Southern Music Orchestra

Sadness (Tristeza) is excerpted from Jacob Datshkovsky's 14 movement suite entitled Sketches of a Sunday (Bosquejos de un Domingo).

Thought (Pensamiento) is excerpted from Jacob Datshkovsky's 14 movement suite entitled Sketches of a Sunday (Bosquejos de un Domingo).

Three Bagetelles (Tres Bagatellas) is excerpted from Jacob Datshkovsky's 14 movement suite entitled Sketches of a Sunday (Bosquejos de un Domingo).

Wobbly March (Marcha Incierta) is excerpted from Jacob Datshkovsky's 14 movement suite entitled Sketches of a Sunday (Bosquejos de un Domingo).

Robert Sieving's arrangement of Allegro for Double Strings by Antonio Vivaldi, RV593, originally a motet featuring the vocal settingof Psalm 69 for soprano, 2 oboes, 2 SATB choirs, and double string o...

Jaromir Weinberger, a noted Czech composer, achieved sudden fame in 1927 with the production of his opera, Svanda dudâk (Schwanda, the Bagpiper), written in a popular Bohemian style, at the Czech Oper...

Premiered by the Northwest Florida Ballet, David Ott, Music Director conducting the Northwest Florida Ballet Orchestra on March 3 and 4, 2018 with choreography by Katia Garza of Mexico. Additional mus...

Peter Pan: Suite No. 1 is derived from the Peter Pan Ballet composed by David Ott. From the ballet, six separate dances describe various characters or actions from the story. The suite captures the es...

Peter Pan: Suite No. 2 is derived from the Peter Pan Ballet composed by David Ott. The energy and beauty and adventures associated with the wild tales of Peter Pan are brought to life in this descript...

This setting of the famous Christmas poem is for narrator with orchestra. Full Score

Johann Christoph Graupner (1683 - 1760) was a German harpsichordist and composer of high Baroque music who was a contemporary of Bach, Telemann and Handel. His short Intrada in C, written originally f...

The title Luna is the Latin word for moon, which is the subject of this lyrical original string orchestra work by composer Yukiko Nishimura. In a lilting waltz style, the composer has described the in...

Prokoviev wrote his Bb symphony in short form within a month, 16 years after his last symphony. He used sketches he had compiled in his ubiquitous notebooks. Written in 1944, its four movements are in...

This arrangement uses the main themes of the second and third movements of Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2. It opens with the haunting Adagio sostenuto. At measure 16, the third movement's rhapsod...

Scarlatti's Sonata in B Minor, K. 87, L. 33 is a plaintive work originally written for keyboard. This beautiful transcription by Yukiko Nishimura presents the piece in the key of a minor, making the m...

Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony was written in 1937 and premiered that year in Leningrad (St. Petersburg). It was a major success with an ovation lasting over 30 minutes. The symphony is approximately 4...

A famous theme from Mozart's horn concerto is adapted for strings with this new teaching and performance edition from Lauren Keiser. Treat your students to the genius of Mozart with this beautifully r...

This cantabile piece works great as a short lyrical interlude in a program. Written for the advancing intermediate ensemble, the score features expanded use of rhythms, ranges and keys, but technical...

Taken from the second movement of the Serenade (and similar to the minuets of his idol, Mozart), Tchaikovsky's Valse also resembles many of his own ballet movements. Lauren Keiser's adapatation is des...

The title is taken from Lincoln's address at Gettysburg and is a dramatic and emotional musical depiction of war, sacrifice and loss. A dissonant version of My Country 'tis of Thee is woven throughout...

The title is taken from Lincoln's address at Gettysburg and is a dramatic and emotional musical depiction of war, sacrifice and loss. A dissonant version of 'My Country 'tis of Thee' is woven througho...