Starfleet Orchestre à Cordes [Conducteur et Parties séparées] - Débutant Alfred Publishing
By Richard Meyer. By Richard Meyer. For String Orchestra. String Orchestra. Stri...(+)
By Richard Meyer. By
Richard Meyer. For String
Orchestra. String
Orchestra. String
Explorer. Level: 1.5
(grade 1.5). Conductor
Score and Parts.
Published by Alfred
Publishing.
By Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn (1809-1847). Arranged by Jason Librande. Orchestr...(+)
By Felix Bartholdy
Mendelssohn (1809-1847).
Arranged by Jason
Librande. Orchestra.
Masterworks; Score;
String Orchestra.
Highland String
Orchestra. Form:
Overture; Transcription.
Masterwork Arrangement;
Romantic. Grade 4. 24
pages. Published by
Alfred Mus
Arranged by Kevin Mixon. Orchestra. String Orchestra. Belwin Beginning String Or...(+)
Arranged by Kevin Mixon.
Orchestra. String
Orchestra. Belwin
Beginning String
Orchestra. Grade 2.5.
Conductor Score and
Parts. 76 pages.
Published by Belwin
Publishing
Dance of the Thunderbolts Orchestre à Cordes [Conducteur et Parties séparées] - Débutant Carl Fischer
Orchestra String Orchestra - Grade 1.5-2 SKU: CF.FAS43 Composed by Larry ...(+)
Orchestra String
Orchestra - Grade 1.5-2
SKU: CF.FAS43
Composed by Larry Clark.
Carl Fischer First Plus
String Orchestra Series.
Classical. Score and
Parts. With Standard
notation. 8 pages. Carl
Fischer Music #FAS43.
Published by Carl Fischer
Music (CF.FAS43).
ISBN
9780825863387. UPC:
798408063382. 8.5 X 11
inches. Key: E
minor.
Titled by
the students of J. T.
Lambert Middle School in
East Stroudsburg, PA,
which commissioned the
original version for
band, this brilliant,
heavily accented piece
emphasizes rhythmic
alertness and attention
to dynamic contrasts.
Bold fanfare writing
alternates with lyrical
writing of considerable
warmth and the spiccato
style of playing is
introduced. The title
for Dance of the
Thunderbolts was
suggested by students at
J. T. Lambert Middle
School in East
Stroudsburg,
Pennsylvania. This piece
was originally
commissioned for the
sixth-grade band at the
school in 2003 and has
now been transcribed for
string orchestra. The
students specifically
asked for the piece to be
“a strong powerful
piece with lots of
accents and a strong
abrupt ending.†As
you can see and hear, the
piece contains many of
these aspects. After the
title was suggested I
came up with the
thunderbolt dance section
of the piece first stated
at m. 24. Later during
the compositional process
I decided to frame this
theme with a more lyrical
theme, but one that still
contains the sparkle of
the staccato ostinato
that is layered together
with the elongated theme.
Following the thunderbolt
dance at m.24 is a short
interlude to soften the
sound before a return of
the theme in fragments
traded between different
sections and in different
tessituras. The lyrical
theme returns and is
followed by “a
strong abrupt
ending†as
suggested by the
students. As with all of
my pieces at this level,
the tempo is merely a
suggestion and should be
adjusted slower or faster
to fit the needs of your
students and the
performance situation.It
has been my pleasure to
have the opportunity to
write this piece. I hope
you and your students
enjoy it and find it
useful for your
program.—Larry
ClarkLakeland, FL
2007.
Composed by Gustav Holst.
Arranged by Deborah Baker
Monday. String Orchestra.
Highland/Etling String
Orchestra. 20th Century;
Masterwork Arrangement;
Romantic. Score. 16
pages. Highland/Etling
#00-31596S. Published by
Highland/Etling
(AP.31596S).
UPC:
038081343129.
English.
This
lively march comes to us
from one of Holst's most
popular works, the First
Suite in E flat for
Military Band written in
1909. Two contrasting
themes-a crisp, marcato
in D and a lyrical,
legato theme in G-thrill
listeners. The powerful
finale of the march, back
in D, uses both melodies
layered on top of one
another. The lyrical
section features the
cellos and violas and all
parts are
interesting.
Score Only.
Composed by Chris Thomas.
Series; String Orchestra.
FJH Developing Strings.
Multicultural. Score.
Duration 3:45. The FJH
Music Company Inc
#98-ST6404S. Published by
The FJH Music Company Inc
(FJ.ST6404S).
