Sorabji Resource Site: Unperformed Works

Unperformed Works

This page lists those works by Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji for which a complete performance has not yet been given. Recordings, when available, are mentioned. A bullet (•) in the second column indicates a work for which a printed edition is available, making it easier to prepare a performance or a recording. Editions known to be in progress are indicated by a bullet between brackets ([•]). The third column gives details o fforthcoming performances, when available.

See also a list of works that have been premiered but are awaiting a first commercial recording.

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Works	Edition	Date of Scheduled Performance
Works	Edition	Date of Scheduled Performance
Concerto [no. 1] pour piano et grand orchestre (1915-16; 177 pp.)
Concerto II pour piano et grand orchestre (1916-17; 49 pp.)	[•]
Concerto pour piano et orchestra da camera [no. 3] (1918; 100 pp.)
Concerto pour piano et grand orchestre [no. 4] (1918; 100 pp.)
Music to “The Rider by Night” (1919; 54 pp.)	•	This work is unlikely to be performed given its incomplete status.
Symphony [no. 1] for Piano, Large Orchestra, Chorus, and Organ (1921-22; 300 pp.)
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra [no.] III [no. 6] (1922; 144 pp.)
Opusculum for Orchestra (1923; 36 pp.)	•
Rapsodie espagnole de Maurice Ravel—Transcription de concert pour piano (first version, 1923; 16 pp.)	•
Concerto per pianoforte e piccola orchestra, “Simorg-Anka” [no. 7] (1924; 100 pp.)	•	A sound file of Jonathan Powell’s edition was prepared by David Hackbridge Johnson in 2021.
Variazioni e fuga triplice sopra “Dies irae” per pianoforte (1923-26; 201 pp.)	[•]
From an Imaginary String Quartet (1926; 1 p.)	•	An edition by Frazer Jarvis was published in 2025 (with a copyright date of 2017).
Concerto V for Piano and Large Orchestra [no. 8] (1927-28; 344 pp.)
Introduction, Passacaglia, Cadenza, and Fugue (1929; compl. Alexander Abercrombie, 2004; 79 pp.)	•
Symphony no. 0 for Piano Solo (1930-31; 333 pp.)	•
Quintet II for Piano and String Quartet (1932-33; 432 pp.)	•
Tāntrik Symphony for Piano Alone (1938-39; 284 pp.)	•
Études transcendantes (100) (1940-44; 456 pp.)	•	See lists of etudes that have been performed and etudes that have been recorded. The etudes that have yet to be given a first public performance are nos. 27, 33, 39, 42, 44-48, 51, 53-58, 60-64, 68, 69, 71, 74, 78, 82, 87, 90, 91, and 93.
Symphony [no. 2], “Jāmī”, for Large Orchestra, Wordless Chorus, and Baritone Solo (1942-51; 826 pp.)	[•]	A multipart sound file by David Carter is available.
Third Organ Symphony (1949-53; 305 pp.)	•	The first performances of the first and second movement have been given by Collin Miller on 24 October 2025 at the South Main Baptist Church in Houston, TX, and on 7 October 2026 at the Studio Acusticum, Piteå School of Music, Piteå, Sweden, respectively. He gave the first performance of the “Toccata” and “Punta d’organo” from the third movement on 18 March 2025 at the Church of St. Andrew & St. Paul, Montreal, and on 4 February 2026 at the Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Montreal, respectively. Recordings are available on his YouTube channel.
Second Symphony for Piano (1954; 248 pp.)	[•]	Movement 4 (limited to “Fanfare”, “Introito”, “Toccata”, and “Punta d’organo”) has been recorded by Tellef Johnson in 2024.
Symphonic Variations for Piano and Orchestra (1935-37, 1953-56; 540 pp.)	•	Sound file by Alberto Vignani (2024).
Opus clavisymphonicum—Concerto for Piano and Large Orchestra for Piano and Large Orchestra (1957-59; 333 pp.)
Third Symphony for Piano Solo (1959-60; 144 pp.)	•
Messa grande sinfonica (1955-61; 1,001 pp.)	•	A multipart sound file by David Carter is available.
Toccata quarta (1964-67; 149 pp.)	[•]	The second, fifth, and seventh movements were given their first performances by Florian Steininger at the Musentempel im Kulturzentrum Tempel (Karlsruhe) on 6 January 2024, 20 December 2014, and 26 July 2026, respectively.
Concertino non grosso for String Sextet with Piano obbligato quasi continuo (1968; 48 pp.)	•
Opusculum clavisymphonicum vel claviorchestrale (1973-75; 334 pp.)	[•]