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ELGAR – Serenade in E minor, Op.20 – CELLO ORCHESTRA

Other Identification:
According to the Elgar Society ( http://www.elgar.org ): “Although not formally published until 1892, the Serenade for Strings is believed to be a reworking of a suite Elgar had written some years earlier, before he had firmly set his sights on a career as a composer. Apart from the Wand of Youth suites, it is therefore probably the earliest of his compositions to survive into the standard repertoire. Certainly, it has a youthful charm while at the same time displaying indications of the skills Elgar developed as he progressed towards musical maturity. It is reportedly the first of his compositions with which he professed himself satisfied. The opening bars of the first movement will be familiar to most, particularly to listeners to a classical music station which uses it as introductory music. It is however the central Larghetto which is generally accepted as containing the finest and most mature writing. The work remains among the most frequently performed of all his music.”

Movements or sections:
1 – Allegro piacevole
2 – Larghetto
3 – Allegretto

Instrumentation: CELLO ORCHESTRA (plus one cello soloist)
In Six Voices, with divisis
Version by the extraordinary Cello Arranger GWYN SEYMOUR (1949 – 2016)

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Approximate difficulty: MEDIUM TO DIFFICULT

Dedicatee of this presentation (if applicable):
The arrangement was made for the 2015 Aboyne Cello Festival, directed by James Halsey.

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