Fiddlers Ahoy! (Stephen Chin) for String Orchestra music bag Melted mouse and roasted rat

Melted mouse and roasted rat in choc'late sauce (Lumsden and Attwood)

Allegro Appassionato

Colour: Grey

each piece contains different elements and techniques to consolidate and enhance the players' skills as soloists and as ensemble members

Stranded Steel/Nickel wound

Fiddlers Ahoy! (Stephen Chin) for String Orchestra music bag Melted mouse and roasted ratA nautical theme right from the start! You can feel the swell of the waves in the violas and cellos. Sea breezes are played by the seconds using easy open string crossings. The main theme is energetically stated in double quavers by the first violin. Everybody gets a piece of the action throughout. The middle section in B minor, featuring the cellos, evokes images of a ghost ship. Suspense is created while all are waiting for the sea breezes to pick