String Orchestra (Score)
- Level 3.5
SKU:
HL.294841
For
String Orchestra.
Composed by Sergei
Rachmaninoff. Arranged by
Kirt Land. Southern Music
Orchestra. Classical.
Softcover. 12 pages.
Southern Music Company
#SO126FS. Published by
Southern Music Company
(HL.294841).
UPC:
888680943677.
9.0x12.0x0.026
inches.
This
arrangement uses the main
themes of the second and
third movements of
Rachmaninoff's Piano
Concerto No. 2. It opens
with the haunting Adagio
sostenuto. At measure 16,
the third movement's
rhapsodic main theme is
introduced and developed.
At measure 57, we return
to the Adagio melody with
the Moderato theme
merging and dominating
until measure 74 when the
work closes with the
initial theme. The
Moderato theme is among
the most beloved melodies
of the 20th Century. Both
themes in Rach 2 were
featured in several
movies. In first position
for young people, this
musical setting
demonstrates the fluid
relationship of 3
triplets against 2 eighth
notes and the development
of a long melodic
line.
