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Johnstone – Habanera Solo Violin, Solo Viola & String Orchestra  (Violin 1 & 2, Viola, Cello, Bass)

Performance time approx. 4.00 mins

PDF1 – General Score

PDF 2 – parts for Soloists: Violin and Viola

PDF 3 – Orchestral parts for Violin 1, Violin 2 and Viola

PDF 4 – Orchestral parts for Cello and Double Bass

Free Soloist Parts: https://johnstone-music.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/FREE-JOHNSTONE-Habanera-SOLOISTS_VLN_VLA.pdf

This is a very special Habanera where the ambience places us in an authenticity proper of the late 1800’s and early 1900’s – the opening indication (‘Tempo di habanera, tranquillo’) should be adhered to, for it would be a mistake to take this piece too fast. The unusual scoring for Solo Violin and Solo Viola with string orchestra helps to achieve many subtle moods that are called for in this musical creation. The two string soloists are never in competition with each other, and neither are virtuosic elements desirable – rather the general tone production and delicate vibratos are of much more importance for these parts are full of sweetness and sensuality. The orchestral parts are relatively straight forward, although the musical dialogue should always be both sweet and clean. Curiously, all string forces can be contemplated, from the smallest chamber orchestral formation up to true symphonic forces.

Johnstone makes us remember the words of Manuel de Falla when he said that the Habanera is really none other than the ‘Andalucian tango’. This piece (little over four minutes) makes a refreshing item for the orchestral leader and principal viola, or as an interesting ‘encore’ for two invited soloists after a performance of the famous Mozart ‘Sinfonia Concertante’!

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A note from David:

“If you wish to have a very professional quality copy of this music, set with high quality paper in a deluxe edition please contact the publisher CREIGHTON’S COLLECTION for a prompt delivery at an economical price – recommended for performance. It has a sharpness of image superior than you will find in the Johnstone-Music web shop”.

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The following have taken his work onboard, sometimes with special collaborations as composer-arranger-performer: the Philadelphia Orchestra, Orquesta Sinfónica de Euskadi, Orquesta Sinfónica de Venezuela, Orchestre Nouvelle Generation de Montreal, the Gulbenkian Orchestra (Lisbon), Orchestra da Camera del Locarnese (Suiza), The Zagreb Soloists, the Saint Petersburg Musical Theatre “Zazerkalye” Chamber Orchestra, the Wroclaw Chamber Orchestra Leopoldinum (Poland), Auckland Philharmonic Orchestra (New Zealand), Camerata Cambrensis (Basque country), Ensemble Metamorphosis of Belgrade (Serbia), with Ara Malikian (Non Profit Music Chamber Orchestra – Madrid), and a long etc.. Currently, many courses, conservatoires and music schools, university String departments etc. use his repertoire; there are dozens of his arrangements on ‘You Tube’ …

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