16 carefully selected and arranged pieces displaying an exciting variety of styles
Keys and techniques suited to players of intermediate level (around Grades 3-4)
Helpful fingering and bowing suggestions
Informative notes on the pieces and performance techniques
Stylistic piano accompaniments for all pieces
CD with piano backing tracks for all pieces and a selection of full performances
Solo Time for Violin is a three-volume series of concert pieces for the intermediate to more advanced violinist. Featuring arrangements and original pieces by the authors of the award-winning Fiddle Time series, these graded collections provide sophisticated repertoire from the Baroque to the modern age and introduce styles and techniques for the developing performer.
Difficulty: Moderately difficult
Content:
J. S. Bach: Sinfonia in D: BWV 789
W. A. Mozart: Allegro: from Divertimento No. 3, K439b
Telemann: Fantasia
American trad.: Cripple Creek
Albeniz: Mallorca
Grieg: Puck: from Lyric Pieces, Op. 71 No. 3
Romanian trad.: Jiana
Elgar: Sonatina
Respighi: Valse Caressante: from Six Pieces for Violin and Piano
Romanian Trad.: Jiana
Schumann: Andante cantabile: from Piano Quartet, Op. 47
Haydn: Surprising Variations, on a theme by Haydn
Joplin: Elite Syncopations
Handel: Presto: from Keyboard Suite No. 3 in D minor, HWV 428
Pierné: Cantilène: from Three Pieces for Organ, Op. 29
Haydn: Adagio: from Violin Concerto in G, Hob. VIIa/4
About the Composers Kathy Blackwell and David Blackwell:
Kathy Blackwell studied music at Edinburgh University and continued with post-graduate studies in music at the University of Oxford.
Kathy is a string teacher with many years' experience of teaching violin and viola.
She was a strings consultant for the ABRSM Music Medals, and a contributor to the accompanying book All together! Teaching Music in groups (ABRSM, 2004).
She has worked for Music Services, and privately and her teaching experience has led her to co-author Fiddle, Viola, Cello, and String Time with her husband, David.
David Blackwell studied music at Edinburgh University, and for many years worked in music publishing, becoming Head of Music Publishing at Oxford University Press.
He is co-editor of OUP's In the Mood: 17 Jazz Classics for Choirs and Carols for Choirs 5, and has published a number of single choral arrangements.
He is co-writer with his wife Kathy of OUP's award-winning string series, Fiddle/Viola/Cello Time, which have twice won the MIA award for Best Educational Publication.
