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The Triple Concerto, BWV 1044, is a concerto in A minor for traverso, violin, harpsichord, and string orchestra by Johann Sebastian Bach.He based the composition on his Prelude and Fugue BWV 894 for harpsichord and on the middle movement of his Organ Sonata BWV 527, or on earlier lost models for these compositions.
Moz-Art à la Haydn for two violins and string orchestra (1977) Concerto Grosso No. 1 for flute, oboe, harpsichord, prepared piano and string orchestra (1988 version) Concerto Grosso No. 2 for violin, cello and triple symphony orchestra (1981–1982) Concerto Grosso No. 3 for two violins, harpsichord, celesta, piano and 14 strings (1985)
The Symphony for Strings (Russian: Симфония для струнного оркестра, romanized: Simfoniya dlya strunnogo orkestra, lit. 'Symphony for String Orchestra'; also known as the Chamber Symphony ), [ 1 ] Op . 14 is a four- movement composition for string orchestra by Georgy Sviridov .
Serenade for Strings (Dvořák) Serenade for Strings (Elgar) Serenade for Strings (Suk) Serenade for Strings (Tchaikovsky) Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings; Shaker Loops; Sleep (Whitacre) Sonata per archi; Sospiri; St Paul's Suite; Stockholm Diary; Stringmusic; Suite caractéristique; Suite champêtre; Suite for String Orchestra (Nielsen)
Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz. 106, BB 114 is one of the best-known compositions by the Hungarian composer Béla Bartók. Commissioned by Paul Sacher to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the chamber orchestra Basler Kammerorchester , the score is dated 7 September 1936.
The Suite for Violin and String Orchestra in D minor, JS 185 (Op. 117), [a] is a concertante composition for violin and strings written in 1929 by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius. The piece is in three movements , as follows:
Felix Mendelssohn wrote thirteen string symphonies between 1821 and 1823, when he was between 12 and 14 years old. (For his mature symphonies, see here ). These symphonies were tributes to Classical symphonies especially by Joseph Haydn , Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach , and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart .
A string orchestra is an orchestra consisting solely of a string section made up of the bowed strings used in Western Classical music. The instruments of such an orchestra are most often the following: the violin, which is divided into first and second violin players (each usually playing different parts), the viola, the cello, and usually, but not always, the double bass.