Orchestra Cello, Contrabass, Piano, Viola, Violin 1, Violin 2, Violin 3 - Grade ...(+)
Orchestra Cello,
Contrabass, Piano, Viola,
Violin 1, Violin 2,
Violin 3 - Grade 2
SKU: CF.YAS103
Composed by Joseph
Compello. SWS FS. Young
String Orchestra. Set of
Score and Parts. With
Standard notation.
16+16+4+10+10+10+4+8
pages. Carl Fischer Music
#YAS103. Published by
Carl Fischer Music
(CF.YAS103).
ISBN
9780825889080. UPC:
798408089085. 8.5 x 11
inches. Key: B
minor.
Joseph
Compello depicts the
planet Mars with The Red
Planet, a heavy, brooding
piece in 5/4. This piece
provides cross-curricular
opportunities to work
with the school’s
science department. Best
of all, it will allow
your group to show off
the maturity of their
playing.
The Red
Planet is an original
concert piece in time for
a string ensemble with at
least one year’s
training. The opening
section should be played
in a boldly aggressive
style. To give the parts
a less complex
appearance, staccato
quarter-notes are used in
lieu of eighth-notes
followed by eight-rests.
This notation will enable
young players to count
with greater ease.Notes
on the
performance:Measure 7
introduces the main theme
in the first
violins.Measure 15
introduces a secondary
theme which becomes
increasingly important as
thepiece
progresses.Measure 24
introduces a third theme
and its counter-melody.
This section should be
played in a lyrically
flowing style, in
contrast to the main
theme from m. 9.Measure
35, marked fugato, will
require particular
attention to entrances.
The playing style reverts
to the boldness of the
opening mood.Measure 55
is the recapitulation
with an addition of a new
chromatic line. This
line, given to first
violins, should be
soaring and equal in
volume to the main theme.
Note that the secondary
theme (originally played
in m. 15) is played only
after the repeat.Measure
66 should be played much
more slowly and in a
grandiose manner. Here,
the main theme should be
given much more weight
than it received in the
opening statement.Note
that at m. 68 the
secondary theme concludes
the piece ponderously in
thelow strings. The
conductor may dictate
each note at this point
and disregard the
meter.This arrangement
has been recorded by Carl
Fischer. The performance
is available on line free
of charge.Thank you for
choosing this
composition. I hope your
students and audience
will find it
instructiveand
enjoyable.Joseph
CompelloGlen Arm,
Maryland.
About Carl
Fischer Young String
Orchestra
Series
Thi
s 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