Repertoire
Selected Conducting Repertoire:
Opera
Mozart:
Don Giovanni
La Clemenza di Tito
Le Nozze di Figaro
Die Entführung aus dem Serail
Così fan Tutte
Die Zauberflöte
Idomeneo
Rossini:
La Scala di Seta
Guillaume Tell
L'Italiana in Algeri
Donizetti:
L'Elisir d'Amore
Bizet:
Carmen
Wagner:
Tannhäuser
Der Fliegende Holländer
Verdi:
Un Ballo in Maschera
Otello
La Traviata
Rigoletto
Aida
Simon Boccanegra
Offenbach:
Les Contes d'Hoffmann
Massenet:
Werther
Puccini:
La Bohème
Madama Butterfly
Tosca
Turandot
Tchaikovsky:
Eugene Onegin
Stravinsky:
Mavra
Picker:
An American Tragedy
Symphonic
Bach:
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
Mozart:
Symphonies Nos. 34, 36, 39, 40, 41
Piano Concerti Nos. 9, 11, 20, 21, 24, 27 (from the piano)
Double Concerto for two pianos (from the piano)
Violin Concerto No. 5
Haydn:
Symphonies Nos. 88, 90, 99, 103
Cello Concerto in C
Beethoven:
Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9
Coriolan Overture
Egmont Overture
Piano Concertos Nos. 3, 4 and 5 (from the piano)
Triple Concerto
Weber:
Der Freischütz Overture
Ferdinand Ries:
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C sharp minor, Op. 55 (from the piano)
Schubert:
Symphonies Nos. 5, 8, and 9
Mendelssohn:
The Hebrides
Midsummer Night's Dream Overture
Schumann:
Symphony No. 2
Piano Concerto in A minor (from the piano)
Manfred Overture
Chopin:
Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 (from the piano)
Andante Spianato et Grande Polonaise Brillante (from the piano)
Liszt:
Orpheus, Symphonic Poem No. 4
Wagner:
Siegfried Idyll
Brahms:
Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4
Violin Concerto
Verdi:
Requiem
Tchaikovsky:
Symphony No. 5
Overture to Romeo and Juliet
Piano Concerto No. 1
Violin Concerto
Borodin:
Polovtsian Dances
Bruckner:
Symphonies No. 6 and 7
Dvorak:
Symphonies Nos. 7, 8 and 9
J. Strauss:
The Beautiful Blue Danube
Mussorgsky/Ravel:
Pictures at an Exhibition
Debussy:
La Mer
Ravel:
Le tombeau de Couperin
Rapsodie Espagnole
Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2
Shéhérazade
Mahler:
Symphonies Nos.1, 2, 4, 7 and 9
Rückert-Lieder
R. Strauss:
Don Juan
Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche
Der Rosenkavalier Suite
Bruch:
Violin Concerto No. 1
Ives:
Symphony No. 2
Copland:
Appalachian Spring
Elgar:
Serenade for Strings
Barber:
Essay No. 2
Adagio for Strings
Bartók:
Dance Suite
Concerto for Orchestra
Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta
Divertimento for String Orchestra
Kodály:
Háry János Suite
Dances of Galánta
Dohnányi:
Symphonic Minutes
Schoenberg:
Chamber Symphony No. 1
Sibelius:
Symphony No. 3
Prokofiev:
Peter and the Wolf
Shostakovich:
Symphony No. 1
Piano Concerto No. 1
Stravinsky:
Petrushka (1947)
Dumbarton Oaks
Symphonies of Wind Instruments
Gershwin:
An American in Paris
Rhapsody in Blue
Rota:
Divertimento Concertante for Double Bass and Orchestra
Dutilleux:
Metaboles
Le temps l’horloge
Lutoslawski:
Concerto for Orchestra
Symphony No. 4
Adams:
Harmonielehre
Bernstein:
Overture to Candide
Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
Carter:
Symphonic Variations
Lindberg:
Feria
Ippolito:
Nocturne for Orchestra
Harlap:
Piano Concerto No. 2 (from the piano)
Ballet
Tchaikovsky:
Swan Lake
Selected Piano Solo Repertoire
Solo Works
Bach:
Siciliano from the 2nd Sonata for Flute and Harpsichord in Eb Major, arr. Edwin Hughes
Choral-Prelude from Cantata no.147, "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring", arr. Myra Hess
Partita No. 1
French Suites Nos. 4 and 5
English Suite No. 6
Various Preludes and Fugues from The Well Tempered Clavier
Haydn:
Sonatas Hob. XIV:49, Hob. XVI:46
Mozart:
Sonatas KV330, 331, 457
Fantasie KV475 in C
Variations in C major K265 "Ah, vous dirai-je Maman"
