Canon in D by Johann Pachelbel, arranged for string quartet by Alison Gillies.

Watch: https://youtu.be/nfxnnWKSHmg

Pachelbel's famous canon is a staple of any gigging quartet's repertoire. Probably the most requested piece for wedding ceremonies, it makes perfect entrance music as it is easy to stop at any time without sounding 'unfinished'.

This arrangement has a reimagined bass line to keep the cellists happy!

Opus/Catalog Number: Arranged from Orchestral Suite No. 3, BWV 1068
Key/Tone: D Major
Movements/Sections: Adagio
Year/Date of Composition: 1731
Difficulty: Grade 5/12 (Intermediate)
Obs.: This piece is arranged from the second movement of Bach's Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major. It was originally composed for strings and continuo.
It is known under the title Air on the G String, because some arrangements for violin are meant to be played entirely on that string.
This score is an arrangement for String Quartet: Violins 1, 2, Viola and Cello.
Please note that in this score, all ornaments are authentic.
Included: Full score and individual parts.

Simon Mayor presents five short string quartets on themes by Turlough O?Carolan.
Also suitable for mandolin family instruments.

Turlough O?Carolan is one of Ireland?s most celebrated baroque composers, responsible for some of the strongest and grandest melodies to come out of his homeland. He was a great friend of his Italian contemporary Corelli, who spent some time in Dublin and had a significant influence on O?Carolan?s music. But traditional music was an influence too, and, stylistically, his compositions occupy a fascinating middle ground between these two genres.

Contents: Carlan?s Frolics, Hewlett, Lord Brabazon, Princess Royal, Lord Inchiquin.

The audio sample here, part of Princess Royal, is of an impromptu 'read off' by seven string players, so most lines have two instruments. It's only an extract, but gives a flavour of the music.

This is the complete third suite of The Water Music by Handel arranged here for string quartet. This suite is a brilliant example of some of the best baroque music ever written. Split into 7 movements, each with a fantastic variety of moods and textures. This is perfect music for both recital and background purposes.

The parts are equally challenging, with interest for each part throughout making it a satisfying and enjoyable arrangement to perform and listen to.

Duration ~15.00

This arrangement was originally produced for Quartet Voluté. Get in touch with us at www.quartetvolute.com to find out more.

Les Indes Galantes (French: "The Amorous Indies") is an opera by Jean-Philippe Rameau with a libretto by Louis Fuzelier. It takes the form of an opéra-ballet with a prologue and (in its final form) four entrées (acts). Following an allegorical prologue, the four entrées have distinct and separate plots, but are unified by the theme of love in exotic places (The Ottoman Empire, Peru, Persia, and North America). The most famous pieces from the work, Danse des Sauvages and the final Chaconne, come from the final entrée (Les sauvages).

The premiere, including only the prologue and the first two of its four entrées (acts), was staged by the Académie Royale de Musique at itstheatre in the Palais-Royal in Paris on 23 August 1735, starring the leading singers of the Opéra, Marie Antier, Marie Pélissier, Mlle Errémans, Mlle Petitpas, Denis-François Tribou, Pierre Jélyotte, and Claude-Louis-Dominique Chassé de Chinais, and the dancers Marie Sallé and Louis Dupré. Michel Blondy provided the choreography. The ballet's Premier Menuet was used in the soundtrack of the 2006 film Marie Antoinette.

The Sauvages: The stage shows a grove in a forest in America, on the borders of the French and Spanish colonies, where the ceremony of the Peace Pipe is about to be celebrated

Adario, a Native American, is in love with Zima, daughter of a native chief, but he fears the rivalry of the Spaniard Don Alvar and the Frenchman Damon (Air: Rivaux des mes exploits, rivaux des mes amours). The Europeans plead with Zima for her love, but she says Damon is too fickle and Alvar is too jealous; she prefers the natural love shown by Adario (Air: Sur nos bords l'amour vole) and the couple vow to marry (Duet: Hymen, viens nous unir d'une chaîne éternelle). The act ends with the Europeans joining the natives in the ceremony of peace (Chorus: Forêts paisibles).

Taken fromhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Indes_galantes