Bags of Classics for Violin

Description

Bags of Classics for Violin is filled with favourite melodies from famous works of classical music, arranged for the grade 3-4 player who is developing position work and perhaps trying vibrato.

Selected and arranged by leading string pedagogue Mary Cohen to lie well under the hand, it introduces a wide variety of styles and sound worlds, from Vivaldi and Purcell to Saint-Saens and Holst. A great selection for consolidation work, sight-reading practice, or just for sheer musical enjoyment.

• Allegro from Brandenburg Concerto No.3 (Bach)
• Dance Of The Comedians (Smetana)
• Dance Macabre (Saint-Saens)
• Dido’s Lament (Purcell)
• Dragons (Bizet)
• Farandole (Bizet)
• In The Hall Of The Mountain King (Grieg)
• Jupiter from The Planets (Holst)
• Minuet (Gluck)
• Musette from Anna Magdalene’s Notebook (Anon)
• Papageno’s Song (Mozart)
• Pavane (Fauré)
• Ritornello from Brandenburg Concerto No.5 (Bach)
• Rondo from Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (Mozart)
• Sleigh Ride (L. Mozart)
• Winter from The Four Seasons (Vivaldi)
• The Elephant from Carnival Of The Animals (Saint-Saens)
• Theme from String Quartet in A minor (Schubert)
• Theme from ‘The Bird’ String Quartet (Haydn)
• Theme from Caprice No.24 (Paganini)
• Fur Elise (Beethoven)
• Theme from The Italian Symphony (Mendelssohn)
• Theme from Serenade (Mozart)
• Theme from Symphopny No.40 (Mozart)
• Theme from Trumpet Concerto (Haydn)
• Theme from William Tell Overture (Rossini)