CHRISTMAS FOR BEGINNER STRING ENSEMBLES

 

DESCRIPTION

Christmas is a time for making music especially in ensembles. This edition with its very easy arrangements for two violins, viola and cello is ideal for beginner string players to get into the Christmas spirit. The 27 piecesare based either on works of Baroque composers such as Lully or Handel, or on traditional, mostly German, Christmas carols. One of the pieces requires an additional violin, another a viola.

With their uncomplicatedstructure and accompanying parts which tie in closely with the melody, these pieces encourage ensemble playing from an early age

 

SPECIFICATIONS

Arranger	Egon Sassmannshaus
Instrumentation	String Ensemble
Product Type	Set
Year of Publication	2018
Instrument Group	String Ensemble
Publisher	Bärenreiter-Verlag
StylePeriodView Description	Baroque
Style	Traditional
Year of Publication	2018
ISMN	9790006566068
No. Pages	32
No.	BA10689

SONGLIST

• 1. Adams
• 2. Road Movies (First Movement)Bartok
• 3. Roumanian Folk Dances nos. 4 & 6Bartok
• 4. Violin Concerto No.1 op.posth. (First Movement)Britten
• 5. Waltz (Suite op.6)Copland
• 6. Hoe Down (Rodeo)Copland
• 7. Sonata (Second Movement)Copland
• 8. Waltz and Celebration (Billy the Kid)Maxwell Davies
• 9. Dances from The Two FiddlersDelius
• 10. Elegie (Suite for Violin and Orchestra)Delius
• 11. Sonata No.2Elgar
• 12. OffertoireFinzi
• 13. Hornpipe Rondo (from Violin Concerto)Górecki
• 14. Little Fantasia op.73Kats-Chernin
• 15. Eliza Aria (Wild Swans Suite)MacMillan
• 16. A Different WorldPerlman
• 17. Hora-Hatikvah (from Israeli Concerto)Prokofieff
• 18. Five Melodes op.35a (Second Movement)Prokofieff
• 19. Violin Concerto No.2 op.63 (Second Movement)Rachmaninoff
• 20. Romance op.6 no.1 (Morceaux de Salon)Rachmaninoff
• 21. Vocalise op.34 no.14Rorem
• 22. The Lighthouse, Mosquitoes and Earthworms (Night Music)Strauss
• 23. Der Rosenkavalier WaltzStravinsky
• 24. Danses suisses (Divertimento)Stravinsky
• 25. Eglogue II (Duo concertante)Stravinsky
• 26. Gavotta and Serenate (Suite italienne)Thomson