Works Conducted

Michael has conducted over 350 masterworks of the standard choral/orchestral repertoire. Two Philadelphia premieres conducted by Michael include Vaughan Williams’ Sancta Civitas and Karl Jenkins’ Gloria, as well as the American premiere of the full orchestral version of Annelies by James Whitbourn.


MUSIC WORKS CONDUCTED BY MICHAEL KEMP

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Lawrence Ashmore

  • The Four Seasons for Clarinet and Orchestra

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Johann Sebastian Bach

  • B Minor Mass
  • Brandenburg Concerto No. 4
  • Cantata No. 79
  • Cantata No. 95
  • Christmas Oratorio
  • Concerto for Two Violins in D Minor
  • Jesu Meine Freude
  • Magnificat
  • Passion According to St. John

Henk Badings

  • Trois Chansons Bretonnes

Samuel Barber

  • Adagio for Strings
  • Concerto for Violin and Orchestra

Béla Bartók

  • Romanian Folk Dances

Ludwig van Beethoven

  • Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage, Op.112
  • Creatures of Prometheus, Op.43 (excerpts from the complete score)
  • Overture to “Egmont”
  • Overture to “King Stephen”
  • Mass in C
  • Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major
  • Piano Concerto No. 5 in Eb Major, “Emperor”
  • Symphony No. 1 in C Major
  • Symphony No. 2 in D Major
  • Symphony No. 3 in Eb Major, “Eroica”
  • Symphony No. 5 in C Minor
  • Symphony No. 6 in F Major
  • Symphony No. 7 in A Major
  • Symphony No. 8 in F Major

Leonard Bernstein

  • Chichester Psalms

Georges Bizet

  • Jeux d’Enfants (Children’s Games), Op. 22
  • L’Arlesienne Suite No. 1
  • L’Arlesienne Suite No. 2
  • Carmen: Entrance of the Toreadors

Alexander Borodin

  • “Polovtsian Dances” from Prince Igor

Johannes Brahms

  • Abend Lieder
  • Academic Festival Overture
  • Alto Rhapsody
  • Fest Und Gedenk Sprache
  • German Requiem
  • Hungarian Dances
  • Liebeslieder Waltzer
  • Nänie
  • Neue Liebeslieder
  • Serenade No. 1 in D Major
  • Serenade No. 2, Op. 16
  • Symphony No. 1 in C Minor
  • Symphony No. 4 in E Minor
  • Tragische Ouverture
  • Variations on a Theme by Haydn
  • Violin Concerto in D Major
  • Zigeunerlieder (Gypsy Songs)

Benjamin Britten

  • Rejoice in the Lamb
  • Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra

Dietrich Buxtehude

  • Command Thine Angel That He Come
  • In Dulci Jubilo

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André Caplet

  • Suite Persane

Emmanuel Chabrier

  • Suite Pastorale

Cécile Chaminade

  • Concertino for Flute and Orchestra

Ernest Chausson

  • Poem for Violin and Orchestra

Luigi Cherubini

  • Requiem in C Minor

Aaron Copland

  • Billy the Kid
  • Canticle of Freedom
  • El Salon Mexico
  • Fanfare for the Common Man
  • Quiet City
  • Lincoln Portrait
  • Suite from Appalachian Spring (full orchestration and 13 instruments/original ballet orchestration)
  • Symphony No. 1 for Organ and Orchestra
  • The Tender Land (excerpts)

Henry Cowell

  • Slow Jig

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David Diamond

  • Music for Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet

Claude Debussy

  • Nocturnes
  • Trois Chansons

Frederick Delius

  • The Walk to the Paradise Garden
  • Two Aquarelles

Norman Dello Joio

  • Jubilant Song

Daniel Dorff

  • Blast Off!
  • Goldilocks and the Three Bears

Paul Dukas

  • The Sorcerer’s Apprentice

Maurice Duruflé

  • Requiem Mass

Antonin Dvořák

  • Carnival Overture
  • Legends
  • Serenade for Strings
  • Serenade for Winds in D Minor
  • Slavonic Dance No. 1
  • Slavonic Dance No. 3
  • Stabat Mater
  • Symphony No. 7 in D Minor
  • Symphony No. 8 in G Major

