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Orchestration: Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola (or Violin 3 or Cello), Cello , Bass (or Cello): The melody (in the first violin to begin with) should sing expressively; practise and shape this on its own. T...

Orchestration: Strings (Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Bass) First published in 1892, the Serenade for Strings in E minor is thought to be a reworked version of three pieces that Elgar had written...

Orchestration: Strings (Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Bass) This suite was composed during 1912-1913 for the string orchestra at St.Paul's Girls' School in London, where Holst was teaching music,...

Orchestration Strings (Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Bass) This suite was composed during 1912-1913 for the string orchestra at St.Paul's Girls' School in London, where Holst was teaching music, p...

Orchestration: Strings (Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Double Bass) It seems that Elgar wrote this short, peaceful elegy as a personal tribute to his friend August Jaeger of the music publishers No...

Orchestration: Strings (Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Double Bass) Harp The Adagietto from Gustav Mahler's Fifth Symphony is arguably Mahler's most famous single piece of music, and is the most fr...

Orchestration: Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Bass A transcription by Ralph Vaughan Williams and Arnold Foster for string orchestra of J. S. Bach's 'Giant' Fugue 'Wir glauben all an einen Gott' (BW...

Orchestration: Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Bass La fille aux cheveux de lin or 'The girl with the flaxen hair' is probably the best known of Debussy's Preludes. He wrote two books of Preludes fo...

Orchestration: Strings (Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Bass) 'English Suite' was originally written for string quartet. The work reflects the composer's love of the English countryside, uses folk s...

Orchestration: Strings (Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Bass) A suite for strings with a flavour of the French Navarre region. It is in three movements: Arrivee a Pau; Berceau d'un Prince; Le Vert G...

Orchestration: Strings (Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Bass) William Lloyd Webber was born in 1914. By the age of fourteen he had already become a well-known organ recitalist, giving frequent perfo...

Orchestration: Solo Viola Strings (Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Bass) The Viola Air is a heartfelt love song in the form of a long arching lament, built around a simple and passionate theme woven...

Orchestration: Solo Harmonica or Violin or Flute (doubling Piccolo), Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Bass Whilst walking 'twixt castle and coast on Pevensey Levels one sunny winter's day a melody pl...

Orchestration: Solo Harmonica or Violin or Flute or Clarinet or Alto Sax, Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Bass A memorable piece in slow swing style. 4, 7, 11 - Counting the number of bars in the in...

Orchestration: Solo Oboe, Strings (Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Bass)Oboist Michael Stowe, prize-winner, first class graduate (Guildhall 2019), entered the music profession when the 2020 covid pa...

Threnody: The Most Famous Prince of Blessed Memory Threnody: a song of lamentation. 'The most famous prince of blessed memory': a quotation from the Mayor of York's address to the citizens in 1485 ann...

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Four Pieces: Plaint, Tuba Tune, Refrains & Toccata-Rondo. Plaint (2013) was written for Murray Forbes Somerville in memory of his mother Brenda (1912-2013). It is a quiet, lyric meditation. Tuba Tune...