Fiddle Fiesta
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Product ID: SP2 799
By Chris Allen
Publisher:
Spartan Press
Line Up:
String Orchestra
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About this item
The Fiddle Fiesta became an important annual event for Bedfordshire Music Service at least thirty years ago and was the brainchild of a highly individual lady called Barbara Cann. The main purpose of this was to give less experienced string players an opportunity to play in a large ensemble; these young players were helped on such occasions by more senior students who were already experienced in ensemble playing, perhaps in one of the youth orchestras. What began as an isolated event soon spread to many schools and nowadays 'Fiddle Fiestas' take place in numerous venues across the county every year, usually during the summer term.
This suite of short movements borrows its title from these annual events and is aimed at being performed under similar circumstances. Each of the five parts (violins 1 & 2, violas and/or violin 3, cellos and basses) exists as part 'a' and part 'b', part 'b' being a simplified version of part 'a' such that the piece can be played by virtually any combination of available players, albeit with some loss of detail when played predominantly with parts 'b'.
Songlist (7)
- Open Fanfare
- Promenade
- Pizzicato Waltz
- March of the Strings
- Bass-Line Blues
- Song of the Orient
- Wild West Perpetuo
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Composer
Chris Allen (1954-)
Chris Allen
Chris Allen was born in Gorleston, Norfolk in 1954. He studied clarinet at the Royal College of Music and worked as a woodwind teacher in Bedfordshire until his retirement to Suffolk in 2009.
He still devotes time to composition, arranging and music-copying; as an experienced clarinettist, he continues to play in orchestral and chamber music activities when opportunities arise.
His hobbies include walking, cooking, painting (in oils, acrylics and pastels) and photography - to all of which he hopes to devote more time in retirement. He now lives in Saxmundham with his wife and Parson Russell Terrier 'Jack'.
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