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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
A Handbook for Concertgoers by Lucas Drew and Raymond Barr About the Symphony Orchestra is a sourcebook of information for the general listener. An excellent fund-raiser for schools and youth orchestras. It includes the following sections:
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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