*Song Without Words (a choral version for comparison): It's also interesting to hear the choral version's treatment of the eight-note "waves" that we have in our arrangement. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLTqb-fMHIA
*Student Concerto: This concerto has been arranged for a variety of string instruments. While ours is arranged for solo viola, the recording below is for solo violin with piano accompaniment. The piano part is an orchestral reduction, but it should give you an idea of how things sound overall. You can also follow along with the score so you can see how your part fits in with the solo line. Some additional context (warnings) about the video... --This arrangement DOES take the repeat back to the beginning, but as you know, we will NOT. Once the piece gets to the first ending, skip forward to 7:30. This is where the Recitativo starts. --This piece is actually a multi-movement work, but we're only doing the first movement. What we're playing ends at 12:50 on the video. The full video lasts 24 minutes. You don't have to listen to the rest of the movements unless you want to. --Tempos seem a little sluggish in this particular version (probably due to the age/level of the soloist). Odds are we'll play this faster--more on this once Jeff and I have a chance to meet later this fall about specific tempos. --Here's the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YO8sPY2b3EI