Editing 1997 in music (section)

==Classical music==
===Premieres===
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| [[Peter Maxwell Davies|Davies, Peter Maxwell]] || [[Piano Concerto (Davies)|Concerto for Piano and Orchestra]] || 1997-11-7 || {{flagicon|UK}} [[Nottingham Royal Concert Hall|Nottingham]] || [[Kathryn Stott|Stott]], [[Royal Philharmonic Orchestra]] – [[Peter Maxwell Davies|Davies]]<ref>{{cite web |author=David Nice |year=1997 |title=Peter Maxwell Davies: Piano Concerto |publisher=[[G. Schirmer Inc.]] |url=http://www.musicsalesclassical.com/composer/work/8383 |access-date=March 5, 2017}}</ref>
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| [[George Enescu|Enescu, George]] || [[Symphony No. 4 (Enescu)|Symphony No. 4]] || 1997-10-2 || {{flagicon|ROM}} Bucharest || [[George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra]] – {{Interlanguage link|Cristian Mandeal|ro}}<ref>[[Pascal Bentoiu]], ''Masterworks of George Enescu: A Detailed Analysis'', translated by Lory Wallfisch (Lanham, MD; Plymouth, UK: Scarecrow Press, 2010): 524–25. {{ISBN|978-0-8108-7665-1}}.</ref>
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===Compositions===
*[[Leonardo Balada]] – ''Concierto Magico'' for guitar and orchestra
*[[Silvie Bodorova]] – ''Terezin Ghetto Requiem''
*[[Peter Maxwell Davies]] – [[Piano Concerto (Davies)|Concerto for Piano and Orchestra]]
*[[Henri Dutilleux]]
**''The Shadows of Time'', for three children's voices and orchestra
**''Slava's Fanfare,'' for spatial ensemble
*[[Lorenzo Ferrero]]
** Capriccio for piano and string orchestra
** Concerto for violin, cello, piano and orchestra
**''Storie di neve'', music for the [[Sestriere]] [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1997|Alpine World Ski Championships]] opening ceremony of 1997
**''Championship Suite'', for large orchestra
**''Three Baroque Buildings''
*[[Andrew Glover (composer)|Andrew Glover]] – ''The Fickle Virgin of Seventeen Summers: A Quartet for Strings''
*[[Sofia Gubaidulina]] – ''[[The Canticle of the Sun (Gubaidulina)|The Canticle of the Sun]]''
*[[Jaakko Mäntyjärvi]] – ''[[Canticum Calamitatis Maritiamae]]''
*[[David Sawer]] – ''[[The Greatest Happiness Principle]]''
*[[Tan Dun]] – ''Symphony 1997: Heaven, Earth, Mankind''
*[[Takashi Yoshimatsu]]
**''Around the Round Ground'' for guitar and [[Bell (instrument)|bells]]
**Piano Concerto ''Memo Flora'' for piano and orchestra
**''And Birds Are Still...'' for string orchestra, Op. 72