# 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
### François-Joseph Gossec

    "Military" Symphony in F (1794)

### Louis-Emmanuel Jadin

    Symphony in F (1794)

### Anton Reicha

    Commemoration Symphony (Musique pour célébrer la mémoire des grands hommes) (1815)

### Hector Berlioz

    Grande symphonie funèbre et triomphale (1840)

### Charles Gounod

    Petite symphonie pour neuf instruments à vent (1885)

## 1900–1959
### Ernst Krenek

    Symphony for winds and percussion op. 34 (1924-25)

### Paul Fauchet

    Symphony in B-flat (Symphonie pour musique d'harmonie） (1926)

### Arthur Meulemans

    Symphony No. 4 (1935)

### Nikolai Myaskovsky

    Symphony No. 19 (1939)

### Nikos Skalkottas

    Classical Symphony (1947)

### H. Owen Reed

    "La Fiesta Mexicana", A Mexican Folk Song Symphony for Concert Band (1949)

### Boris Kozhevnikov

    Symphony No. 3, "Slavyanskaya" (1950/rev. 1958)

### Paul Hindemith

    Symphony in B-flat for Band (1951)

### Morton Gould

    Symphony No. 4, "West Point" (1952)

### Roy Harris

    Symphony for Band, "West Point" (1952)

### Vincent Persichetti

    Symphony No. 6, Op. 69 (1956)

### Frank Erickson

    Symphony No. 1 for Band (1954 rev 1956)
    Symphony No. 2 for Band (1958)

### Alan Hovhaness

    Symphony No. 4, Op. 165* (1958)
    Symphony No. 7, "Nanga Parvat," Op. 178* (1959)

### Vittorio Giannini

    Symphony No. 3 (1959)

## 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)

### Andrew Boysen Jr.

    Symphony No. 1 (1997)
    Symphony No. 2 (1999)
    Symphony No. 3 "JFK" (1999)

### 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)

### Frank William Erickson

    Symphony No. 3 (1984)

### Nicolas Flagello

    Symphony No. 2, "Symphony of the Winds," Op. 63

### Nancy Galbraith

    Wind Symphony No. 1 (1996)

### David Gillingham

    Symphony No. 1, "Apocalyptic Dreams" (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)

### Yasuhide Ito

    Symphony (1990)
    A Jubilee Symphony (1994)
    "La Vita", Symphony in 3 Scenes (1998)

### Gordon Jacob

    Symphony A.D. 78 (1978)

### 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)

### Libby Larsen

    Short Symphony (1996)

### David Maslanka

    Symphony No. 2 (1986)
    Symphony No. 3 (1991)
    Symphony No. 4 (1993)

### W. Francis McBeth

    "Divergents", A Short Symphony for Symphonic Band, Op. 49 (1969)

### 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

    Symphony no. 1 "Gilgamesh" (2003)
    Symphony no. 2 (2011)

### James Barnes

    Fifth Symphony, "Phoenix", Op. 110 (2000)
    Sixth Symphony, Op. 130 (2008)
    Seventh Symphony, "Symphonic Requiem", Op. 135 (2011)
    Eighth Symphony, "Symphony for Wangen", Op. 148 (2015)

### Jodie Blackshaw

    Symphony no. 1 "Leunig's Prayer Book" (2019)

### William Bolcom

    First Symphony for Band (2008)

### 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)

### Andrew Boss

    Tetelestai (2014)

### Franco Cesarini [de]

    Symphony No. 1, "The Archangels", Op. 50 (2015)
    Symphony No. 2, "Views of Edo" Op.54 (2018)
    Symphony No. 3, "Urban Landscapes" Op. 55 (2020)

### Nigel Clarke

    Symphony No. 1, "A Richer Dust" for Speaker and Wind Orchestra (2014)

### John Corigliano

    Symphony No. 3, "Circus Maximus" (2004)

### Hugh Dixon

    Symphony for Concert Band (2006)

### Johan de Meij

    Symphony No. 3, "Planet Earth" (2006)
    Symphony No. 4, "Sinfonie der Lieder (Symphony of Songs)" (2013)
    Symphony No. 5, "Return to Middle Earth" (2018)

### Martin Ellerby

    A Little Symphony of English Carols (Symphony No. 4) (2009)

### David Gillingham

    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)
    Symphony No. 5, "Elements" (2017)
    Symphony No. 6, "The Blue Marble" (2021)

### Samuel Hazo

    "Blessings", Symphony No. 1 (2001-2003)

### Yasuhide Ito

    Sinfonia Singaporiana (2005)

### Matt Klohs

    Symphony no. 1 "H20" (2022)

### John Mackey

    "Wine-Dark Sea", Symphony for Band (2014)

### Marcin Masecki

    "Victory" ("Zwycięstwo"), Symphony No. 1 (2013)

### David Maslanka

    Symphony No. 5 (2000)
    Symphony No. 7 (2005)
    "Give Us This Day", Short Symphony for Wind Ensemble (2006)
    Symphony No. 8 (2008)
    Symphony No. 9 (2011)
    Symphony No. 10 (left unfinished at the composer's death in 2017, completed by his son Matthew Maslanka in 2018)

### Francisco José Martínez Gallego

    Symphony No. 1, "Kaprekar" (2011)

### Jean-François Michel [nl]

    Symphony No. 1, "Colors of live" (2016)

### 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 No. 1 (2006)
    "A Savannah Symphony", Symphony No. 2 (2012)
    "A Colour Symphony", Symphony No. 3 (2014)

### James M. Stephenson

    Symphony No. 2 (2016)

### Frank Ticheli

    Symphony No. 2 (2003)

### Jess Langston Turner

    Symphony No. 1, "If I am to leave..." (2019)

### Jan Van der Roost

    Sinfonia Hungarica (2001)

### Dan Welcher

    Symphony No. 4, "American Visionary" (2005)

### Judith Lang Zaimont

    Symphony for Wind Orchestra in Three Scenes (2003)