Programme 107 Music for the full string ensemble.
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Programme 107 Music for the full string ensemble. Programme description.
This is programme 12 in the sequence of music for String Instruments. In the prior 11 programmes we became thoroughly familiar with the sounds of the Violin, the Viola, the Violincello, and the Double Bass by listening to concertos and solo works written especially for these.
Today we bring these four instruments together in:
Benjamin Britten - Simple Symphony, Op. 4 where the string orchestra instrumentation includes first violins, second violins, violas, cellos, and double basses. The four movements have fanciful titles- Boisterous Bourrée, "Playful Pizzicato", Sentimental Saraband, and Frolicsome Finale.
Then in Franz Schubert - Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 114, D 667 - The Trout which has five movements. The usual quick first movement Allegro vivace, followed as usual by the slow movement Andante, then the traditional Scherzo (Presto), The fourth movement is a set of variations on the Schubert’s own song "Die Forelle" (The Trout) Andantino – Allegretto, and we end with the Allegro giusto which is as usual for final movements, a Rondo. In addition to the String Instruments, there is a (very challenging!) part for Piano.
This is programme 12 in the sequence of music for String Instruments. In the prior 11 programmes we became thoroughly familiar with the sounds of the Violin, the Viola, the Violincello, and the Double Bass by listening to concertos and solo works written especially for these.
Today we bring these four instruments together in:
Benjamin Britten - Simple Symphony, Op. 4 where the string orchestra instrumentation includes first violins, second violins, violas, cellos, and double basses. The four movements have fanciful titles- Boisterous Bourrée, "Playful Pizzicato", Sentimental Saraband, and Frolicsome Finale.
Then in Franz Schubert - Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 114, D 667 - The Trout which has five movements. The usual quick first movement Allegro vivace, followed as usual by the slow movement Andante, then the traditional Scherzo (Presto), The fourth movement is a set of variations on the Schubert’s own song "Die Forelle" (The Trout) Andantino – Allegretto, and we end with the Allegro giusto which is as usual for final movements, a Rondo. In addition to the String Instruments, there is a (very challenging!) part for Piano.
