelude for Orchestra 1940: 9 minutes
1941:     Flute Concerto: 20 minutes
1942:     Chamber Concerto for Harpsichoprd and String Orchestra: 18 minutes
1946:     Second Suite for string orchestra: 16 minutes
              "Sommerlied" for female choir and orchestra: 12 minutes
1947:      "Suite nach volksliedern im Jahresablauf" for orchestra: 20 minutes
1949:      Viola Concerto: 23 minutes
1950:      Symphony No.6: 32 minutes
1952:      Oratorio "Der Tod zu Basel" for soprano, bass, three speakers, chorus and orchestra: 65 minutes
               "Hymne" for orchestra: 11 minutes
1953:     "Mouvement" for orchestra: 11 minutes
1954:     Concertino for Clarinet, Bassoon and Orchestra: 20 minutes
1956:   "Herbstfeuer" for contralto and chamber orchestra: 18 minutes
1956-67:Symphony "Aeneas Silvius" (No.7): 29 minutes    *
1958:   Sonatina for orchestra: 10 minutes
1961:   Suite Concertante for winds, timpani and double bass: 19 minutes
1962:   Concertino for Oboe and Orchestra: 17 minutes
1964:   Concertato for orchestra: 12 minutes
1965:   "Hommages: Two Pieces for Orchestra": 12 minutes    +  (Ars Musici cd)
1967:   Cantata "Die Sonnenfinsternis" for contralto and chamber orchestra: 15 minutes
1967-68:Clarinet Concerto: 16 minutes
1969:   Fantasie for orchestra: 23 minutes
1970:  "Mouvements lyrique" for Cello and Chamber Orchestra: 17 minutes
1971:   Chamber Concerto for orchestra: 20 minutes
1972:   Elegie for soprano and orchestra: 21 minutes
1976:   Concerto for Wind Quintet and Orchestra: 18 minutes    *
1982:   Two Dances "Lichter und Schatten" for three horns, timpani and string orchestra: 17 minutes
1983:   "Nachklange-Tripartita" for orchestra: 16 minutes


Dundonnell

I have been able to make several significant additions of works left in manuscript by Beck. These have come following my discovery of a Swiss database:

http://www.musinfo.ch/index.php?content=maske_werke&pers_id=1338&name=Beck&vorname=Conrad

Unfortunately it was compiled only up to 1971.