Par MUSTONEN OLLI. Nach der Toccata für Klavier und Streichquintett von 1989, dem Quartett für Oboe, Violine, Viola und Klavier von 2010 und dem Klavierquintett von 2014 hat Olli Mustonen nun seinen ersten Werkbeitrag für die traditionsreiche reine Streichquartettbesetzung vorgelegt. Das viersätzige Quartett knüpft an die historischen Linien der Gattung seit Klassik und Romantik an und überträgt s…

Par HUWS JONES EDWARD. The idea of 'The Violinists of the Pieta' sprang from the tradition of the Venetian Ospedale della Pieta, an orphanage that housed some of the finest musicians in Europe. The piece is in three movements following the form of a concerto grosso, influenced by the style of Monteverdi and Vivaldi. The music tells a story of the orphans' lives, as they grow up in the jostling cit…

Teach violin with the popular Suzuki Violin School. The Suzuki Method® of Talent Education is based on Shinichi Suzuki's view that every child is born with ability, and that people are the product of their environment. According to Shinichi Suzuki, a world-renowned violinist and teacher, the greatest joy an adult can know comes from developing a child's potential so he/she can express all that is …

Par NELSON SHEILA MARY. Easy pieces for young string trios written and arranged by the world's favourite string teacher, Sheila Nelson. Suitable for players who have been learning a year or two, the parts are mainly in first position. A suite of 13 pieces composed and arranged specially for the young String Trio by Sheila M. Nelson. The melodies range in difficulty from the elementary to the sligh…

Par BROWN CHRISTINE. Score and Parts Standard: Elementary Christine Brown is a highly respected teacher and composer for young people, and in her Chandos Suite for violin, cello and piano she marries her wealth of practical experience in coaching elementary players in the art of chamber music with her distinctively tuneful way of writing for the three instruments. A wistful Prelude precedes a myst…

Mezmer for string quartet is an adaptation of the last movement of Re-Collecting ASTORoids, an earlier suite for orchestra from Kats-Chernin. Commissioned by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, the suite was written in tribute to Astor Piazzolla and is clearly inspired by tango, though Kats-Chernin uses various rhythms as her source of inspiration. Mezmer is a miniature and has an intimate, smoky fe…

Par COHEN MARY / SPEARING ROBERT. Quartetstart Level 1 is a break-through for string quartet teaching! Combining the multitudinous talents of Mary Cohen ? whose acclaimed Superseries materials have transformed modern string teaching methods ? and composer Robert Spearing, Quartetstart Level 1 provides a first-class collection of original pieces written specially for string players of around ABRSM …

20 Easy to Intermediate Pieces from four Centuries. Par NEUMANN EVA-MARIA (Arr.). Making music in a quartet uniquely nurtures young string players’ musical development, ensemble playing, listening to each other, and intonation. So, what could be more obvious than introducing the scoring of this genre, often referred to as chamber music’s supreme discipline, as early as possible. Indeed, composers…