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Suite Donizettiana
Gaetano Donizetti
approx. 20 minutes
2*.2.2.2 - 2.2.3.0 timp, b.d., harp (opt.), strings
Piccolo may be played by 2nd flute 8va; the three trombones and bass drum are optional,
as is the harp (cued in lower strings).
| score: | $TBD |
| set of parts: | $TBD (strings 4.4.3.2.2) |
| extra parts, each: | $TBD
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A six movement arrangement, without voices, of music from Donizetti's Elisir d'amore.
| Preludio | |
A pastoral flavor with a middle section for solo clarinet and horn. |
| Scena | |
A waltz like character alternating with an exuberant country dance. |
| Scherzino | |
The middle section is dominated by a clarinet solo. |
| Concertino | |
For solo violin and reduced orchestra. |
| Romanza | |
This is the famous tenor aria Una furtiva lagrima transcribed
for oboe solo with the original harp part cued in the lower strings. |
| Finale | |
This is in two sections, the first, an elegaic Larghetto highlighting
the woodwind, and the second, an exciting Allegro Vivace to conclude. |
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Sursum Corda, op. 11
Edward Elgar
approx. 8 minutes
2.2.2.2 - 4.2.3.1 timp, str
| score: | $TBD |
| set of parts: | $TBD (strings 4.4.3.2.2) |
| extra parts, each: | $TBD
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Elgar's original op. 11 Sursum Corda was written with organ but without woodwinds. This arrangement removes the organ and transcribes its part to a full woodwind section.
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Souvenir de Boheme
Giacomo Puccini
approx. 20 minutes
2.2+1.2+1.2 - 4.3.3.0 timp, perc(1), hp, str
English horn and bass clarinet parts are also cued elsewhere.
Except for subsequent corrections, this work is supplied as a reprint of the work
as originally supplied by the arranger, hence under our Edition Integrum.
It is formatted for A4 paper.
| score: | $40 for online PDF, $TBD for printed copies. 125 pages. |
| set of parts: | $100 for online PDF, $TBD for printed copies (strings 4.4.3.2.2) |
| extra parts, each: | $TBD
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A three movement arrangement, without voices, of music from Puccini's La Boheme.
The Souvenir links various scenes in Acts I, II and IV allowing for their respective keys
but without any alteration to Puccini's superb orchestral writing.
| The Lovers | |
This includes the whole of the scene in which Mimi and Rudolfo meet. |
| Street Scene | | Musetta's Waltz is the centerpiece of this movement that leads
into the soldier's band music as they patrol the ramparts of Paris. |
| Addio | | This opens with the duet between Rudolfo and Marcello followed by the
very moving closing pages of the opera. |
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Tchaikovskiana
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
approx.15 minutes
2.2.2.2-4.2.3.0 timp,perc(2),str
Percussion: tri, b.d., cym, tamb.
| score: | $TBD |
| set of parts: | $TBD (strings 4.4.3.2.2) |
| extra parts, each: | $TBD
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A five movement suite of short disparate works originally for piano by Tchaikovsky,
fully orchestrated. See below (Suite for Strings) for a string orchestra transcription of these same works.
| Valse | |
Opus 40 no. 9 |
| Romance | |
Opus 5 |
| Waltz in 5/8 | |
Opus 72 no. 16 |
| Polka | |
Opus 9 no. 2 |
| Danse Russe | |
Opus 40 no. 10 |
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Suite from Idomeneo
W. Mozart
approx. 18 minutes
2.2.2.2 - 2.2.0.0 timp, str
| score: | $TBD |
| set of parts: | $TBD (strings 4.4.3.2.2) |
| extra parts, each: | $TBD
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Six movements arranged and orchestrated from excerpts of Mozart's opera Idomeneo.
| Overture | |
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| Concertante | |
This includes the vocal line allocated to the clarinet with Mozart's original obligati for the other woodwind instruments. |
| Drama and Aria for viola or cello | |
The Drama for full orchestra leads into an aria for either a solo viola or cello interwoven with Mozart's original pizzicati in the upper strings with the woodwind in thirds and sixths. |
| Aria for flute | |
No. 26 Aria, for flute and strings. |
| Arietta for oboe | |
Originally a serene choral movement, includes a middle section for solo oboe. |
| Marcia | |
The exuberant Marcia concludes the suite with much woodwind interplay and the trumpets and drums adding their distinctive Mozartean colour. |
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Fantasie and Fugue in C Minor,
BWV 537
J.S. Bach
approx. 9 minutes
String Orchestra
| score: | $TBD |
| set of parts: | $TBD (strings 6.5.4.3.2, or any combination of 20) |
| extra parts, each: | $TBD
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A string orchestra arrangement of J.S. Bach's Fantasie and Fugue in A Minor, BWV 537.
