Simple Song (orchestra)

"Why aren't there more slow pieces in three four time?'' Why indeed. The music is slow and singing in style. Providing musical challenges through the tension and release of the melodic and harmonic lines, it is plaintive and evocative in nature and it is simple - a Simple Song.

Genre: String Orchestra | # of Players: 8-8-5-5-5
Level: 1.5 | Duration: 3:10

Instrumentation
Violin 1
Violin 2
Viola
Cello
Double Bass

Program Notes
"Why aren't there more slow pieces in three four time?'' Why indeed. My colleague, Peter Francis, Conductor of the Queensland Youth Orchestra Wind Symphony, posed that question at a music teachers' conference along with the challenge to me to write such a piece. I did- the next morning! Providing musical challenges through the tension and release of the melodic and harmonic lines, it is plaintive and evocative in nature and it is simple - a Simple Song.