Repertoire: 16 Witty and Wonderful Comic Orchestral Works

Musical humor is, of course, in the ear of the beholder, but at least some of these sixteen very funny pieces should raise a smile or two in most listeners: Haydn: Symphony No. 60 “Il Distratto” Mozart: Overture to “Cosi Fan Tutte” Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 Rossini: Overture to “La Scala di Seta” (“The Silken Ladder”) Dvořák: Scherzo capriccioso Draeseke: Symphony No. 4 “Comica” Prokofiev: “Classical” Symphony Shostakovich: Symphony No. 9 Ives: Symphony No. 2 Atterberg: Symphony No. 6 Arnold: A Grand, Grand Overture Carpenter: Adventures in a Perambulator Dohnányi: Variations on a Nursery Song Ibert: Divertissement Gillis: Symphony No. X (“The Big D”) Poulenc: Concerto for Two Pianos