English.
Dance
the night away with the
swashbuckling scalawags
of the seven seas! In a
classic pirate jig style,
this music explores 6/8
meter with brisk, marcato
bowings. A contrasting,
romantic lyrical section
features rich, soaring
melodies amid lush
harmonies before the
energetic jig returns
once more. This cinematic
saga will be an energetic
addition to your next
concert!
About FJH
Developing
Strings
Sl
ightly more advanced than
Beginning Strings, this
series begins to involve
more position work and a
slightly more complex
rhythmic figures.
Rehearsal piano is often
provided. Ideal for
middle school and smaller
high school programs.
Grade 2 - 2.5
Danse Diabolique Orchestre à Cordes [Conducteur et Parties séparées] - Facile Carl Fischer
Orchestra String Orchestra - medium easy SKU: CF.CAS23 Composed by James ...(+)
Orchestra String
Orchestra - medium easy
SKU: CF.CAS23
Composed by James Uhl.
Carl Fischer Concert
String Orchestra Series.
Classical. Score and
Parts. With Standard
notation. 12 pages. Carl
Fischer Music #CAS23.
Published by Carl Fischer
Music (CF.CAS23).
ISBN
9780825858222. UPC:
798408058227. 8.5 X 11
inches. Key: A
minor.
A strong new
composition for advancing
groups, this dark and
mysterious piece is both
lyrical and lush.
Reminiscent of Danse
Macabre by
Saint-Saëns, this work
would be a great addition
to any fall
concert!. Diabolique
(Dya- baw- leek), a. 1.
Of the Devil 2. Fiendish:
devilish: wicked.Danse
Diabolique is a moody
piece. It is meant to
evoke images of a moonlit
Halloween night, alive
with fiendish creatures
engaged in a demonic
dance. Inspired by the
work of French composer
Camille Saint-Saëns,
this piece is best
characterized by the
expressive marking,
sinister.The melody of
this 6/8 piece is played
in a smooth, legato
style in contrast to the
crisp pizzicato
accompaniment. Care
should be taken never to
rush the pizzicato
passages. Dynamics should
be emphasized throughout,
and sixteenth notes
should be played off the
string, with accuracy, in
a spiccato style.
About Carl
Fischer Concert String
Orchestra
Series
Thi
s series of pieces (Grade
3 and higher) is designed
for advancing ensembles.
The pieces in this series
are characterized
by:
Expanded use
of rhythms, ranges and
keys but technical
demands are still
carefully
considered
More
comprehensive bowing
techniques
Viola
T.C.
included
Careful
selection of keys and
degree of difficulty for
advancing
musicians
Lux et Umbra Orchestre à Cordes Editorial de Musica Boileau
String orchestra SKU: BO.B.3292 Composed by Jordi Cervello. Instrumental ...(+)
String orchestra
SKU:
BO.B.3292
Composed by
Jordi Cervello.
Instrumental Sets.
Duration 17:35. Published
by Editorial de Musica
Boileau (BO.B.3292).
English
comments: This is
the definitive version of
Biogenesis, a piece that
Cervello had written in
1976, together with his
friend Jorge Wagensberg,
and which was awarded the
First Prize at the
Spanish Ministry for
Education and Science's
Permanent Composition and
Musical Research
Competition. The new
version was made at
1984-85 Lux et umbra is
written for a string
group consisting of four
first and four second
violins, three violas,
three cellos and a double
bass. The conceptual
battle between darkness
and light is represented
by the instability
between the notes B and
C, and by the
compartmentation of the
group of fifteen strings
into divisi that provide
an independent
arrangement for each
instrument, thus
bestowing great substance
upon the texture of the
music. A cello cadence
emerges from a slow and
straightforward
beginning. A process of
contrasts then begins,
culminating in a molto
vivace passage of a
scherzando nature, which
alludes to the Baroque
concerti grossi. The
music once again plays
with chiaroscuro until
reaching its climax, from
which point the
conclusion slowly begins,
establishing itself in
the high register until
fading away. The work was
first performed at
Barcelona's Palau de la
Musica by the English
Chamber Orchestra,
directed by Enrique
Garcia Asensio, in 1987.