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Edward Elgar

  • Introduction and Allegro, Op. 47
  • Serenade for Strings
  • Enigma Variations

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Gabriel Faure

  • Masque et Bergamasque
  • Pavane
  • Requiem Mass

Gerald Finzi

  • Eclogue
  • In Terra Pax
  • Love’s Labour’s Lost
  • Magnificat

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George Gershwin

  • Rhapsody in Blue

Gilbert & Sullivan

  • Selections from: “The Gondoliers”, “H.M.S. Pinafore”, “The Mikado”, and “The Pirates of Penzance”

Reinhold Glière

  • Russian Sailor’s Dance (from The Red Poppy)

Morton Gould

  • American Salute

Charles-François Gounod

  • Ballet Music from Faust
  • Petite Symphonie for Winds
  • Symphony No. 1

Edvard Grieg

  • Peer Gynt Suite No. 1

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George Frederick Handel

  • Concerto Grosso, Op. 6, No. 1
  • Messiah
  • Organ Concerto, No. 10, Op. 7, No. 7
  • Water Music

Howard Hanson

  • Cherubic Hymn

Roy Harris

  • The Folksong Symphony, No. 4

Franz Joseph Haydn

  • Creation
  • Harmoniemesse
  • Heilig Messe
  • Missa Brevis St. Joannis de Deo
  • The Seasons (excerpts)
  • Symphony No. 97
  • Symphony No. 103

Gustav Holst

  • Christmas Day
  • The Planets, “Mars”
  • St. Paul’s Suite

Victor Hely-Hutchinson

  • Carol Symphony

Arthur Honegger

  • Christmas Cantata (Une cantate de Noël)
  • King David
  • Pastoral d’été, H.31

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Charles Ives

  • Variations on “America”

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Gordon Jacob

  • Old Wine in New Bottles

Karl Jenkins

  • Gloria (Philadelphia Premiere, May 14, 2011)

Joseph Jongen

  • Symphonie Concertante

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Robert Kapilow

  • Green Eggs and Ham

Zoltán Kodaly

  • Te Deum

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Anatol Liadov

  • The Music Box

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Pietro Mascagni

  • Cavalleria Rusticana: Easter Hymn

Jules Massenet

  • Thaïs: Meditation

Felix Elijah Mendelssohn

  • Die Erste Walpurgisnacht, Op.60 (The First Walpurgis Night)
  • “The Hebrides” Overture
  • Overture to “The Fair Melusine”
  • String Symphony No.1 in C Major
  • String Symphony No.5 in Bb Major
  • String Symphony No. 6 in Eb Major
  • Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 11
  • Symphony No. 2 in Bb Major, “Hymn of Praise”
  • Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, “Scottish”
  • Symphony No. 4 in A Major, “Italian”
  • Symphony No. 5 in D Major, “Reformation”
  • Vom Himmel hoch (“From Heaven on High“)

Gian-Carlo Menotti

  • Amahl and the Night Visitors

Xavier Montsalvatge

  • Canciones Negras

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

  • Divertimento in C Major, K. 157
  • Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
  • Exsultate Jubilate
  • Overture from “The Impressario” (Der Schauspieldirektor)
  • The Magic Flute (excerpts)
  • Marriage of Figaro (excerpts)
  • Missa Brevis, Organ Solo Mass
  • Overture from Cosi fan Tutte
  • Piano Concerto No. 15 in Bb Major
  • Requiem
  • Solemnes Vesperae
  • Symphony No. 39 in Eb Major
  • Symphony No. 40 in G Minor
  • Symphony No. 41 in C Major, “Jupiter”
  • Violin Concerto No. 5, K. 219

