Vivace energico     –     Intermezzo     –     Pavan   –     Scherzo     –     Finale      (21 mins)

Suite for String Orchestra   was composed for students. The Royal Academy of Music in London invited   its composer alumni to contribute a major piece for a festival of music by living British composers, entitled   RAM – Da Capo   – March 1993. Music for strings runs like  a golden thread through English music, from the 17^th century Fantasias of Byrd, Dowland and Purcell, to the 20^th century tradition of Elgar, Vaughan Williams, Bridge, Britten, Berkeley and Bliss. This suite   includes traditional English dances, and the finale is a 5-in-a-bar La Volta.

First performance       11 March 1993      London (Royal Academy of Music)
by the String Orchestra of the Royal Academy of Music, conducted by David Strange

Full score  ISMN M 708045 31 1

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Royal Academy of Music String Orchestra, David Strange

V Finale Presto (2′ 45″)

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