Benjamin Pesetsky writes program notes on music from the 17th century to the present day for organizations including the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Tippet Rise Art Center, and Bard Music West.

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Orchestral Music

• Adès: Powder Her Face Suite
• Britten: Violin Concerto, Op. 15
• Haydn: Symphony No. 99 in E-flat Major
• Korngold: Tänzchen im alten Stil
• A. Marcello: Oboe Concerto in D Minor
• Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Major
• Rigel: Symphony in C Minor, Op. 12, No. 4
• Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 10
• Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 36
• Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Op. 8, Nos. 1–4

Chamber Music

• Babadjanian: Piano Trio in F-sharp Minor
• Bacewicz: Sonata No. 2 for Solo Violin
• Bach: Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin, BWV 1001–1006
• Bach: Suites for Solo Cello, BWV 1007–1012
• Beethoven: Trio for Clarinet, Cello, and Piano in B-flat Major, Op. 11
• Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 12
• Beethoven: Sonata for Horn and Piano in F Major, Op. 17
• Beethoven: String Quartet No. 11 in F Minor, Op. 95, “Serioso”
• Brahms: Sonatensatz (Scherzo) for Violin and Piano in C Minor
• Brahms: Trio for Piano, Violin, and Horn in E-flat Major (Horn Trio), Op. 40
• Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in B Minor, Op. 115
• Cage/Harrison: Double Music
• Chávez: Sonatina for Violin and Piano
• Cowell: Return
• Cowell: United Quartet
• Cowell: Homage to Iran for Violin and Piano
• Dvořák: String Quartet No. 14 in A-flat Major, Op. 105
• Dvořák: Piano Quintet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 81
• Fibich: Violin Sonata in D Minor, Op. 27
• Franck: String Quartet in D Major
• Gubaidulina: Rejoice! (Raduysya!/ Freue dich!) Sonata for Violin and Cello
• Hindemith: Sonata for Solo Cello, Op. 25, No. 3
• Mozart: Sonata for Violin and Piano in G Major, K. 301
• Ravel: Violin Sonata No. 2 in G Major
• Ravel: Violin Sonata No. 1 in A Minor (Posthumous)
• Schubert: String Quartet No. 14 in D Minor, “Death and the Maiden”
• Clara Schumann: Three Romances for Violin and Piano, Op. 22
• Robert Schumann: Piano Trio No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 63
• Shostakovich: Sonata for Cello and Piano in D Minor, Op. 40
• Shostakovich: Five Pieces for Two Violins and Piano
• Tailleferre: Piano Trio
• Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A Minor, Op. 50
• Weber: Grand Duo Concertant for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 48

Piano Music

• Adès: Mazurkas, Op. 27
• Bach (trans. Kurtág): Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit for piano four hands, BWV 106
• Bach (trans. Kurtág): O Lamm Gottes, unschuldig for piano four hands, BWV 1085 
• Cage: In a Landscape
• Chopin: Preludes, Op. 28
• Chopin: Three Mazurkas, Op. 59
• Cowell: Fabric, Aeolian Harp, The Harp of Life, The Banshee, Tiger
• Debussy: L’isle joyeuse
• Granados: Goyescas
• Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No. 7 in B-flat Major, Op. 83
• Rorem: String Quartet No. 4
• Satie: Les trois valses distinguées du précieux dégoûté (Three Distinguished Waltzes of a Jaded Dandy)
• D. Scarlatti: Sonata in F Major, K. 17
• D. Scarlatti: Sonata in C-sharp Minor, K. 247
• D. Scarlatti: Sonata in F Minor, K. 519
• Robert Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9
• Robert Schumann (trans. Debussy): Six Studies in Canonic Form for Two Pianos, Op. 56

Vocal Music

• Britten: Folksong Arrangements
• Crumb: Apparition
• Mozart: “L’amerò, sarò costante” from Il re pastore, K. 208
• Mozart: “Ruhe sanft, mein holdes Leben” from Zaide, K. 344
• Mozart: Scena con rondo: “Non più, tutto ascoltai … Non temer, amato bene,” K. 490
• Mozart: “Chi sà, chi sà, qual sia,” K. 582
• Mozart: “S’altro che lagrime” from La clemenza di Tito, K. 621
• Poulenc/Milhaud/Françaix: Mouvements du coeur