6 favourite works for string orchestra

[Cato]

And we all need a collective slap in the face for not remembering what might be the most famous work for string orchestra in the world in the last 50 years!

Bernard Herrmann's score for...


https://www.youtube.com/v/is2sgWRK7D0

[Karl Henning]

And we all need a collective slap in the face for not remembering what might be the most famous work for string orchestra in the world in the last 50 years!

"When you're right, you're right!"

[Cato]

And before Herrmann composed the Psycho score, there was his Sinfonietta for Strings from 1936.

You will hear presages of the Psycho score in this work.

https://www.youtube.com/v/UxqrgMwCuG0

[SymphonicAddict]

Alwyn: Lyra Angelica
Bantock: A Celtic Symphony
Tippett: Fantasia concertante on a theme by Corelli
Vaughan Williams: Concerto grosso
Penderecki: Threnody for the victims of Hiroshima
Strauss: Metamorphosen

Honorable mentions
Suk: Serenade in E-flat major
Tippett: Concerto for double string orchestra
Britten: Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge

English composers were gifted in the creation of music for strings.

[ComposerOfAvantGarde]

Off the top of my head......

Boulez: Livre pour cordes
Ligeti: Ramifications
Brett Dean: Electric Preludes
Brett Dean: Etüdenfest
Mozart: Adagio and Fugue K546
Penderecki: Polymorphia

[kishnevi]

Barber Adagio
Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings
Strauss Metamorphosen
Vaughn Williams Tallis Fantasia
Elgar Introduction and Allegro
Vivaldi Concerto in F Major RV 141

[vandermolen]

Alwyn: Lyra Angelica
Bantock: A Celtic Symphony
Tippett: Fantasia concertante on a theme by Corelli
Vaughan Williams: Concerto grosso
Penderecki: Threnody for the victims of Hiroshima
Strauss: Metamorphosen

Honorable mentions
Suk: Serenade in E-flat major
Tippett: Concerto for double string orchestra
Britten: Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge

English composers were gifted in the creation of music for strings.

Very much agree. The VW Concerto Grosso is a very underrated work I think. Must play it later.

[SymphonicAddict]

Very much agree. The VW Concerto Grosso is a very underrated work I think. Must play it later.

That concerto is a full exquisiteness!

[nodogen]

Can I give a mention to Musica Profana by Sumera. 



http://www.youtube.com/v/tpDlmgrKpvQ

[Gaspard de la nuit]

Strauss - Metamorphosen
Lutoslawski - Musique funèbre
Ginastera - Concerto per cordes
Schoenberg - Verklärte Nacht
Bartók - Divertimento
Hindemith - Trauermusik

[nathanb]

Since that last episode of Twin Peaks, all I can think of is Penderecki.

[Robert101]

And we all need a collective slap in the face for not remembering what might be the most famous work for string orchestra in the world in the last 50 years!

Bernard Herrmann's score for...


https://www.youtube.com/v/is2sgWRK7D0

The "Mother" of all film scores...

[vandermolen]

Janis Ivanovs: Symphony 14. A new discovery for me.

[Christo]

All of the [37?] Miniatures by Sulkhan Tsintsadze (1925-1991) in their version for strings - wish a recording company like BIS would do all of them together.

[ritter]

My list includes only one work (the Krenek) not mentioned here before:

J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 6
Bartók: Divertimento for Strings
Berg: Lyric Suite
Debussy: Danses, sacrée et profane
Krenek: Symphonic Elegy
Mozart: Adagio & Fugue in C Minor K. 546

[kyjo]

Not counting works originally composed for chamber ensemble, such as Barber's Adagio or Schoenberg's Verklärte Nacht:

Grieg: Holberg Suite
Bartok: Divertimento
Britten: Frank Bridge Variations
Elgar: Introduction and Allegro
Bloch: Concerto Grosso no. 1 (with piano)
Schoeck: Sommernacht

Honorable mentions: RVW: Tallis Fantasia, Dvorak: Serenade, Honegger: Symphony no. 2 (with trumpet), Tchaikovsky: Serenade, Lutoslawski: Musique funebre, Diamond: Rounds, Rautavaara: Divertimento, Bridge: Suite, Hanson: Rhythmic Variations on Two Ancient Hymns, Pascuzzi: Meditation on a Swedish Hymn Tune (I only know it cause I played in the US premiere )