String Orchestra - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.750794

Composed by Traditional Australian Folksongs. Arranged by Brendan Elliget MAGA 537. Folk. Score and parts. 33 pages. BJE Music #3602315. Published by BJE Music (A0.750794).

Australian Folksong Medley No. 6 – String Group with Optional Percussion - Suitable for a school or community group.
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This Medley includes:
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1. The Dying Stockman (3/4 Waltz Tempo): Wrap me up with my stockwhip and blanket And bury me deep down below. Where the dingoes and crows can't molest me In the shade where the Coolibahs grow.
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2. Jim Jones of Botany Bay (6/8 Adagio in 6) is a traditional Australian folk ballad. The narrator, Jim Jones, is arrested, tried, and sentenced to transportation. En route, his ship is attacked by pirates, but the crew holds them off. Arriving in Australia, Jones vows to escape, join the bushrangers, and get revenge.
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3. The Drovers Dream (6/8 Brightly in 2)
One night when traveling sheep, my companions lay asleep There was not a star illuminate the sky. I was dreaming I suppose, for my eyes were partly closed. When a very strange procession passed me by. First there came a kangaroo with a swag of blankets blue. And the dingo ran beside him as his mate. They were traveling mighty fast but they shouted as they passed. We'll have to jog along, it's getting late.
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This arrangement is for String Orchestra with plenty of interest for all sections. There are also Optional Percussion parts - Timpani, Drum Set, Glockenspiel, and Xylophone.  There is a Violin 3 part which is a substitute for the Viola Part.

There are also versions for Full Orchestra, Concert Band and Brass Band at this website.
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The MP3 was recorded with NotePerformer 3.
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Grade = 3 Duration = 5:30 mins.

String Orchestra - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.759588

Composed by Mark Lansom. 20th Century,Celtic,Contemporary,Romantic Period. Score and parts. 72 pages. Mark Lansom #5792285. Published by Mark Lansom (A0.759588).

1. Gogerddan, 2. Robin Ddiog, 3. Cadair Idris, 4. Rhosymedre

Welsh Folk Song Suite was written in 2011 for Wrexham Schools String Ensemble, though it is an enjoyable challenge for string groups of any age. The notes are mostly straightforward and the rhythms can be taught and learnt.

The work is conveniently named, though only the inner movements could be described as a folk song. The first is taken from Edward Jones’s 1794 Musical and Poetical Relicks of the Welsh Bards, whilst the fourth is a famous hymn.Three of the movements share a modernist idiom without often straying from their melodic root. In the final movement ideas from the first two movements return. The slow movement, Cadair Idris, however, stands alone, with much more traditional harmonic roots, and is joined structurally by an original melody. Score and parts included.