Symphonies for concert band
Prior to the 20th century, only a handful of original symphonies for wind band existed. Symphonies were almost exclusively written for orchestra at the time, but, beginning in the early-mid 20th century, numerous symphonies for concert band began to appear.
There are also numerous orchestral symphonies that have been transcribed for concert band, but those are not included in this article.
Note: 20th and 21st century symphonies labelled with an asterisk (*) are for a smaller band, typically the wind section of the orchestra.
18th and 19th centuries
- Hector Berlioz
- Grande symphonie funèbre et triomphale (1840)
- Charles Gounod
- Petite symphonie pour neuf instruments à vent (1885)
- François-Joseph Gossec
- "Military" Symphony in F (1794)
- Louis-Emmanuel Jadin
- Symphony in F (1794)
- Anton Reicha
- Commemoration Symphony[1][2] (Musique pour célébrer la mémoire des grands hommes) (1815)
1900–1959
- Paul Fauchet
- Symphony in B-flat (Symphonie pour musique d'harmonie） (1926)
- Vittorio Giannini
- Symphony No. 3 (1959)
- Morton Gould
- Symphony No. 4, "West Point" (1952)
- Paul Hindemith
- Symphony in B-flat for Band (1951)
- Alan Hovhaness
- Symphony No. 4, Op. 165* (1958)
- Symphony No. 7, "Nanga Parvat," Op. 178* (1959)
- Boris Kozhevnikov
- Symphony No. 3, "Slavyanskaya" (1950/rev. 1958)
- Nikolai Miaskovsky
- Symphony No. 19, Op. 46 (1939)
- Vincent Persichetti
- Symphony No. 6, Op. 69 (1956)
- H. Owen Reed
- La Fiesta Mexicana, A Mexican Folk Song Symphony for Concert Band (1949)
1960–1999
- James Barnes
- Symphony No. 1, Op. 35 (1974)
- Second Symphony, Op. 44 (1980-1981)
- Third Symphony, Op. 89 (1994)
- Warren Benson
- Symphony for Drums and Wind Orchestra* (1962)
- Symphony No. 2, "Lost Songs" (1983)
- Derek Bourgeois
- Symphony No. 4 "A Wine Symphony", Op. 58a (1978)
- Symphony of Winds, Op. 67 (1980)
- Symphony No. 6 "A Cotswold Symphony", Op. 109a (1988)
- John Barnes Chance
- Symphony No. 2 (1972)
- Johan de Meij
- Symphony No. 1, "The Lord of the Rings" (1988)
- Symphony No. 2, "The Big Apple" (1993)
- Martin Ellerby
- "Natalis", (Symphony No. 1) (1993)
- Symphony for Winds (Symphony No. 2) (1997)
- Donald Erb
- Symphony for Winds (1995)
- Ida Gotkovsky
- Symphonie pour quatre-vingt instruments a vent (Symphony for 24 wind instruments)* (1960)
- Symphonie pour Orgue & Orchestre d'Harmonie (Symphony for Organ and Concert Band) (1982)
- Brillante Symphonie (Brilliant Symphony) (1988-1989)
- Alan Hovhaness
- Symphony No. 14, "Ararat," Op. 194* (1961)
- Symphony No. 20, "Three Journeys to a Holy Mountain," Op. 223 (1969)
- Symphony No. 23, "Ani, City of a Thousand and One Cathedrals," Op. 249 (1972)
- Symphony No. 53, "Star Dawn" (1983)
- Robert E. Jager
- Symphony No. 1 (1964)
- Symphony No. 2 (1980)
- Serge Lancen
- Manhattan Symphony (1961)
- Symphonie de Noël (1964)
- Mini-symphonie (1967)
- Symphonie de l'eau (1984)
- Symphonie joyeuse (1993)
- David Maslanka
- Symphony No. 2 (1986)
- Symphony No. 3 (1991)
- Symphony No. 4 (1993)
- Alfred Reed
- Symphony No. 2 (1979)
- Symphony No. 3 (1988)
- Symphony No. 4 (1992)
- Symphony No. 5 (1994)
- Gunther Schuller
- Symphony No. 3, "In Praise of Winds" (1981)
- Claude T. Smith
- Symphony No. 1 for Band (1977)
- Dan Welcher
- Symphony No. 3, "Shaker Life" (1997)
2000–Present
- James Barnes
- Fifth Symphony, "Phoenix", Op. 110 (2000)
- Sixth Symphony, Op. 130 (2008)
- Seventh Symphony, "Symphonic Requiem", Op. 135 (2011)
- Derek Bourgeois
- Symphony No. 8 "The Mountains of Mallorca", Op. 184a (2002)
- Symphony for William, Op. 212 (2004)
- Symphony No. 41 "Sinfonia Andalucia", Op. 261a (2007)
- Symphony No. 68 "The Tower of Babel", Op. 316a (2012)
- John Corigliano
- Symphony No. 3, "Circus Maximus" (2004)
- Johan de Meij
- Symphony No. 3, "Planet Earth" (2006)
- Symphony No. 4, "Sinfonie der Lieder (Symphony of Songs)" (2013)
- Martin Ellerby
- A Little Symphony of English Carols (Symphony No. 4) (2009)
- David Gillingham
- Symphony No. 1, "Apocalyptic Dreams" (1995)
- Symphony No. 2, "Genesis" (2007)
- Julie Giroux
- Symphony No. 1, "Culloden" (2000)
- Symphony No. 2, "No Finer Calling" (2006)
- Symphony No. 3, "A Symphony of Fables" (2006)
- Symphony No. 4, "Bookmarks from Japan" (2013)
- Samuel Hazo
- "Blessings", Symphony No. 1 (2001-2003)
- John Mackey
- "Wine-Dark Sea", Symphony for Band (2014)
- David Maslanka
- Symphony No. 5 (2000)
- Symphony No. 7 (2005)
- Symphony No. 8 (2008)
- Symphony No. 9 (2011)
- Steven Reineke
- Symphony No. 1, "New Day Rising" (2007)
- Robert W. Smith
- "The Divine Comedy", Symphony No. 1
- "The Odyssey", Symphony No. 2
- "Don Quixote", Symphony No. 3 (2008)
- Philip Sparke
- "Earth, Water, Sun, Wind", Symphony for Band (2006)
- "A Savannah Symphony", Symphony No. 2 (2012)
- "A Colour Symphony", Symphony No. 3 (2014)
- Frank Ticheli
- Symphony No. 2 (2003)
- Jan Van der Roost
- Sinfonia Hungarica (2001)
- Dan Welcher
- Symphony No. 4, "American Visionary" (2005)