Description

David Johnstone – Sarabande for Strings, for String Orchestra

(Violin 1 & 2, Viola, Cello, Bass)

Performance time approx. 7.00 mins

Download Contents or Instructions:
PDF1 – General Score
PDF 2 – Orchestral parts for Violin 1, Violin 2 and Viola
PDF 3 – Orchestral parts for Cello and Double Bass

It is quite well-known that the Sarabande has its origins as a Spanish dance, in slow time with an unusual gentle emphasis on the second beat of many bars, and has been used to good effect by J.S.Bach, Benjamin Britten, Joaquin Rodrigo, and a number of other composers in varying orchestral and chamber music literature. The Sarabande for Strings (2005) of David Johnstone mixes the sensation of an old dance with the full romanticism of a Viennese Adagietto, giving a chance for beautiful performance and expression. String orchestral sizes of all kinds can make convincing interpretations of the work, but ideally the number of performers should not fall below 6 – 6 – 4 – 4 – 2, and never beneath 4 – 4 – 3 – 3 – 2 player strengths. In general terms, the larger the better! In addition, the string section principals have fleeting moments of solo prominence in the second half of the work, giving an added intimacy of chamber music feeling within the orchestral writing, and this gives a more magical contrast when there are a generous number of performers on stage. It lasts some seven minutes or more, depending on how leisurely it is taken, and is dedicated to the memory of the composer’s mother, Violet Mary Johnstone (née Iremonger). It is also possible to perform in a different (and shorter) string quartet version, as one of his ‘European’ pieces – those interested please consult Creighton’s Collection for the CD ‘String Delights’.

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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”.

 [Creighton’s Collection
244 Cathedral Road, Cardiff, CF11 9JG, Wales, Great Britain
Tel. [+44] 29 2039 7711 (from within G.B. 029-2039-7711)
Or by Internet: www.cccd.co.uk / E-mail: tim/ at /creightonscollection.co.uk ]

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Welcome to Johnstone-Music! A big Anglo-Spanish web for MUSICIANS and especially CELLISTS – original music scores for orchestral instruments and keyboard. Plus articles, audios, videos, resources, catalogues, news etc. Official web of the professional cellist David Johnstone, principal cello Navarre Symphony Orchestra (Spain), chamber musician and soloist in many premieres. Hundreds of cello arrangements in the web for a symbolic charge per download or for free.

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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