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CHAMBER MUSIC OR STRING ORCHESTRA WORKS

The compositions listed below may be played by string orchestra with double bass. They may also be performed in a chamber music setting with one person per part. These works provide an "extended" chamber music repertoire with an added double bass part.

 

Borodin- Sinfonia for Strings (String Quartet No. 2 in D Major)

Brahms- Sextet in Bb Major: Opus 18 (forthcoming)

Sextet in G Major: Opus 36 (forthcoming)

Bridge- Three Idylls

Bruckner- Adagio (from String Quintet in F Major)

Debussy- Andantino (from the String Quartet, Op. 10)

Dohnanyi- Serenade for String Orchestra, Op. 10

Glinka- Eight Arias from Russlan and Ludmilla and Ivan Susanin

(arr. Rimsky- Korsakoff; ed. Yordan & Drew)

Gluck- Symphony in G Major (Hoffmann) bass part (Drew)

Mendelssohn- Octet in Eb Major, Op. 20 (forthcoming)

Puccini- Crisantemi, Minuet No. 1 in A Major

Minuet No. 2 in A Major

Respighi- Theme and Variations (from String Quartet in D)

Shostakovich- Prelude and Scherzo (from Octet, Opus 11)

Symphony for Strings (String Quartet No. 8, Op. 110)

Sibelius- Presto (from String Quartet, Op. 4)

Strauss- Symphony for Strings (String Quartet in A, Op. 2)

Tchaikovsky- Souvenir of Florence

Verdi- Symphony for Strings (String Quartet in E Minor)

Vivaldi- Largo from Concerto in D for Lute & Strings, RV 93

Wolf- Italian Serenade

 

Additional Works:

Drew- Zodiac Suite- ("Six Miniatures") For Solo Flute, Solo Double Bass and Chamber Orchestra (Strings and Percussion)

Mendelssohn Early String Symphonies (Wolf & Drew)

Mozart- Variations on "Ah vous dirais-je, Maman" (Twinkle, Twinkle)

for Flute and String Orchestra K. 265(300e) Orchestration (Drew)

Ravel- Introduction and Allegro for Flute, Clarinet, Harp & Strings, bass part (Drew)

Reed- Trilogue, Scherzo for Solo Double Bass and Two Mallet Percussion

Weber- Quintet in Bb for Clarinet and String Orchestra, Opus 34

Everything You Always Wanted to Know ABOUT THE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

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95 Questions You Always Wanted To Ask About the Symphony Orchestra

The Development of the Orchestra

The Instruments of the Orchestra

The Language of Orchestral Music

Major Forms of Composition for the Symphony Orchestra

What You Learn From a Concert Program

51 Major Orchestral Composers - Their Lives and Works

Concert Etiquette

A Basic Repertoire List

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(This music may also be ordered from Elkin Music International, Inc. or Lemur Music.)