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Serenade for Strings (Elgar) Serenade for Strings (Suk) Serenade for Strings (Tchaikovsky) Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings; Shaker Loops; Sleep (Whitacre) Sonata for String Orchestra (Walton) Sonata per archi; Sospiri; St Paul's Suite; Stockholm Diary; Stringmusic; Suite caractéristique; Suite champêtre; Suite for String Orchestra (Nielsen)
Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli, also known as the Corelli Fantasia, is a work for string orchestra by the British composer Michael Tippett.It was commissioned by the 1953 Edinburgh Festival to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the birth of the Italian composer Arcangelo Corelli, and given its first performance on 29 August 1953, in the Usher Hall, by the BBC Symphony Orchestra ...
Tabula Rasa, double concerto for two violins, string orchestra, and prepared piano (1977) Fratres for violin, string orchestra and percussion (1992) Concerto piccolo über B-A-C-H for trumpet, string orchestra, harpsichord and piano (1994) Darf ich ... for violin, bells and string orchestra (1995/1999) Fratres for guitar and orchestra (2000)
Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz. 106, BB 114 is one of the best-known compositions by the Hungarian composer Béla Bartók. Commissioned by Paul Sacher to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the chamber orchestra Basler Kammerorchester , the score is dated 7 September 1936.
A string orchestra is an orchestra consisting solely of a string section made up of the bowed strings used in Western Classical music. The instruments of such an orchestra are most often the following: the violin, which is divided into first and second violin players (each usually playing different parts), the viola, the cello, and usually, but not always, the double bass.
At the same time, Sviridov increasingly felt estranged from the music of Igor Stravinsky—whose Perséphone, Symphony of Psalms, and Jeu de cartes he knew well—and Dmitri Shostakovich. [4] In 1940, Sviridov began and completed his Symphony for Strings. [5] Sviridov's use of a string orchestra was considered unusual for a Soviet symphony of ...
Concerto for Two Violins and String Orchestra, Op. 77 (1962) Piano Concerto for Piano Duet and Strings, Op. 32 (1951) Concerto for Piano 3 Hands and Orchestra, Op. 104 (1969); better known as Concerto for Phyllis and Cyril) Fantasy on a Theme of John Field for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 116 (1975) Viola Concerto, Op. 108 (1971)
Under free bowing, however, the string members each determine individually the best way to play a set of notes, collectively producing a deeper sound, free of mechanical restriction. Free bowing is rarely used today in Western classical music because of its lack of communal focus, which can cause musicians to play out of step with each other. [ 3 ]