Applause for the youngest
Rousing dances by Franz Schubert, simply arranged for children's orchestra.
Anyone who conducts a children's orchestra is always glad to have done the groundwork. Here comes the series Let's hear it - we play in the children's orchestra just right. The sixth booklet offers three easily set German Dances from D 783 and six Ecossaises from D 529 by Schubert for 2 (3) violins, viola, 2 cellos (double bass) and woodwinds. Everything is practically in 1st position; the third violin and second cello can soon be played even by beginners. Unfortunately, apart from one piece in G major, all the others are in D, which is somewhat uncomfortable for the Bb winds.
Franz Schubert, Little Schubertiade. German Dances and Ecossaises for string orchestra, booklet 7, arranged for children by Katharina Mai-Kümmel; score, EW 716, € 17.50; set of parts, EW 329, € 49.80; Edition Walhall, Magdeburg 2015
