SKU: CF.YAS225

ISBN 9781491162736. UPC: 680160921485. Key: A minor.

This plaintive Scottish tune was used extensively by Michael Nyman in his score for Jane Campion's film, The Piano. This arrangement offers young players an entrée into the rich breadth of Scottish folk music with a lilting dotted melody that is fun to play. With pizzicato and staccato accompaniments, this lyrical melody is passed around to every section of the orchestra. The lyrics tell of winter’s end giving way to bright flowers of spring, which the singer compares to his darling loved one. While playable in first position, more advanced students may practice playing in higher positions with ringing vibrato.

About Carl Fischer Young String Orchestra Series

This series of Grade 2/Grade 2.5 pieces is designed for second and third year ensembles. The pieces in this series are characterized by:
--Occasionally extending to third position
--Keys carefully considered for appropriate difficulty
--Addition of separate 2nd violin and viola parts
--Viola T.C. part included
--Increase in independence of parts over beginning levels

SKU: LP.765762174504

UPC: 765762174504.

It's here: the first truly exciting version of this well-loved classic to come along in ages! The simple uncomplicated melody with minor overtones explodes into percussion licks fit for any drum line in this dynamic new arrangement. Arranger/Orchestrator Russell Mauldin keeps the choral writing accessible to choirs of all sizes and the orchestrations exciting and challenging. This is a must-have for your choir and sure to become a perennial favorite. Instrumentation: Flute 1 & 2 Oboe Clarinet 1 & 2 Horn 1 & 2 Trumpet 1 Trumpet 2 & 3 Trombone 1 & 2 Trombone 3 Percussion Snare Drums Timpani/Bass Drum Rhythm Violin 1 & 2 Viola Cello String Bass Substitute Instruments: Keyboard String Reduction; Soprano Sax (sub for Oboe); Alto Sax 1 & 2 (sub for Horn 1 & 2); Baritone T.C./Tenor Sax (sub for Trombone 1 & 2); Baritone Sax (sub for Trombone 3); Bassoon/Bass Clarinet (sub for Cello).

SKU: WJ.PBW2403FS

9 x 12 inches.

Tyler Arcari brings us the first truly accessible grade 2 version of this classic standard. Amparito Roca has become one of the most well-loved and played marches in the concert band medium and now even more musicians can experience this wonderful Spanish March.

SKU: BT.YE0001

It was a chance visit to a second hand bookshop in Nottingham that set me on the trail of Rossini's now well-known Duetto for cello and double bass. But the story begins earlier than that. In the 1960s I was studying the double bass at the Royal College of Music with Adrian Beers, who was at that time principal of the English Chamber Orchestra, on the front desk of the Philharmonia Orchestra, and a member of the Melos Ensemble of London (then one of the leading ensembles of the world). I was working on the 'Dragonetti Concerto', as most young players do, and I wanted to find out a bit about it. My teacher said he thought the autograph manuscript might be in the British Library,which was all the encouragement I needed to secure a pass to the Reading Room so I could go and see for myself.

There, sure enough, I found a large collection of Dragonetti's autograph manuscripts, together with other bound volumes relating to his life. The papers had been lovingly collated and annotated by Vincent Novello, one of Dragonetti's closest friends, then deposited in the library before his departure to Italy in 1848, two years after Dragonetti's death. One of the volumes included a lot of letters about various engagements and music festivals, copies of orders for strings Dragonetti wanted from Italy, details about paintings he wanted to buy, and numerous invitations to private functions. The manuscript of the 'Dragonetti Concerto', of course, wasn't among the papers â?? we now know it to have been written by Edouard Nanny a century or so later.

One name that came up regularly in the documents was that of Sir George Smart. Smart had been a violinist in Salomon's orchestra and had played for Haydn at his London concerts in the 1790s. As a child he had learnt much about music from his father, who had in turn been present at many of Handel's rehearsals when he was preparing some of his major works for the first time. Smart was also a fine keyboard player, becoming organist of the Chapel Royal in 1822. As a conductor.