The JGO has developed an extensive repertoire with original works and transcriptions from every musical period, i.e. by:
John Jenkins, William Byrd, John Dowland, Francesco da Milano, Erasmus Widmann, Giovanni Gabrieli, Johann Hermann Schein, Henry Purcell, Antonio Vivaldi, Johann Sebastian Bach, G. F. Händel, G.Ph. Telemann, W.A. Mozart, George Bizet, Claude Debussy, Edvard Grieg, Isaac Albeniz, Manuel de Falla, Federico Moreno - Torroba, Alberto Ginastera, Joaquin Rodrigo, Heitor Villa - Lobos, Benjamin Britten, Leo Brouwer, Leonard Bernstein, Alexander Tscherepnin, Will Ayton, Steve Reich, Olivier Bensa, Guido Sanchez, Carlos Castro, Gloria Etéfan, J. Borrongo,Peter Hoch, Wulfin Lieske, Vaclav Kucera, Richard Charlton, Werner Heider, Peter Michael Braun, Anestis Logothetis Jimmi Giuffre, Bob Marley, John Phillips, John Barry, Henry Mancini, Chick Corea
further information see: repertoire - list
Additionally, several works have been written for and
were first performed by the JGO.
| Terry Riley | Y Bolanzero (CD - production with Terry Riley and David Tanenbaum - June 2001, premiered at the Monastery of bronnbach, Wertheim, Germany) |
| Violeta Dinescu | Niutao (prem. Nov./'95, Heidelberg) |
| Marian Budos | Three Days With The Eastern Emperor (prem. May 2002, International Guitar Festival Havanna, Cuba) |
| Annette Kruisbrink | Table Music |
| Susanne Erding-Swiridoff | Labirinto del Sole (prem. Jan./'96, Ochsenhausen) |
| Vaclav Kucera | Invocation of Joy (prem. May/'98, Friedrichshafen) |
| Jesús Ortega | Ahora Si! (prem. May 2002, International Guitar Festival Havanna, Cuba) |
| Helge Jörns | Ludus Guitarris (prem. July/'97, Kopenhagen -
Denmark) Comissioned by the "European Youth Music Festival" |
| Ivan Shekov | Suite Espanola (prem. Jan./'91, Rastatt) |
| Roland Boehm | Concerto I (prem. Nov./'95, Weinheim) |
| (T)raumklänge for bass - clarinet, piano and guitarensemble (prem. Jan/'98,Ochsenhausen) click here for further information | |
| Dr. Eberhard Willhelm | Landscapes (prem. Juli/'94, Khon Kaen - Thailand) |
| John Patrick Plankenhorn | Magic Mystery Mama Nostalgia Flog (prem. Aug./'99, Perth / Australia) |
| Twelve Semi-monochromonotonous Networked Cravings | |
| Michael Quell | Satori - 5 Haiku für Gitarrenorchester (prem. Aug./'99, Singapore) |
| Babette Koblenz | Inlines or out ' laws (prem. May/2003, Bielefeld) |
| Richard Charlton | Rhapsody for two guitars and guitarorchestra (prem. (JGO + ZOO-Duo) Jan./03, Kaiserslautern) |
| Andreas Sorg | Rain Light Symphony (prem: Lviv, Ukraine 2008) |
| Andreas Salm | Zwei Miniaturen |
| Dick Visser | Kaleidoskop |
| Mario Solera | Centroamerica (prem: 08/2003 Xelahu, Guatemala) |
| Kae-Hi Uh | The Resurrection Kogureo (prem. Aug./'04, Seoul, Korea) |
| Piero D'Agostino | Three into One (prem: Heidelberg, Jan 05) |
| Cord Meijering | Proto Pop |
| Christopher Brandt | Variationen (prem: Torino, Italy, Nov 05) |
| Pei-Yu Shih | Tsao-Chieh II |
| Beau Benson | Celaeno (UA Weilburg, 19.06.05 JGO-Hessen, Dir. H. Oesterreich) |
| Steve Wingfield | As I Was Walking (prem. May 05, Almere, Holland with Nederlands Gitaarorkest, Dir. H. Oesterreich) |
| Chiel Meijering | Erocktica |
| The Red Rider | |
| Martin Sadowski | Bluten / Scherben (prem: Frankfurt - May 2008) |
| Roland Breitenfeld | Trois Etudes Pour Orchestre de Guitares |
| Peter Hoch | String Zim (prem: Bruchsal - Festival Mai 2010) |
| Jürgen Reklies | Drei miniaturen für Blockflöte und Gitarrenorchester (prem: Nürtingen - Festival Aug 2009) |
| Mario Solera - (E. Nazareth, T. Jobim) | Felicidade Nazareth |
| Ulrich Schultheiss | TanGo! (prem: Aschaffenburg - Festival Feb. 2010) |
| Colin Tommis | Trilithon |
| Colette Mourey | Three short pieces |
| Hubert Hoche | Template II |
| Florian Wöber | Studie 1 für Gitarrenorchester (prem. Frankfurt, june 2011) |
The JGO is always interested in further pieces: original works, new compositions, transcriptions, also in mutual exchange (contact Helmut Oesterreich)