Orchestra Cello, Contrabass, Piano, Viola, Violin 1, Violin 2, Violin 3 - Grade ...(+)
Orchestra Cello,
Contrabass, Piano, Viola,
Violin 1, Violin 2,
Violin 3 - Grade 3.5
SKU: CF.CAS91
Composed by Julie
Lieberman. Carl Fischer
Concert String Orchestra
Series. Set of Score and
Parts. With Standard
notation.
16+16+10+4+10+10+12
pages. Duration 4
minutes, 31 seconds. Carl
Fischer Music #CAS91.
Published by Carl Fischer
Music (CF.CAS91).
ISBN
9781491142066. UPC:
680160630127. Key: G
minor.
This
lighthearted quodlibet
was commissioned by ASTA
and premiered at the 2015
conference. It provides a
fabulous tool to
introduce your students
to key musical themes
across time. The score
plays off of the
musician's nocturnal mind
to combine twelve
historic themes by
condensing and expanding
them the way our
subconscious mind often
toys with daytime
experiences. In total,
this composition
celebrates the string
player's full potential:
Where loyalty to the
written note serves the
imagination's creative
playground. What is
composition, if not a
grand improvisation
captured in a
snapshot?.
I am a firm
advocate for creative
conducting, so I
encourage you to
experiment with changes
in tempi to segue between
themes, and/or to take
musical liberty with the
actual transitions
between the themes, as
long as there is still a
feeling of forward
momentum.If you want to
fulfill the theatricality
of the score, it would be
fabulous to look at the
audience (with a raised
eyebrow, or a smile on
your face, or whatever
facial expression you
think suits these moments
in the score) at m. 14
and again at m. 21.In
addition, it will help to
conduct with wider
gestures when themes
change or the volume
suddenly drops or swells.
This will help the
audience understand that
these sudden changes
between themes or
dynamics are intended and
will also help the
students highlight those
spots (particularly
across the complex
thematic shifts between
mm. 62 and 94).The
grandiosity from m. 110
through the end can be
pushed to its zenith,
particularly if you
control prior forte
settings such that the
end gets the grand
push.CAS91FThemes in
String Dreams include:1.
Twinkle, Twinkle Little
Star2. Second Kreutzer
Etude3. Concerto in A
Minor, Vivaldi 4. Cello
Suite No. 1, Bach5. St.
Louis Blues, W.C. Handy
6. Minuet in G,
Bach—Julie Lyonn
Lieberman,Artistic
Director, Strings Without
Boundaries
www.julielyonn.com |
www.stringswithoutboundar
ies.com.
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