That same year, in the
newspaper El Pais, the
observations of the
composer and critic
Francesc Taverna-Bech
paid tribute to the
work's intelligence as
regards the use of and
search for instrumental
resources (in this case,
string instruments, about
which Cervello knows a
great deal), the skill
involved in endowing the
lyrical line with
tension, and a singular
touch that confers formal
essence upon the musical
discourse. In La
Vanguardia, Jordi Llovet
wrote that this is a work
in which, as is the case
with most of Cervello's
compositions, the
listener finds something
covertly religious, a
mysterious secret, a
transcendence linked to
the origins of
communication requiring
more than a single being,
which provides
excitement. In 1990, when
the Orquesta de Granada
(Orchestra of Granada)
performed the work at
Barcelona's Grec
festival, the critic
Cesar Calmell opined, in
the same newspaper, that
inch by inch, surely and
imperturbably, Cervello
built up a perfect world
that reflects the image
of the craftsman who, so
astonished at the
delights of his trade, is
unable to do anything but
turn the very backdrop of
tragedy into something
pleasant. Lux et umbra
was recorded by the
Orchestra Estatal of the
Hermitage, conducted by
Alexis Soriano (CD
SA01210 Fundacion Autor).
--Xavier Casanoves Danes
Music
critic
Comentari
os del Espanol: Se
trata de la version
definitiva de Biogenesis,
obra que habia escrito en
1976 en colaboracion con
su amigo Jorge Wagensberg
y que obtuvo el Primer
Premio, en el ano de su
creacion, en el Concurso
Permanente de Composicion
e Investigacion Musical
del Ministerio de
Educacion y Ciencia. La
nueva version fue
realizada en 1984-85. Lux
et umbra esta escrita
para un grupo de cuerda
integrado por cuatro
primeros violines, cuatro
segundos, tres violas,
tres violoncelos y un
contrabajo. El combate
filosofico entre la
oscuridad y la luz lo
lleva a cabo la
inestabilidad entre las
notas si y do y la
compartimentacion del
grupo de quince cuerdas
en unos divisi que llegan
a una escritura
independiente para cada
instrumento, otorgando
una gran importancia a la
textura sonora. De un
principio lento y
descarnado emerge una
cadencia del violonchelo.
A continuacion da
comienzo un proceso de
contrastes que culmina en
un pasaje molto vivace de
caracter scherzando que
alude a los concerti
grossi del barroco. La
musica juega de nuevo con
el claroscuro hasta
llegar a la cumbre sonora
iniciando el final
lentamente que se instala
en el registro agudo
hasta desvanecerse. La
estreno en el Palau de la
Musica de Barcelona la
English Chamber Orchestra
en el ano 1987 bajo la
direccion de Enrique
Garcia Asensio. Ese mismo
ano, en el periodico El
Pais, el compositor y
critico Francesc
Taverna-Bech reconocia en
sus comentarios la
inteligencia en el uso y
la busqueda de los
recursos instrumentales
-en este caso la cuerda,
de la que Cervello es
profundo conocedor-, la
destreza para revestir de
tension la linea lirica y
un tacto particular para
conferir entidad formal
al discurso sonoro. Jordi
Llovet, en La Vanguardia,
escribia que en esta
obra, se encuentra, como
en la mayor parte de la
produccion de Cervello,
algo secretamente
religioso, un arcano
misterioso, una
trascendencia vinculada a
los origenes de la
comunicacion
impracticable con el ser
unico que resulta
apasionante. En el ano
1990, cuando la Orquesta
de Granada la toco en el
Grec de Barcelona, era el
critico Cesar Calmell
quien, en el mismo
periodico consideraba que
Cervello construyo palmo
a palmo, segura e
imperturbablemente, un
mundo perfecto que
refleja la imagen del
artesano que, de tan
admirado con las delicias
de su oficio, no puede
hacer otra cosa que
convertir en agradable el
fondo mismo de la
tragedia. Lux et umbra
esta grabada por la
Orquesta Estatal del
Hermitage, dirigida por
Alexis Soriano (CD
SA01210 Fundacion Autor).
--Xavier Casanoves Danes
Critico musical.
Horizons Orchestre à Cordes [Conducteur et Parties séparées] - Débutant Carl Fischer
Orchestra String Orchestra - Grade 1.5-2 SKU: CF.FAS30 Full Score and ...(+)
Orchestra String
Orchestra - Grade 1.5-2
SKU: CF.FAS30
Full Score and
Parts. Composed by
Joseph Compello. Carl
Fischer First Plus String
Orchestra Series. Score
and Parts. With Standard
notation. 12 pages.
Duration 3 minutes. Carl
Fischer Music #FAS30.
Published by Carl Fischer
Music (CF.FAS30).