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Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor,
BWV 582
J.S. Bach
approx. 14 minutes
String Orchestra
| score: | $14 |
| set of parts: | $55 (strings 6.5.4.3.2, or any combination of 20) |
| extra parts, each: | $3, except Bass $1.50.
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A string orchestra arrangement of J.S. Bach's Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor, BWV 582,
originally for organ.
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Divers Dowland
John Dowland
approx. 10 minutes
Strings with divisi cellos
Can be done without basses.
| score: | $TBD |
| set of parts: | $TBD (strings 6.5.3.4.2, or any combination of 20) |
| extra parts, each: | $TBD
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Five movements arranged from John Dowland's Pavans, Galiards and Almands from the 22 Lacrimae.
| M. John Langton's Pavan | |
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| M. Bucton's Galiard | |
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| M. George Whitehead his Almand | |
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| M. Henry Noel his Galiard | |
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| The King of Denmark's Galiard | |
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Malvern Music
Edward Elgar
approx. 6 minutes
String Orchestra w/o basses
Also can be played by string quartet.
| score: | $TBD |
| set of parts: | $TBD (strings 6.5.4.3.2, or any combination of 20) |
| extra parts, each: | $TBD
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Three movements arranged from Elgar's Op. 4 originally for violin and piano.
The composer's original bowings for violin have been maintained,
though now distributed between first and second violin.
| Idylle | |
Dedicated to a young lady whom he met while on holiday in Scotland
(a romantic idyll?) whose initials were also E.E. |
| Pastourelle | |
Has the feel of the countryside with it's undulating 6/8 rhythm. |
| Virelai | |
An early example of Elgar's fondness for enigmas! Virelai was a style
of French lyrical poetry yet this piece has no text but the dedication consequently
was to a Malvern friend in French. |
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Songs Without Words
Edward Elgar
approx. 8 minutes
String orchestra, basses optional.
Also may be played by smaller string ensemble, or string quintet.
| score: | $TBD |
| set of parts: | $TBD (strings 6.5.4.3.2, or any combination of 20) |
| extra parts, each: | $TBD
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Four vocal part songs arranged for string orchestra from several different sources of Elgar's (op. 18, 45 and 30).
| opus 45 no. 3 | |
Many a dusty mile |
| opus 18 no. 1 | |
O happy eyes |
| opus 18 no. 3 | |
My love dwelt in a Northern Land |
from King Olaf
opus 30 | |
As torrents in summer |
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Chaconne in A major
G. F. Handel
approx. 6 minutes
String Orchestra
| score: | $TBD |
| set of parts: | $TBD (strings 6.5.4.3.2, or any combination of 20) |
| extra parts, each: | $TBD
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This Chaconne was incorporated in two Partitas as well as the Serenata Parnasso in Festa. It opens majestically and develops exuberantly before a calmer interlude in the minor key.
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Album for the Young
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
approx. 10 minutes
String Orchestra
| score: | $TBD |
| set of parts: | $TBD (strings 6.5.4.3.2, or any combination of 20) |
| extra parts, each: | $TBD
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A short nine movement suite taken from Tchaikovsky's twenty-four pieces for young pianists,
transcribed for strings:
March of the Wooden Soldiers,
Dolls Funeral,
Kamarinskaya,
Neapolitan Song,
Old French Melody,
The Little Horseman,
Polka,
Valse,
and Baba Yaga.
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Suite for Strings
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
approx. 15 minutes
String Orchestra
| score: | $TBD |
| set of parts: | $TBD (strings 6.5.4.3.2, or any combination of 20) |
| extra parts, each: | $TBD
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A five movement suite of short disparate works originally for piano by Tchaikovsky,
transcribed for strings. See above (Tchaikovskiana) for a full orchestration of these same works.
| Valse | |
Opus 40 no. 9 |
| Romance | |
Opus 5 |
| Waltz in 5/8 | |
Opus 72 no. 16 |
| Polka | |
Opus 9 no. 2 |
| Danse Russe | |
Opus 40 no. 10 |
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