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Sheet Music: Score & Part(s)Five Australian Scenes : for string orchestra / Martin Lass.by Martin Lass (2024)
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Five Australian Scenes for String Orchestra was conceived with specific iconic Australian places in mind, as well as with the intention to convey the experience of these places programmatically through the music. As such, the pieces could have just as successfully been called Australian Days, because each piece represents a kind of day journey in microcosm, like a travel diary set to music. The points of interest in each day are indicated sequentially in the music.
The pieces were written with the intermediate-to-advanced student string orchestra in mind. They explore a wide variety of string techniques, dynamic and tonal contrasts, styles, and moods. Although the writing never takes a student out of first position barring a cello solo in the first piece, one cello passage in the second piece, and an extended celli solo in the last piece, and the fingering limits the use of cello forward extensions and high 3s for the upper strings, the technical, rhythmic, ensemble, harmonic, and related intonation challenges put these pieces at a higher level than they might initially appear. There are ossias and other alternatives for greater challenge or greater ease. Fingering has been offered where appropriate. And bowing has been meticulously indicated. The pieces are roughly graded, the first being the easiest and the fifth being the most challenging.
Published by: Wirripang [979 0 67314 556 6] — 1 score 46p. -- A4 (portrait)) and 1 part
Duration: 20 mins
I. Bush Trek -- II. Glowworm Tunnel -- III. The Outback -- IV. Snowy Mountains -- V. A Day at the Beach.
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ISMN: 979 0 67314 556 6
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