Viola Mix! Nyt repertoire til Bratsch fra ABRSM

Viola Mix er sammensat og redigeret af Kathy og David Blackwell og dækker de musikalske og tekniske elementer der kræves op til Grade 3. Med en række arrangementer, der spænder over forskellige genrer og stilarter.

Kathy og David Blackwell studerede begge musik ved University of Edinburgh. Kathy fortsatte med studier ved University of Oxford, før hun startede en karriere som underviser. Sideløbende har hun komponeret en lang række af pædagogiske stykker. David har arbejdet med flere musikforlag og har komponeret og arrangeret en bred vifte af musik fra kor- og orgelkompositioner til pædagogisk musik for strygere, klaver og en række andre instrumenter. Sammen har de skrevet den prisvindende String Time-serie udgivet af Oxford University Press.

• En del af ABRSM bratsch-pensum fra 2024
• Nye arrangementer og spændede repertoire i en bred vifte af stilarter
• Akkompagnementer til klaver, bratsch og guitar giver fleksibilitet til læring og undervisning
• Med kendt musik som Efterår from De fire årstider og Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious fra Mary Poppins
• Perfekt til bratschister der leder efter repertoiret til “eget valg” i ABRSM’s eksamener

Viola Mix består af 3 hæfter (se indhold længere nede) Viola Mix, Book 1, Grades Initial to 1 Viola Mix, Book 2, Grades 1 to 2 Viola Mix, Book 3, Grade 3

Viola Mix, Book 1, Grades Initial to 1

Initial Grade La Bergamasca – Anon. 16th century Autumn from The Four Seasons, Op. 8 – Antonio Vivaldi Let us chase the squirrel – Trad. American One little candle – Trad. Jewish I am a fine musician – Trad. German The bear is sleeping – Trad. Swedish Boat Song Lullaby – Trad. Chinese Dumplings – Trad. Jamaican, arr. Nikki Iles Andulko – Trad. Czech

Grade 1 Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious from Mary Poppins – Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman High Road to Linton – Trad. Scottish Melody by Mozart from Viola Sonata K. 302 – W. A. Mozart Gavotta – Ignatius Sancho The pine tree was burning – Trad. Ukrainian, arr. Ros Stephen and David Blackwell The Great Gate of Kyiv from Pictures at an Exhibition – Modest Musorgsky Agincourt Song – Anon. English 15th century Royal March of the Lion from The Carnival of the Animals – Camille Saint-Saëns Rigaudon from Pièces de clavecin, Book 2 – Elisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre Jacob’s Ladder – Trad. English Chevalier’s Rondeau from String Quartet Op. 1 No. 3 – Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

Viola Mix, Book 2, Grades 1 to 2

Grade 1 Senwa dedende, senwa – Trad. Ghanaian, arr. Nikki Iles Chiquinha’s Waltz – Chiquinha Gonzaga The Hippopotamus – Michael Flanders and Donald Swann Ah, poor bird/Rose, Rose – Trad. English The Road to Lisdoonvarna – Trad. Irish Allegretto from Viola Sonata Op. 1 No. 1 – Francesca Lebrun

Grade 2 Dipidu – Trad. Ugandan The Schoolmaster from Symphony No. 55, Hob. 1:55 – Joseph Haydn Song of the Birds from Spring, The Four Seasons, Op. 8 – Antonio Vivaldi La donna è mobile from Rigoletto – Giuseppe Verdi Trio from ‘Haffner’ Symphony, K. 385 – W. A. Mozart The light of the moon – Trad. Polish, arr. Ros Stephen Contredanse from Les Indes galantes – Jean-Philippe Rameau Pierrot and Pierrette from Children’s Carnival, Op. 25 – Amy Beach For Julie from Three Piano Sonatas for the Young, Op. 118 No. 1 – Robert Schumann Rondeau Theme from Sonata for Flute and Harp – Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges I want to be ready – African-American Spiritual Ale Brider – Trad. Yiddish, arr. Franklyn Gellnick Dudelsack Dance from Peasant Cantata, BWV 212 – J. S. Bach Bransle de la Torche from Terpsichore – Michael Praetorius

Viola Mix, Book 3, Grade 3

Contredanse No. 12 from 12 Contredanses, WoO 14 -Ludwig van Beethoven Rabbit Foot – Florence B. Price Minuet – Ignatius Sancho Canzonetta from Album des enfants, Op. 123 – Cécile Chaminade Jupiter from The Planets, Op. 32 – Gustav Holst L’cha Dodi – Trad. Jewish, arr. Franklyn Gellnick Für Elise – Ludwig van Beethoven Mi Teresita – Teresa Carreño Bella ciao – Trad. Italian Gavotte No. 2 from Children’s Album, Op. 36 – Amy Beach Deep River – African-American Spiritual, arr. Nikki Iles Flight of the Swans from Swan Lake, Op. 20 – P. I. Tchaikovsky Water in the Moonlight- Thomas ‘Blind Tom’ Wiggins Halya carries water – Trad. Ukrainian, arr. Ros Stephen and Julian Rowlands La campanella from Viola Concerto No. 2, Op. 7 – Nicolò Paganini Habanera from Dama de Ouros – Chiquinha Gonzaga March in D from The Anna Magdalena Bach Book of 1725 – C. P. E. Bach Rondo alla Hornpipe from Keyboard Sonata Op. 3 – C. M. Barthélemon Funeral March of a Marionette – Charles-François Gounod