Toil and Trouble (String Orchestra Gr. 2.5)

Toil and Trouble is a three-movement suite for string orchestra where students explore minor tonality, glissando, dissonance, trilling, and the col legno technique. Eerie, yet very melodic, this suite is perfect for a chance of pace during your concert program.

Genre: String Orchestra | # of Players: 8-8-5-5-5
Series: Sapphire Orchestra Series
Level: 2.5 | Duration: 4:20

Instrumentation
Conductor's Score (8.5"x11" booklet)

Violin I
Violin II
Viola
Cello
Bass

Program Notes
"Double, double toil and trouble: Fire burn, and cauldron bubble. By the pricking of my thumbs, Something wicked this way comes."

– William Shakespeare's Macbeth

Toil and Trouble is a three-movement suite for string orchestra where students explore minor tonality, glissando, dissonance, trilling, and the col legno technique. Eerie sounds abound when this orchestra comes to town.