Symphonic Variations for orchestra (1936) [lost]
 
Symphonic Picture for orchestra (1936) [lost]
 
Little Overture for orchestra (1936) [lost]
 
Tragic Overture for orchestra (1942)
Scoring: 3(III=picc).0.2.bcl.2.dbn-4.3.3.1-perc(3):cyms/tam-t/BD/SD-strings
Dedication: To the memory of Mirosław Panufnik
First performance: 19 March 1944, Warsaw; charity concert organised by the Central Welfare Council at the Warsaw Conservatoire, cond. Andrzej Panufnik
 
Marsz jaworzyński (Jaworzyna March) for small orchestral ensemble (1945-46) 
Scoring: 1(1).1.0-2.1.0.0-perc-strings-pft
Commissioned by the "Czytelnik" Publishing House
First performance: no details available
 
Divertimento for strings (1947)
Scoring: strings
First performance: 9 December 1947, Kraków 
 
Nocturne for orchestra (1947)
Scoring: 3(III=picc).2.2.bcl.2.dbn-4.3.3.1-timp.perc(4):SD/TD/cyms/tgl(sm)/BD/tam-t-pft-strings 
Prawykonanie: 26.04.1948, Paryż; Orkiestra Symfoniczna Radia Francuskiego, dyr. Andrzej Panufnik
 
Lullaby for 29 string instruments and two harps (1947)
Scoring: 2 harps (or 1)-strings (6.6.6.6.5)
First performance: 9 November 1948, Kraków; Kraków Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra, cond. Andrzej Panufnik
 
Old Polish Suite for string orchestra (1950)
Scoring: tpt-timp-harp-hpd(ad lib)-strings (15.0.12.8.6)
First performance: 1951, Warsaw 
 
Heroic Overture for orchestra (1952)
Scoring: picc.2.2.2.bcl.2.dbn-4(6).3.3.1-perc(4):glsp/SD/TD/BD/tam-t/cyms-strings
First performance: 16 May 1952, Warsaw; Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Witold Rowicki
 
Rhapsody for orchestra (1956)
Scoring: picc.2.2.corA.2.bcl.2.dbn-4.2.1.1-timp.perc:tgl.picc/BD/SD-pft-strings
Commissioned by the British Broadcasting Corporation to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the Third Programme
First performance: 11 January 1957, London; BBC Symphony Orchestra, cond. Andrzej Panufnik
 
Polonia, suite for orchestra (1959)
Obsada: 2(II=picc).2.2.2-4.2.3.0-perc(2):BD/SD/TD-strings
Commissioned by the British Broadcasting Corporation
First performance: 21 August 1959, London; BBC Symphony Orchestra, cond. Andrzej Panufnik
 
Landscape, interlude for string orchestra (1962) 
Scoring: strings
Dedication: To my wife
First performance: 13 November 1965, Twickenham; English Chamber Orchestra, cond. Andrzej Panufnik
 
Autumn Music for chamber orchestra without violins (1962)
Scoring: 3fl.3cl-perc(2):glsp/tgl/BD/SD/TD-harp-cel-pft-strings (0.0.6.6.4 lub 0.0.3.3.2)
Dedication: To the memory of Miss Winsome Ward
First performance: 16 January 1968, Paris; L’Orchestre Philharmonique de l’ORTF, cond. Serge Fournieur
 
Jagiellonian Triptych for string orchestra (1966)
Scoring: strings
First performance: 24 September 1966, London; English Chamber Orchestra, cond. Andrzej Panufnik 
 
Katyń Epitaph for orchestra (1967)
Scoring: 3(III=picc).2(II=corA).2.2.dbn-0.0.0.1-timp-strings (min. 4db)
Dedication: To the memory of 15.000 defenceless Polish prisoners-of-war bestially murdered in Katyń Forest in Russia during the second world war, by undiscovered and unpunished hands
First performance: 17 November 1968, New York; American Symphony Orchestra, cond. Leopold Stokowski
 
Concerto Festivo for orchestra (1979)
Scoring: 3(III=picc).2.corA.2.bcl.2.dbn-4.3.3.1-timp.perc(2/3):glsp/xyl/t.bells/4unpitched membrane drums of different sizes-strings(14.12.10.8.6.min)
Commissioned by the London Symphony Orchestra
Dedication: To my wife
First performance: 17 June 1979, London; London Symphony Orchestra (without conductor)
 
Paean for brass ensemble (or 11 brass instruments) (1980) 
Scoring: 6hn.6tpt.6trbn-organ (ad lib)-optional fanfare trumpets 
Dedication: For the 80th Birthday of Her Majesty Queen Elisabeth, The Queen Mother 
First performance: 16 November 1980, London; Royal Military School of Music
 
A Procession for Peace for orchestra (1982-83)
Scoring: 3(III=picc).2.corA.2.bcl.2.dbn-4.3.3.1-timp.perc(2):SD/TD/BD-strings
Commissioned by the Greater London Council
Dedication: To peace-loving people of every race and religion, of every political and philosophical creed
First performance: 16 July 1983, London; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Andrzej Panufnik
 
Arbor Cosmica, 12 Evocations for 12 Strings (1983)
Scoring: strings (6.3.2.1)
Commissioned by the Koussevitzky Music Foundation 
Dedication: To the memory of Serge and Natalie Koussevitzky
First performance: 14 November 1984, New York; New York Music Today Ensemble, cond. Gerard Schwarz
 
Harmony, a Poem for Chamber Orchestra (1988)
Scoring: 2.2.2.2-0.0.0.0-8.6.4.4.0 strings (possible maximum 12.10.8.6.0, minimum 6.5.4.3.0)
Commissioned by the Performing Arts Department of the 92nd Street Y in honour of the composer's 75th birthday
Dedication: For Camilla, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of our marriage
First performance: 15 December 1989, New York; New York Chamber Symphony, cond. Andrzej Panufnik