Beethoven:
Sonatas Op.2/2, 2/3, 10/3, 22, 31, 109, 110
Schubert:
4 Impromptus Op.90
Sonata Opus Posth.120
Mendelssohn:
Various Songs Without Words
Chopin:
Sonata no.2
Nocturnes Op.9/1, 9/2, 61/2 Polonaise Op.53
Polonaise Fantasie Op.61
Ballade no.1 Op.23
Ballade no.2 Op.38
Ballade no.3 Op.47
Ballade no.4 Op.52
Scherzo Op.39
24 Preludes, Op.28
3 Ecossaises, Op. 72
Various Etudes, Valses and Mazurkas
Schumann:
Papillons Op.2
Kinderszenen Op.15
Arabeske Op.18
Symphonic Etudes Op.13
Fantasie Op.17 in C major
Liszt:
Sonata in B minor
Hungarian Rhapsody no.12
Etudes: La Leggierezza, La Campanella, Mazeppa, Feux follets, Harmonies du Soir
Mephisto Valse No.1
Various Schubert Lieder transcriptions
Grieg:
Various Lyric Pieces
Ravel:
Sonatine (1905)
Alborada del Gracioso, no.4 from "Miroirs"
Granados:
Andaluza
De Falla:
Andaluza
Bartok:
Sonatina
Stravinsky:
Three movements from Petrushka
Stutschewsky:
Rikkud
M. Wolpe:
Mishnayot Lelo Milim
Clairmont:
Gavotte
Etude-Impromptu
Gilutz:
These Autumn Days*
*American premiere by Nimrod David Pfeffer at the Mannes College of Music Concert Hall, New York City, February 2009
Piano Concerti
Mozart:
Concerto K413 in F major
Concerto K466 in D minor
Concerto K488 in A major
Concerto K595 in B flat major
Beethoven:
Concerto No.3 Op.37 in C minor
Concerto No.4 Op.58 in G major
Triple Concerto for piano, violin, and cello Op.56 in C major
Ferdinand Ries:
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C sharp minor, Op. 55
Chopin:
Concerto No.1 Op.11 in E minor
Concerto No.2 Op.21 in F minor
Grande Polonaise Brillante precedee d'un Andante Spianato Op.22
Schumann:
Concerto Op.54 in A minor
Grieg:
Concerto Op.16 in A minor
Bartok:
Concerto No. 3
Britten:
Diversions for Piano (left hand) and Orchestra, Op.21
Harlap:
Concerto No.2 for Piano and Orchestra*
Symphonic Dances for Piano and Orchestra (2015)**
*World Premiere by Nimrod David Pfeffer and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Omer Wellber, Sounds in the Desert Festival, Israel, December 21 2008
** The piece is dedicated to Nimrod David Pfeffer
Chamber Music
Piano sextets
Poulenc:
Sextour pour piano, flute, hautbois, clarinette, basson et cor
Piano quintets
Schumann:
Quintet Op.44 in E flat major
Dvorak:
Quintet Op.81 in A major
Piano quartets
Mozart:
Quartet KV 478 in G minor
Piano trios
Beethoven:
Trio Op.1/2 in G major
Mozart:
Trio K564 in G major
Haydn:
Trio H15:25 in G major
Mendelssohn:
Trios No .1 in D minor, No. 2 in C minor
Stoutchewsky:
Trio
Kurtag:
Bagatelles for piano, flute and double bass
Matti Kovler:
"Shoresh Nishmat" for piano, clarinet and cello*
*World premiere by Nimrod David Pfeffer, piano; Tibi Cziger, clarinet; Michal Korman, cello at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall, May 8 2008
Piano duos
Mozart:
Piano and Violin Sonatas K304, K296
Sonatas for two pianos in F major, B flat major, and D major
Fugue in G minor
Beethoven:
Sonata No. 3 for piano and cello
Sonata No. 7 for piano and violin
Sonata No. 9 for piano and violin "Kreutzer"
Sonata No. 10 for piano and violin
Schumann:
Sonata No. 1 for violin and piano
Fantasy Pieces Op.73 for clarinet and piano
Brahms:
Sonata No.1, Op.78 for piano and violin
Franck:
Sonata for violin and piano in A major
Stravinsky:
Three movements from Petrushka, arr. Victor Babin for two pianos
Schubert:
March Militaire Op.51/1 for piano four hands
Fantasie D.940 in F minor for piano four hands
Faure:
Dolly Suite for piano four hands
Poulenc:
Sonata for piano four hands
R. Shapira:
He is the One* for piano four hands
W. Gibran:
Pillow for the Tired Wave* for piano four hands
*World premieres of the Shapira and Gibran by Nimrod David Pfeffer and Bishara Haroni at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall, September 23 2009
