Variations on an English Pastoral Theme
String Orchestra - Sheet Music

Item Number: 5149427
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Orchestra - Grade 3

SKU: AP.22321

Composed by Rick England. Performance Music Ensemble; Single Titles; String Orchestra. Highland/Etling String Orchestra. Form: Variations. Score and Part(s). 62 pages. Highland/Etling #00-22321. Published by Highland/Etling (AP.22321).

UPC: 038081228419. English.

Variations on an English Pastoral Theme is based on the tune Brother James's Air. At the heart of the piece is the opening violin solo melody, which is rather free-form in a wistful, quasi-improvisatory folk style-as if played while sitting outdoors on a rock. The melody wanders in and out of modal territory in the manner of early 20th century English string suites. Subsequent variations feature guitar-like accompaniment, duets, fragments of melodic material for each instrument, and a wide range of sweeping dynamic contrasts. The piece closes quietly, as it began, but in a new key with the solo in the cello.