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Giray
SELECTED VIOLIN REPERTOIRE 

CONCERTI 

All major concerti including: Max Bruch G Minor, Dvořák A Minor, Eduard Lalo Symphony Espagnole, Mozart Nos. 1–5, Saint-Saëns B Minor No. 3, Schumann A Minor Op. 129, Tchaikovsky D Major Op. 35, Bach E Major and A Minor, Haydn C Major and G Major, Brahms D Major Op. 77, Mendelssohn E Minor, Wieniawski No. 2, Vieuxtemps Nos. 3–5, Viotti Nos. 22–23, and Vivaldi’s standard concerti, including the Four Seasons. 

SINGLE-MOVEMENT WORKS FOR THE VIOLIN AND PIANO OR ORCHESTRA 

Chausson Poéme, Saint-Saëns Introducion and Rondo Capriciosso, Havanaise, Sarasate’s major works including Zigeunerweisen and Caprice Basque, Wieniawski Polonaise Brillante in D Major and A Major, and Scherzo Tarantelle. 

SONATAS AND OTHER MULTI-MOVEMENT WORKS FOR THE VIOLIN AND PIANO 

Bach A Major Sonata, Beethoven Sonatas Nos. 1–9, Brahms G Major Sonata No. 1, D Minor Sonata No. 3, Sonatensatz, Corelli Op. 5, Debussy Sonata, Ravel Sonata, Dvořák Sonatine and Four Romantic Pieces, M. de Falla Suite, C. Franck Sonata, Grieg C Minor Sonata No. 3, Schubert Sonatines, Mozart selected sonatas, A. Saygun Sonata and Suite, and Vivaldi Op. 2. 

SONATAS FOR SOLO VIOLIN 

Bach Sonatas and Partitas BWV 1001–1006, J. Martinon Sonatine Op. 5 No. 2, Ysaÿe Sonatas Nos. 2 and 3, Prokofiev Solo Sonata, Telemann Fantasias, A. Saygun Partita, and E. Z. Ün Yudumluk. 

SINGLE-MOVEMENT WORKS FOR THE VIOLIN AND PIANO 

Most of Kreisler’s standard works including Caprice Viennois, Theme and Variations in the style of Tartini, Liebesleid, Liebesfraud, Brahms Hungarian Dances Nos. 2, 5, 17, S. Uçar “Horon,” Franz von Vecsey Valse Triste, and Pantcho Vladigerof Vardar Rhapsody. 

CAPRICES AND ÉTUDES 

All major études and caprices including: Kreutzer, Rode, Kayser, Mazas, Fiorillo, Dont Op. 35, Gaviniés, Paganini Op. 1, Seybold Op. 182 entire series, and Wieniawski L’école moderne.


Giray
SELECTED CONDUCTING REPERTOIRE

STAGE

Bock, Fiddler on the Roof; Fall, Mme. Pompadour; Gershwin, Of Thee I Sing; Herbert, Mlle. Modiste; Menotti The Telephone and Amahl and the Night Visitors; Mozart, Bastien und Bastienne and Die Zauberflöte; Offenbach, Le mariage aux lanterns; Styne, Gypsy; Sullivan, Pirates of Penzance, and H.M.S. Pinafore.

WORKS FOR THE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA 


Carl Nielsen Little Suite Op. 1, Dvořák Serenade for Strings Op. 22, Suk Serenade Op. 6, Holst St. Paul’s Suite, Grieg Holberg’s Suite, Britten Simple Symphony, Fletcher Balade and Bergomask, Corelli Concerti Grossi Op. 6, Handel Concerti Grossi Op. 6, Geminiani Concerto Grosso Op.3 No. 2, Tomaso Albinoni Sonata Op. 2, No. 11, Samuel Scheidt Fifteen Sinfonias, J. C. Bach Op. 18 Sinfonias, C. P. E Bach Sinfonias W. 182, Alessandro Scarlatti Sinfonia No. 2, Johann Stamitz Three Mannheim Symphonies, Sammartini Sinfonia in C Major, Bloch Concerto Grosso No. 1, Shostakovich Chamber Symphony Op. 110a, Barber String Quartet (for chamber orchestra), Bartók Romanian Folk Dances, Mozart Three Divertimenti K. 136–138, and K. 535 Eine kleine Nachtmusik, Vivaldi L’estro Armonico Op. 3, Dinicu Hora Martisorului, İlhan Usmanbaş Op. 2 Suite after Eine kleine Nachtmusik, et al.
 

WORKS FOR THE SYMPHONIC ORCHESTRA 

Adolphe Adam, Overture to Si J'etais Roi, Beethoven Symphony No. 1, Fauré Pelléas et Mélisande Op. 80, Haydn Symphonies Nos. 73 “La chasse” and 101 “The Clock,” Mozart Symphonies Nos. 29, and 31 “Paris,” Saint-Saëns Le Carnaval des Animaux, Schubert Unfinished Symphony, Delibes Airs de danse dans le style ancient, Saygun İnci’s Book, et al. 

WORKS FOR THE WIND ENSEMBLE 

Dvořák Serenade for Winds Op. 44. 

CONCERTI AND ARIAS 

Debussy Première Rhapsodie for Clarinet and Orchestra, Hummel Trumpet Concerto, Villa-Lobos Fantasia for Soprano Saxophone, Krommer Clarinet Concerto, Persichetti The Hollow Men, Maurice Tableaux de Provence for Alto Saxophone, Mozart “E Susanna non vien!...Dove sono i bei momenti” from Le Nozze di Figaro, et al. 

LITURGICAL 

Johann Philipp Krieger Missa Brevis, Michael Haydn “Laetatus sum,” “Paratum Cor Meum,” “Tres Sunt, qui testimonium dant,” Adlgasser “Dicite in Gentibus,” Bach Cantatas (selections), Handel Messiah (selections), Corelli Concerto Grosso Op. 6, No. 8 “fatto per la notte di Natale” et al. 

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