John Tavener's Mother Of God Here I Stand taken from Veil of the Temple and arranged for String Orchestra. ommissioned by the Temple Music Trustfor Premiere in The Temple Church London. This versioncontains conductor's score and full set of parts (8x Violin 1 8x Violin 2 5x Viola 5x Cello 5x Double Bass).

Includes: Alexander's Ragtime Band; Always; Anything You Can Do; Blue Skies; How Deep Is the Ocean (How High Is the Sky); Puttin' on the Ritz; There's No Business Like Show Business

Easy music for string groups. Playstrings provides an enjoyable and varied repertoire for young string orchestras carefully structured in two levels. The ‘Easy’ level does not normally exceed Grade 2 in difficulty with most partsplayable in first position while the ‘Moderately Easy’ level includes some parts of around Grade 3 standard. At easy level alternative parts are provided so that the absence of viola or a double bass does not prevent the piecefrom being performed. Available in score or sets of instrumental parts. There are over 30 titles covering a wide range of styles including classical pieces folk tunes and Christmas collections. Playstrings is an idealintroduction to orchestral playing for young string players.Available here is a set of parts of Light Music for String Orchestra as arranged by Barrie Carson Turner. Set of 21 parts contains: 4 x Violin 1 4 xViolin 2 4 x Violin 3 2 x Viola 1 2 x Viola 2 2 x Cello 1 2 x Cello 2 1 x Double Bass.Score available on CH55817

The Brook Green Suite for strings was written in 1933 during Holst's stay in hospital (where he later died in May 1934). He composed this piece for his pupils - the junior orchestra at St Paul's Girls School - as wanted towrite a piece in a contemporary mature style that was easy enough for his them to perform.Available here is the score and parts with string parts 5.5.3.3.3. and optional flute oboe clarinet in B flat and bassoon parts.

Easy music for string groups. Playstrings provides an enjoyable and varied repertoire for young string orchestras carefully structured in two levels. The ‘Easy’ level does not normally exceed Grade 2 in difficulty with most partsplayable in first position while the ‘Moderately Easy’ level includes some parts of around Grade 3 standard. At easy level alternative parts are provided so that the absence of viola or a double bass does not prevent the piecefrom being performed. Available in score or sets of instrumental parts. There are over 30 titles covering a wide range of styles including classical pieces folk tunes and Christmas collections. Playstrings is an idealintroduction to orchestral playing for young string players.Available here is a Set of 21 parts for Sounds from Scotland containing: 4 x Violin 1 4 x Violin 2 4 x Violin 3 2 x Viola 1 2 x Viola 2 2 x Cello 1 2x Cello 2 1 x Double Bass.A score is available on CH55723

In the style of a lively hoedown here is anªentertaining fast-paced number thats fun to perform and will sound greatªwithªstring ensembles. There is plenty of built in contrasts and easy fiddle stylingªto give it a trueAmericana feel. A perfectchange of pace!

Concerto for String Orchestra - the magnum opus of Grayna Bacewicz (1909-1969) the outstanding composer and violinist - was composed in 1948 and at once became one of the most frequently performed works of this Polish artist. This masterpieceof neoclassicism fascinates as much by its invention and virtuosic briliance as its harmonious combination of formal elements of a traditional nature with new tonal ideas. The form of the three-movement Concerto oscillates between that of the baroqueconcerto grosso and the early classical sonata cycle. The neoclassical tendency is evident above all in the articulation of the musical structure in keeping with the rigours of periodicity and the manner of developing thematic threads derived fromthem while the concertato character of particular movements and the generally linear texture indicate baroque connections. The first movement (Allegro) - in the form of an early classical sonata allegro - begins with a subject with energeticfigurations emblematic for the whole piece and based on a constant pendulum-like semiquaver movement anchored securely on D. It is precisely because of the nature of this subject that Bacewiczs work has been compared to the Brandenburg Concertosby Jan Sebastian Bach The second movement (Andante) while retaining its concertato charakter is at the same time an example of the composers ability to create emotionally serene lyrical moods and her sense of cantilena derived from the spiritof romantic song (a motto-subject presented at the beginning by cello solo). In this movement it is both the process of evolution and the instrumental colouring which constitute the constructional agents forming here a self-containedvalue. In thethird movement (Vivo) the composer returns to her favourite type of music understood as an expression of pure motion in the form of figural motives with infinite transformational possibilities. The spontaneity of the music the constant mutabilityof the tonal situations and the sophisticated acerbic harmonies - as Witold Lutosawski described them - form a colourful mosaic built in the structural skeleton of a sonata rondo. Concerto for String Orchestra is not only proof of thestylizing tendency of the composer but also of an unerring intuition concerning the technical and expressive possibilities inherent in a string instruments ensemble. [Magorzata Gsiorowska translated by Ewa Cholewka]

Flexible solo with Strings-One of the most popular pieces from Alan Hovhaness Prayer of St. Gregory is taken from the opera Etchmiadzin and is described as ???a prayer in darkness.??? The original edition for trumpet and orchestra is adapted here for string orchestra with solooptions for violin flute oboe alto saxophone and trumpet.

For the six concertos that make up the second part of the Op. 4 Locatelli prescribed eight parts: Violino Primo Secondo Alto è Violoncello Soli. Violino Primo Secondo Alto è Basso Ripieni. The use of such forces immediately reminds one of the Corellian concerto grosso to which Locatelli contributed also in his Op. 1 7 and 9. But though the instrumentation used in this set seems to feature a clear opposition between the concertino (with solo parts) and the ripieno (with parts that can be doubled) we here encounter a group of works that are very varied in form instrumentation and structure. Taken as a whole the concertos of the Op. 4 ideally exemplify thedevelopments of Italian Baroque instrumental music: they reveal the close kinship between the concerto grosso and the sonata (as in Concerto X); they also show the derivation of the solo concerto from the concerto grosso; and there are even hints of thematic development and tripartite structures. Also featured are dynamic markings and other performing indications that were rare for the period and show increasing attention to the precise definition of sonorities.

Here's a suite of three of the most charming arias from The Magic Flute (The Bird Catcher's Aria ?Either Girlfriend or Young Wife ? and ?Pa-pa-pa-pa?); instantly recognizable with solos for violin and cello as well as optional parts for solo recorder flute or piccolo glockenspiel and violin (also playable with string orchestra only).

Here's the ideal patriotic selection for every string orchestra's library. Two traditional favorites America the Beautiful and America are combined with the lively This Land Is Your Land for an inspiring showcase of Americana.

This medley for string orchestra from High School Musical 3: Senior Year includes: We're All in This Together Now or Never Right Here Right Now I Want It All Can I Have This Dance and High School Musical.

Arranged here for flexible soloist and strings this haunting melody from Argentine tango composer Astor Piazzolla provides an impressive showcase for a violin flute or oboe soloist. Beautifully scored for string orchestra andcarefully paced.

Here is a very playable yet effectively powerful string orchestra setting of highlights from the hit Broadway musical about the Wicked Witch of the West. Includes No One Mourns the Wicked Dancing Through Life and Defying Gravity.