Taken from Rachmaninoff's All Night Vespers, this richly musical and spiritual work will be a sublime highlight on any concert or festival appearance.
Mozart's effervescent brilliance and perfection of the Classical form are evident in this movement, written in 1775 for wind sextet. The included bowings and fingerings help make this wind piece a natural
This flowing work originally written by French Romantic composer Gounod for wind octet works beautifully for strings. Played simply and sweetly, this arrangement can be a great lyrical addition to any
Composed in the late 1700s, this ballet is dance music that comes from Joseph Bologne's only surviving opera, L'Amant anonyme. Often compared to Mozart, Bologne's writing is both playful and
Four short movements from the works of Bach are compiled here in a suite that encompasses many of the styles commonly performed in the Baroque period. The movements are March, Chorale, Minuet,
This ultimate mashup of Pachelbel's Canon in D and Tchaikovsky's bombastic 1812 Overture is engaging for students and audiences. The cellos and basses won't be bored and even get to help
Your string students can finally experience performing Debussy's masterpiece. This arrangement still contains all of the impressionistic beauty with only the pianistic arpeggios removed. With its very
Taken from a set of pieces by Edward Elgar for violin and piano that the arranger played with his daughter when she was a young violin student, proving that a young violinist can play music with beautiful
Using melodic and harmonic material from two G. F. Handel marches, this arrangement makes a fine concert opener or processional. Very playable for younger students, as it stays in first position for all
This highly expressive Elizabethan pavane is charged with emotion, and this setting gives interesting parts to all instruments within the fabric of Renaissance counterpoint. Very lyrical!
Haydn Suite for string orchestra is a three-movement arrangement of works by the Austrian composer, including the "Surprise Symphony" theme, a piano minuet, and the Emperor's Hymn. These
Borodin's original work for full orchestra idyllically depicts an interaction of Russians and Asians in the steppes of the Russian Caucasus. The skillful setting of this classic work captures the musical
The four-note sequence C-D-F-E can be heard as far back as ancient plainchant, as in Josquin's Missa Pange Lingua. Mozart chose to use this same note sequence as the starting point in the exciting
Initially written for military band, the first movement of Holst's "Second Suite in F" comprises three British folk tunes which were originally performed on string instruments. The key has been changed
Written in 1830, Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique depicts the life of a troubled artist searching for true love, only to end in despair. In March to the Scaffold, the artist