A rousing concert closer, this work will challenge all sections with a wide range (every part shifts), running passage work, trills, and syncopated rhythms. The B section, a lyric waltz theme, shows off the

Everyone is familiar with this one! The standard piece known as the "Bach Double" features two capable violin soloists. Arranged for string orchestra with optional piano (or harpsichord), the viola, cello

Magnificent! String players have gained a new addition to the string repertoire with this arrangement of Beethoven's most famous overture. The strings have been split into eight voices: four violin, two

Written in the style of a musical score from a superhero movie, this swashbuckling original work conjures up images of flights to freedom and battles with dark nemeses. An array of emotions are displayed in

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

Here's the big finale for the fall orchestra concert!  Keeping all the folklore-drenched drama that Moussorgsky intended, each section showcases their own tone and character in the familiar acrobatic,

Although an overture, Glinka fashioned this introduction to his second opera in a Classical sonata form. His use of enchanting Persian influenced totalities expanded the breadth of European classical music

Expressing the many different moods and events of a storm, the opening begins with the violins playing a gripping ostinato pattern suggesting that a storm is coming. The first two themes convey the erratic

Take a journey with the legendary hero Perseus as he slays the snake-haired Medusa and rescues the princess Andromeda! From the opening rhythmic figures to the soaring melodies, this dynamic and stunning

Unleash your orchestra with this wild dance that includes moments of lightheartedness, unabashed lyricism, and intense rhythmic outbursts. A riveting performance will take an audience on an emotional roller

This medium-advanced arrangement of Brahms' well-known Variations on a Theme by Haydn includes the theme, select variations, and the coda. A powerful, joyous work for any string orchestra concert