Modest Mussorgsky

  • Night on Bald Mountain

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Carl Nielsen

  • Helios Overture, Op.17

Ronald Nelson

  • Christmas Story

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Johann Pachelbel

  • Canon and Gigue

Robert Page

  • Suite in Blue
  • Tin Pan Alley Suite

Alice Parker

  • Songstream

Lloyd Pfautsch

  • Day For Dancing

Daniel Pinkham

  • Christmas Cantata

Francis Poulenc

  • Gloria
  • Organ Concerto

Sergei Prokofiev

  • Lieutenant Kijé, Op. 60
  • Peter and the Wolf
  • Symphony No. 1 in D Major

Giacomo Puccini

  • Madama Butterfly / Humming Chorus
  • Manon Lescaut / Intermezzo-Act 3
  • Missa di Gloria
  • Preludio Sinfonico
  • Turandot / Final Chorus

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Sergei Rachmaninov

  • Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, “The Rock”
  • Vocalise

Maurice Ravel

  • Mother Goose Suite
  • Pavanne pour une infante défunte

Stephen Reineke

  • Casey at the Bat

Ottorino Respighi

  • The Birds
  • Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite No. 1
  • Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite No. 2
  • Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite No. 3
  • Three Botticelli Pictures

Gioachino Rossini

  • Overture to Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville)
  • Overture to La Cenerentola (Cinderella)
  • Overture to La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie)
  • Overture to L’inganno felice (The Happy Deception)
  • Overture to L’italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers)

John Rutter

  • Gloria
  • Requiem

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Camille Saint-Saens

  • Concerto for Violin No. 3 in B Minor
  • Danse Macabre
  • Organ Symphony No. 3 in C Minor

François Schubert

  • The Bee

Franz Schubert

  • Mass in G
  • Mass No. 6 in Eb Major
  • Symphony No. 3
  • Symphony No. 5 in Bb, D. 485

William Schuman

  • New England Triptych, Chester

Heinrich Schutz

  • Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross

Tibor Serly

  • Transylvanian Rhapsody

Robert Shaw & Robert Russell Bennett

  • Many Moods of Christmas

Rodon Shchedrin

  • Carmen Suite (after Bizet)

Dmitri Shostakovich

  • Festive Overture

Jean Sibelius

  • Finlandia
  • Karelia Suite, Op.11
  • Pelleas and Melisande, Op. 46

Carl Stamitz

  • Concerto for Clarinet and Bassoon

William Grant Still

  • Afro-American Symphony

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Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

  • Eugene Onegin: Entr’acte Act II, Scene I, Waltz
  • The Nutcracker Suite
  • Orchestral Suite No. 4 in G, “Mozartiana”

Georg Philipp Telemann

  • Viola Concerto in G Major

Randall Thompson

  • Frostiana (orchestral version)
  • Peaceable Kingdom
  • Testament of Freedom

Virgil Thomson

  • The Plow That Broke the Plains

Frank Tirro

  • American Jazz Mass

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Giuseppe Verdi

  • Aida, Triumphal March
  • La Traviata, Act 1/Prelude
  • Nabucco, Hebrew Slaves Chorus
  • Requiem
  • Te Deum

Henri Vieuxtemps

  • Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Minor

Antonio Vivaldi

  • Concerto for Four Cellos
  • Concerto for Two Cellos in G Minor
  • Concerto for Two Violins, Cello and Strings in D Minor
  • Concerto for Two Trumpets in C Major, R.V. 537
  • Flute Concerto in D Major, “The Goldfinch”
  • Gloria
  • Harp Concerto in C Major

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Richard Wagner

  • Lohengrin / Introduction to Act III
  • Meistersinger / Act III-Introduction
  • Siegfried Idyll
  • Tannhäuser / Fest March;  Freudig begrüssen wir

William Walton

  • Henry V (excerpts)

Peter Warlock

  • Capriol Suite

Carl Maria von Weber

  • Der Freischutz

David Westfall

  • Ode to the American Spirit

James Whitbourn

  • Annelies

John Williams

  • Schindler’s List
  • Star Wars (orchestral suite)

Ralph Vaughan Williams

  • Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
  • English Folksong Suite
  • Five Mystical Songs
  • Flourish for a Coronation
  • Folk Songs of the Four Seasons/Winter (women’s chorus and orchestra)
  • In Windsor Forest
  • Sancta Civitas (Philadelphia Premiere)
  • Serenade to Music (full orchestral version and version for string orchestra and piano)
  • Song of Thanksgiving
  • Two Hymn-Tune Preludes

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