LudwigMasters Concert Strings

This affords a wonderful opportunity to feature section leaders and to teach the orchestra restraint and quality tone production. Soloists cover the soaring woodwind lines of the original composition....

Based on the Austalian folk song, The Old Bark Hut, this energetic 6/8 tune will be a hit with students and audience alike!

Everyone remembers the first time they played Beethoven. Let it be in this sparkling, playable arrangement for string orchestra by John O'Neill! From the slow, plaintive Adagio to the fast-paced Alleg...

This piece is the confluence of J.S. Bach and South America. A lively, Brazilian-influenced tune in C minor uses a chord progression, suggested by Bach, in jazz form. Confluence begins with a passiona...

Piddlin' is a loose double Rondo in a slightly modal D minor, with contrasting episodes in between the two main themes. The basses start off theme 1 with an ostinato. Violin 1, celli and basses will s...

Piddlin' is a loose double Rondo in a slightly modal D minor, with contrasting episodes in between the two main themes. The basses start off theme 1 with an ostinato. Violin 1, celli and basses will s...

Here is the perfect alternative for Pomp and Circumstance. It is much easier on the orchestra and everyone plays the melody. All parts shift and use chromatic fingerings, and there is great opportunit...

This arrangement of Georg Friedrich Händel's Amen Chorus is skillfully arranged for string orchestra. The fugue-like nature of the piece is the perfect setting for a chamber ensemble or orchestra. Eac...

Intense drive, impulsive rhythms, and an unrelenting intensity make this a must for every grade 3 string orchestra. The piano is essential, everyone shares in melodic performance, and the exuberance o...

Intense drive, impulsive rhythms, and an unrelenting intensity make this a must for every grade 3 string orchestra. The piano is essential, everyone shares in melodic performance, and the exuberance o...

Esperance (Hope) ventures into the realm of French impressionism, with luscious, thick harmonies and colorful orchestration for strings and harp. An easy grade 3 for strings, it allows your harp soloi...

Solo Harp, String Orchestra

A dramatic, mysterious, descriptive work in E minor, Sighting at Loch Ness is aimed at increasing musicianship in the orchestra. The first violin melody incorporates Scottish-sounding ornamentation an...

This joyful dance contains wonderful stylistic influences from the Xinjiang province of China. From syncopated accompaniment figures to soaring lyric melodies, this arrangement has it all. There is on...

This joyful dance contains wonderful stylistic influences from the Xinjiang province of China. From syncopated accompaniment figures to soaring lyric melodies, this arrangement has it all. There is on...

Looking for that work that is not what anyone expects? You'll find it in this highly original fantasy in triple meter.

Looking for that work that is not what anyone expects? You'll find it in this highly original fantasy in triple meter.

Everyone loves the blues! They will love them even more after hearing this treatment that plays the string orchestra like a W. C. Handy piano roll.

Everyone loves the blues! They will love them even more after hearing this treatment that plays the string orchestra like a W. C. Handy piano roll.

CORCOVADO (Quiet Night of Quiet Stars) will be a standout moment on any concert. The arrangement for strings and jazz rhythm section is an effective contrast to strings alone. Conservative ranges and...

Espressivo is almost Romantic in its style and sound. Written in AABAA' form, this original work in G minor is quite playable technically with only minor challenges posed by its mild chromaticism. All...

The fugue-like jig in the opening section of this work gives everyone a piece of the action! Shifting between G minor and G major and 6/8 and 3/4 meters gives this work a unique sound and feel while p...

A lively opening theme begins the race of toy boats down a stream. With the ebb and flow of the current, they bob and weave their way to the finish line. All sections of the orchestra see action in th...

An energetic romp in the key of g minor, SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION utilizes drum set to help drive the string orchestra. Some position playing is required of both violin parts and double bass. This could...

As the title implies, this is a foray into the world of jazz and swing for the string orchestra (with optional drum set). Melodic content is shared among all sections, flatted thirds and sevenths are...