Intrada for Strings Darren Mitchell

Intrada for Strings Darren MitchellAn intrada is defined as a musical introduction, and this specific intrada is an exceptional way to start off your concert. Modern harmonies highlight a bold melodic idea that appears as a thread throughout the entire work. Aggressive at times, contrapuntal at others, the piece delivers powerfully from start to finish. Pull your audience into the concert from the very first number with "Intrada for Strings"!

frolicking way

In the last section

Into the Midnight Forest is a perfect selection for a string orchestra’s first concert

Procession takes advantage of the conversational qualities inherent in Telemann's writing and give the melody alternately to both the upper and lower string sections

the music is relentless in its level of energy and does not slow from start to finish

A sure-fire winner for young string orchestras

intertwining lines in the upper voices

In a fugue-like middle section

and a few high third fingers in the upper string parts

as well as the double-stopped pizzicato D-Bb in cellos (m

This fun-to-play and listen to pizzicato work by Lauren Bernofsky will totally engage your students while allowing them to focus on a good left hand position

It gained a following in the United States over 60 years later in film and popular music under the title "The Anniversary Song"