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Unfortunately Bob Chasey from the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra was prevented from leading this year's Strings Day, which was held on Sunday 2nd March.  In his absence the tutor for the day was Jonathan Trout, who guided the ensemble with appropriate sensitivity and understanding.  This year the work chosen for study was the Serenade for Strings by Dvorák, a familiar but nevertheless deceptively demanding work.

Another similar day is planned for the Spring of 2009.  Details will be available from the Orchestra Manager nearer the time.  It will be open to all violin, viola, cello and double bass players of a reasonably competent standard.

Works studied on previous String Playing Days:

2008
DVORÁK  Serenade for Strings
2007
TIPPETT  Concerto for Double String Orchestra
ELGAR  Serenade for Strings
2006
BRIDGE  Suite for String Orchestra
SUK  Serenade for Strings
2005
STRAVINSKY  "Apollo Musagetes"
2004
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS  Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
ELGAR  Introduction and Allegro for Strings
2003
BLISS  Music for Strings
2002
PARRY  English Suite
BRITTEN  Simple Symphony
2001
TCHAIKOVSKY  Serenade for Strings
2000
DVORÁK  Serenade for Strings
1999
BEETHOVEN arr. MAHLER  String Quartet Op. 131 & Grosse Fuge
1998
(Two-day course for full orchestra)
BARTÓK  Concerto for Orchestra
1997
DVORÁK  Serenade for Strings
BARBER  Adagio for Strings
1996
SCHOENBERG  Verklärte Nacht
1995
TCHAIKOVSKY  Serenade for Strings
1994
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS  Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
ELGAR  Introduction and Allegro for Strings

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