Available early 2016 Here's the arrangement that will thrill your string players and delight any audience. James Kazik's impressive montage spotlights the newest John Williams themes from the film soundtrack plus the monumental Star Wars main theme. Includes March of the Resistance Rey's Theme Kylo Ren's Theme The Jedi Steps and Finale.

An iconic song from the legendary showman of pop rock Elton John. Robert Longfield's arrangement has the driving eighth note feel and all the vocal hooks that have made this a classic amongst all age groups. Dur: 2:45

Score and Parts-A hauntingly beautiful melody becomes the dramatic focal point of this powerful work for strings by the master of cinema music John Williams. Once again the brilliant writing creates an emotional and sensitive backdrop for the film but works justas effectively when presented in a concert setting.

The character Rey has become one of Star Wars' newest iconic characters and she has an adventure theme that has become a memorable signature of the new film. Once again John Williams has given a musical identity that defines Rey's strong spirit and key role in the rich storyline of The Force Awakens.

Robert Saxton's The Resurrection Of The Soldiers for String Orchestra.Composed and published 2016.Duration: c. 12 minutes.The Resurrection Of The Soldiers for String Orchestra was commissioned by George Vass to whom it is dedicated and the English Symphony Orchestra for the 2016 Presteigne Festival with funds generously provided by the John S. Cohen Foundation and the Arts Council of England. The title derives from the final panel of Stanley Spencer’s Sandham Chapel visionary series of paintings which were the result of Spencer’s experiencesin the British army in World War One and depicts soldiers emerging from their graves on the last day. The music is in three continuous sections: a slow sustained introduction which is in essence a descent from the note E by means of a prolation canon but which ascends to a rather intense climactic point before finally falling and giving way to an active fugue which after arriving at an anguished sustained climax is succeeded by a closing slow movement consisting of a rising melodic line which permeates the entire texture heterophonically leading to the closing E major triad. The work thus traces a cyclical pitch path which while tracing a cyclical path also develops expressively towards a sense of hope and resurrection. - Robert Saxton April 2016

Bryce Dessner's Lachrimae was commissioned by the Amsterdam Sinfonietta the Scottish Ensemble and the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra. Composer's Note: Lachrimae is a direct reference to John Dowland's work of the same name. I had played that that piece in school on guitarand decided that I wanted to base something on it. Dowland himself adapted the piece several times into different versions and there's also a Benjamin Britten composition based on the same piece of music so that was part of myinspiration. When I wrote my work I was listening to string orchestra music and I think Bartók's Divertimento is the pinnacle of string writing. So the piece is kind of equally inspired by Dowland's RennaissanceLachrimae and by Bartók's Divertimento.

This work was commissioned jointly by the Hampstead and Highgate Festival and the Presteigne Festival. First performance on 9th May 2007 as part of the Hampstead and Highgate Festival at St John-at-Hampstead Church by theHampstead and Highgate Festival Orchestra conducted by George Vass. Written for string orchestra.

Nymphea Reflection is a work by renowned composer Kaija Saariaho arranged for String Orchestra. Commissioned by the Schleswig Holstein Festival it was first performed on the 16th of August 2001 inElmshorn Germany by Sinfonietta Cracovia conducted by John Axelrod. Saariaho states that the starting point for Nymphea Reflection came from the idea of arranging her stringquartet Nymphea. Originally working on a straight arrangement she eventually realised that this would be very difficult and she'd need to find a new way of composing that particular piece of music. She designed a formal conceptfor each of the six sections imbuing them with very different characters.  Her simulation of electronic processing by means of orchestration is an innovative take on a new form while the effect ofthe poem by Arseniy Tarkovsky whispered by the musicians gives a haunting new perspective to both music and words.

Another welcome addition to the string orchestra repertoire is this skilled setting taken from Bach's popular collection of preludes and fugues for organ. Arranger John Leavitt provides an outstanding work for school orchestras both as a teaching and performance piece and giving your students a superb musical experience with one of Bach's contrapuntal masterpieces.

The enthusiasm for Celtic and Irish music continues to grow with its infectious simple melodies and dance rhythms. Mancini's magical touch with this genre is evident in John Moss' version for string orchestra. Includes anoptional part for an authentic Irish drum the bodhran.

Set of Parts-Charles Ives' The Alcotts arranged for String Orchestra (5-5-3-3-3) by John Boyd.

for String Orchestra Score and Parts. Par LONGFIELD ROBERT (Arr.). The Song of the Birds (El cant dels ocells) is a traditional Catalan Christmas carol. It was made famous by Pau (Pablo) Casals, who is considered one of the greatest cellists of all time. He was famous the world over and played for such notables as Queen Victoria, Theodore Roosevelt, and John F. Kennedy. After Casals\' self-exile from Spain in 1939, he would open each concert with the playing of The Song of the Birds. In time, this song became an important symbol of his native Catalonia. The Song of the Birds has multiple stanzas each in the voice of a different type of bird expressing joy in the birth of Jesus Christ. Robert Longfield expresses this beautiful Christmas carol in legato singing lines using 2-3 part writing at Level 2.5. In recognition and honor of Pau Casals, the opening melody of Robert Longfield\'s arrangement is played by the cello section. / Date parution : 2022-07-30/ Répertoire / Orchestre à Cordes