Two Pieces for String Quartet

[You can listen here.]

You can find the score and parts for these good-natured Italianate pieces here, and on this page of the IMSLP.

You can also find a transcription of this for string orchestra on the same page of the IMSLP, or here.

Arrangement: Marion Bauer Elegie for String Orchestra

You can find the music by way of the transcription tab on this page of the IMSLP.

Arrangement: Kemp's Gig for String Orchestra

You can find the music via the transcriptions tab on this page of the IMSLP.

Arrangement: To A Wild Rose for String Orchestra

You can find the music on this page of the IMSLP.

Arrangement: William Byrd's Callino Casturmae for String Orchestra

You can find the music on this page of the IMSLP.

Arrangement: I Saw Three Ships for String Orchestra

You can find the music on this page of the IMSLP.

Magicicada XIX for String Quartet

You can listen here and get the music here. You can also find it on this page of the IMSLP.

You will also be able to find a version for string quintet (quartet with bass, which can also be played as a string orchestra piece), and one for string orchestra with a violin 2b part and a repeat, making the tonal image of the emergence a little longer, in the transcriptions tab.

Arrangement: Claudio Monteverdi's Zefiro torna for Strings

[August 28, 2023]

You can find the music on this page of the IMSLP.

Transcription: Telemann Tafelmusik Sonata à 4 for String Orchestra

I have loved this piece since I first played it as a flutist nearly fifty years ago. I think that it is one of Telemann's best pieces, and I am very proud to share it as a string piece (a fifth lower than the two flute and recorder original). You can listen to a recording here.

And you can find the music on this page of the IMSLP.

Transcription: Mozart Piano Sonata K545 for String Quintet or String Orchestra

[Transposed into D major]

You can find the music on this page of the IMSLP (via the transcription tab).

Arrangement: Ika Peyron Gavotte et Chansonette, Opus 1

The Swedish composer Ika (Fredrika) Peyron (1845-1922) began her musical life as a pianist. In 1865 she married a merchant who became a Member of Parliament, and lived in Stockholm with him and their three sons. She studied piano, harmony, and counterpoint, and wanted to compose, but found little encouragement because she was a woman. During the 1870s attitudes towards music written by women had changed (as evidenced by the carer of Amanda Maier), and Ika Peyron devoted her time to writing and performing her music in the Stockholm salons.

She wrote songs, music for violin, and mostly music for piano. Altogether we know of forty pieces.

This charming Gavotte et Chansonette, her Opus 1, works very nicely for strings. A PDF of this arrangement (as well as the piano original) is available on this page of the IMSLP. You can also find the music here.

You can listen to a computer-generated recording here.

Arrangement: Irving Berlin's "All by Myself"

You can find the score and parts on this page of the IMSLP, and you can listen to a recording (from a Summer Strings outdoor concert) here.

Arrangement: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Waltz, Opus 71, no 2

[September 21, 2021]

The Score and parts can be found on this page of the IMSLP.

Arrangement: Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing for String Orchestra

July 26, 2021

You can find the music here, and on this page of the IMSLP. You might enjoy reading this post from my Musical Assumptions blog that has more information about this piece.

Transcription: Haydn Fugue Hob. XIX: 16 for String Orchestra

The score and parts are available on this page of the IMSLP.

I'm very pleased with the way that our Charleston Summer Strings orchestra played it.

Arrangements: A Silent Night's Journey (solo) and Silent Night for String Orchestra

For solo violin or solo viola:

For string orchestra (2024):

You can find the music on this page of the IMSLP.

The Salley Gardens for String Orchestra

September 16, 2019

The score and parts are available, along with a computer-generated recording, on this page of the IMSLP.

Transcription: Eccles G minor Sonata (Sonata Undecimo) for String Orchestra

August 29, 2019

This piece was probably not written by Henri (or Henry) Eccles (you can read about it here). This is my contribution to the array of arrangements.

You can listen to a recording of this arrangement here, and get the score and parts here.

The music is also available on this page of the IMSLP.

Transcription: Patapan (Guillô, pran ton tamborin) for String Orchestra

August 12, 2019

You can find the score and parts on this page of the IMSLP.

Transcription: Jingle Bells for String Orchestra and for Solo Violin or Solo Viola

August 11, 2019

The score and parts can be found on this page of the IMSLP.

New for 2020, versions for solo violin and solo viola on the same page of the IMSLP.