World premieres at Carnegie Hall

The following is a list of musical works which received their premieres at Carnegie Hall:

• Symphony No. 9, opus 95, "From the New World" by Antonín Dvořák - December 16, 1893, New York Philharmonic, Anton Seidl conducting
• Sinfonia Domestica by Richard Strauss - March 21, 1904, Wetzler Symphony Orchestra, Richard Strauss conducting
• Concerto in F by George Gershwin - December 3, 1925, New York Symphony Orchestra, George Gershwin, piano, Walter Damrosch conducting
• An American in Paris by George Gershwin - December 13, 1928, New York Philharmonic, Walter Damrosch conducting
• Variations on a Theme of Corelli by Sergei Rachmaninoff - November 7, 1931, Sergei Rachmaninoff, piano
• Density 21.5 by Edgard Varèse - February 16, 1936, Georges Barrère, flute
• Contrasts by Béla Bartók - January 9, 1939, Benny Goodman, clarinet, Joseph Szigeti, violin, and Endre Petri, piano
• Chamber Symphony No. 2 op. 38 by Arnold Schoenberg - December 15, 1940, New Friends of Music, Fritz Stiedry conducting
• New World A-Comin' by Duke Ellington - December 11, 1943, Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
• Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber by Paul Hindemith - January 20, 1944, New York Philharmonic, Artur Rodziński conducting
• Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte for Voice and Piano Quintet, op. 41 by Arnold Schoenberg - November 23, 1944, New York Philharmonic, Artur Rodziński conducting
• Symphony in Three Movements by Igor Stravinsky - January 24, 1946, New York Philharmonic, Igor Stravinsky conducting
• Ebony Concerto by Igor Stravinsky - March 25, 1946, Woody Herman and His Orchestra, Walter Hendl conducting
• Symphony No. 3, "The Camp Meeting" by Charles Ives - April 5, 1946, New York Little Symphony, Lou Harrison conducting, in Carnegie Chamber Music Hall (now known as Weill Recital Hall)
• Hymne pour grande orchestra (Hymne au Saint Sacrament) by Olivier Messiaen - March 13, 1947, New York Philharmonic, Leopold Stokowski conducting
• Symphony No. 2 by Charles Ives - February 22, 1951, New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein conducting
• Symphony No. 4 by Charles Ives - April 26, 1965, American Symphony Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski conducting
• Evocations for Orchestra by Carl Ruggles - February 2, 1971, National Orchestral Association, John Perras conducting
• Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra by John Corigliano - November 9, 1975, American Symphony Orchestra, Bert Lucarelli, oboe, Akiyama Kazuyoshi conducting
• Piano Concerto No. 1 by Milton Babbitt - January 19, 1986, American Composers Orchestra, Alan Feinberg, piano, Charles Wuorinen conducting
• Concerto #1 by Gregory Magarshak - 1991, Manhattan Symphony Orchestra, Peter Tiboris conducting
• Symphony No. 6 "Plutonian Ode" for soprano and orchestra by Philip Glass, text by Allen Ginsberg - February 3, 2002, American Composers Orchestra, Lauren Flanigan, soprano, Dennis Russell Davies conducting
• American Berserk by John Coolidge Adams - February 25, 2002, Garrick Ohlsson, piano
• Symphony of Psalms by Imant Raminsh - 2002, Candace Wicke conducting
• Women at an Exhibition for chamber orchestra, electronics, and video by Randall Woolf - November 17, 2004, American Composers Orchestra, Steven Sloane conducting, video by Mary Harron and John C. Walsh
• "Between Hills Briefly Green" performed by Vermont Youth Orchestra. Conducted by Troy Peters. September 2004
• Algunas metáforas que aluden al tormento, a la angustia y a la Guerra for percussion quartet and chamber orchestra by Carlos Carrillo - January 21, 2005, American Composers Orchestra and So Percussion, Steven Sloane conducting
• Traps Relaxed by Dan Trueman - January 21, 2005, American Composers Orchestra, Dan Trueman, electronic violin and laptop, Steven Sloane conducting
• Glimmer by Jason Freeman - January 21, 2005, American Composers Orchestra, Steven Sloane conducting
• Concerto for Winds "Some Other Blues" by Daniel Schnyder - February 8, 2005, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
• Requiem by Steven Edwards - November 20, 2006
• Catenaires by Elliott Carter - December 11, 2006, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano (composer present at premiere)
• Antworte by TaQ - March 11, 2007, New York Symphonic Ensemble, Mamoru Takahara conducting
• Concerto for Cello by Thomas Sleeper - March 23, 2008, Florida Youth Orchestra, Thomas Sleeper conducting, Jillian Bloom, cello
• The Undeterred by Scott R. Munson - November 18, 2007, piano (Dong Gyun Ham), musical saw (Natalia Paruz) and baritone (Byung Woo Kim)
• Violin Concertino by Clint Needham - December 9, 2007, New York Youth Symphony, Ryan McAdams conducting, William Harvey, violin
• Rain, River, Sea by Dr. Patrick Long - March 7, 2008, Susquehanna University Masterworks Chorus and Orchestra, Dr. Jennifer Sacher-Wiley conducting, Nina Tober, soprano, David Steinau, baritone
• Eureka! by Patrick J. Burns - March 24, 2008, Westlake High School Wind Ensemble, Mr. Brian Peter conductor.
• Incline by Matt McBane - March 24, 2008, Westlake High School Chamber Orchestra, Mrs. Elizabeth Blake conductor.
• Hit the Ground Running by Gordon Goodwin - March 24, 2008, Westlake High School Studio Jazz, Mr. Brian Peter conducting, Gordon Goodwin, tenor saxophone
• The Five Changes by Gregory Youtz - June 1, 2008, Oregon State University Wind Ensemble, Dr. Christopher Chapman conducting, Robert Brudvig, percussion
• The Phoenix Rising by Stella Sung- June 15, 2008, performed by the Florida Festival Youth Orchestra, conducted by Jonathan May.
• Alligator Songs by Daniel May- June 15, 2008, performed by the Florida Festival Youth Orchestra, conducted by Jonathan May.
• The Ponce De Leon Suite by Robert Kerr- June 15, 2008, performed by the Florida Festival Youth Orchestra, conducted by Jonathan May.
• Symphony No. 5 (Concerto for Orchestra) by Ellen Taaffe Zwilich - October 27, 2008, performed by The Juilliard Orchestra conducted by James Conlon
• "Skyward" by Adam Wolf - June 16, 2009, performed by Eastlake High School led by Charles Wolf
• "An American Christmas Carol" - December 2, 2010 - Tim Janis
• "Pilgrim Soul" by Augusta Read Thomas - February 10, 2011, performed by Alyssa Kuhn, violin, Julieta Mihai, violin, Matthew Kuhn, cor anglais, Michael Barta, conducting
• Sufi Music Ensemble May 21, 2011, Performed by Steve Gorn, Hidayat Khan and Samir Chatterjee organized by the South Asian Music and Arts Association (SAMAA) in honor of Vilayat Khan.^[1]

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