ISBN
9780825858109. UPC:
798408058104. 8.5 X 11
inches. Key: D
major.
A solid
piece in a processional
style by noted composer
Joseph Compello, Horizons
is both melodic and
engaging. The work has a
strong lyrical line that
is beautifully blended
with an enchanting
pizzicato section. This
helps to augment the
driving pulse th. The
processional style
of Horizons will be
ideal for young string
ensembles which are
seeking a more serious
style of music but which
are not yet capable of
performing at a brisk
tempo. Older groups,
however, should not
perform this piece at a
fast pace, otherwise the
processional feel will be
lost.The articulation
throughout should
be marcato except
where otherwise marked. A
light staccato touch
is required in the
accompaniment beginning
at bar 11. Very young
ensembles always need
guidance in performing
accents and loud dynamics
tastefully.At m. 20, the
cellos have a
countermelody which is
separate from the bass
part. If the ensemble
does not have basses, the
part may be covered on
the piano. At m. 45, the
cellos have optional
notes to allow extra time
to prepare
for pizzicato.
Likewise at m. 53, cues
are included for violin
2, viola and cello to
allow time to prepare
for arco.The
effectiveness of the
final section beginning
at m. 71 should be played
as broadly as possible.
The 100 tempo is a
suggestion.Performance
time with the repeat is
just under three
minutes.Thank you for
choosing this
composition. I hope you
and your students enjoy
performing it.- Joseph
CompelloGlen Arm,
Maryland, 2005.
America's Cup Orchestre à Cordes [Conducteur et Parties séparées] - Facile Carl Fischer
Orchestra String Orchestra - Medium Easy/Medium SKU: CF.CAS37 For Stri...(+)
Orchestra String
Orchestra - Medium
Easy/Medium
SKU:
CF.CAS37
For
String Orchestra.
Composed by Alan Lee
Silva. This edition:
complete set. FS-SWS.
Carl Fischer Concert
String Orchestra Series.
Classical. Score and
Parts. With Standard
notation.
24+24+6+15+21+15+15+20
pages. Carl Fischer Music
#CAS37. Published by Carl
Fischer Music (CF.CAS37).
ISBN 9780825863660.
UPC: 798408063665. 8.5 X
11 inches. Key: C
major.
A salute to
the famous sailboat race,
this rollicking piece in
A minor introduces
compound time with an
opening (and closing)
section in 12/8. The fast
flowing music of the
opening, vividly
suggestive of a ship
slicing through the
waves, returns in a
higher key (B minor)
after a warmly scored,
sweepingly melodic middle
section. This is a piece
whose sophistication is
an excellent showcase for
a more advanced
performing
group. Written in 12/8
in A minor,
America’s Cup
evokes the intensity and
momentum of a wild sea
with driving triplets,
sweeping melodies, and
accented downbeats. The
A-material from the
opening measure is played
aggressively but lightly
enough to keep the
feeling of forward
motion. Strong accents
and rhythmically precise
playing in the cello and
bass provide solid
support for the fast
moving violin and viola
passages. Measure 67
begins the slow, pastoral
setting of the
B-material. A gentle,
lyrical violin motive in
A major grows into a
high, sweeping melody
over sustained harmonies.
This provides a brief
repose before returning
to the fastoriginal tempo
and minor key as the
recapitulation begins at
m. 90. A modulation to B
minor (m. 94) lifts the
energy of the piece and
gives young players the
challenge of playing the
running lines in another
key. Measure 118 builds
to the end, keeping the
intensity a soft dynamic
and growing into the
final syncopated tutti
unison figure in mm.
122–123.
About Carl
Fischer Concert String
Orchestra
Series
Thi
s series of pieces (Grade
3 and higher) is designed
for advancing ensembles.
The pieces in this series
are characterized
by:
Expanded use
of rhythms, ranges and
keys but technical
demands are still
carefully
considered
More
comprehensive bowing
techniques
Viola
T.C.
included
Careful
selection of keys and
degree of difficulty for
advancing
musicians
String Orchestra SKU: BT.PWM4901 Composed by Grazyna Bacewicz. Classical....(+)
String Orchestra
SKU:
BT.PWM4901
Composed
by Grazyna Bacewicz.
Classical. Score Only.
Composed 2000. 68 pages.
Polskie Wydawnictwo
Muzyczne #PWM4901.
Published by Polskie
Wydawnictwo Muzyczne
(BT.PWM4901).
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].