So, you're interested in knowing some pieces written for orchestra and how orchestral music over time. In this video I have a suggested listening list of orchestral pieces from the renaissance until today! (sorry for the weird angle....)

03:55 Claudio Monteverdi "Prelude to L'Orfeo"

06:51 Johann Sebastian Bach "St. John's Passion"

10:07 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart "Clarinet Concerto"

11:57 Ludwig van Beethoven "Symphony No.3 Eroica"

14:38 Felix Mendelssohn "Symphony No.5 Reformation"

15:55 Johannes Brahms "Symphony No.1"

19:08 Gustav Mahler "Symphony No.4"

21:31 Igor Stravinsky "Rite of Spring"

23:24 Bela Bartok "Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta"

25:39 Sofia Gubaidulina "Offertorium"

27:00 Peter Sculthorpe "Earth Cry"

28:04 Bernard Herman "Psycho"

30:48 Unsuk Chin "Manniquin"

Playlist for my suggested listing: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...

The video from PianoTV I mentioned (A Beginner's Guide to the Orchestra) is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8XQn...

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