| 40981 | Serenade for Strings, Op. 20 (SANDRA DACKOW'S EXPRESSIVE GEMS) |
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| Elgar, Edward (Arr. Dackow, Sandra) | |
| Category: String Orchestra |
| Grade: Difficult |
| Duration: 15:00 |
| Instrumentation: str=5.5.3.3.3 |
| Comments: Unsimplified and uncut; edited with bowings, fingerings, and detailed performance notes by Sandra Dackow. |
| Description: Sigh. Reaching out, then pulling away. Restraint. Victorian ambivalence about showing emotion. British reserve. All of these considerations find their way into this brief, bewitching, understated serenade where not a note is wasted and we are nearly slayed by its simple, at times aching, intimacy. Elgar wrote the piece in 1892, still not an established composer; it has proved to be one of his most popular works and helped launch his reputation. Unsimplified and uncut; edited with bowings, fingerings, and detailed performance notes by Sandra Dackow. |