Sweet Moment
by Alan Lee Silva
String Orchestra - Sheet Music

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Ensembles
String Orchestra
Genres
Classical
Composers
Alan Lee Silva
Publishers
Carl Fischer Music
Series
Carl Fischer First Plus Performances Series for String Orchestra
Formats
Set of Parts
Score and Parts
Item Types
Physical
Levels
Beginning
Grade 1
Grade 2
Usages
School and Community
Orchestra String Orchestra - Grade 1.5-2

SKU: CF.FAS40

Composed by Alan Lee Silva. Carl Fischer First Plus String Orchestra Series. Classical. Score and Parts. With Standard notation. 16+4+16+10+10+5+4+12 pages. Carl Fischer Music #FAS40. Published by Carl Fischer Music (CF.FAS40).

ISBN 9780825863325. UPC: 798408063320. 8.5 X 11 inches. Key: G major.

Lovely writing for strings and a flair for colorful contemporary harmony characterize this warm, pastoral selection. Alan Lee Silva’s experience as a writer for film and television translates easily into a concert piece that has great audience appeal.
Right from the lyrical introduction, Sweet Moment creates a warm, pastoral atmosphere with lilting melodies and contemporary harmonies. Written in verse/chorus form, the gentle A-melody (m.13 in violin 2/viola and m.43 in cello) moves mostly stepwise, building gradually. At the pickup in m.33, beat 2, the soaring B-melody in violin 1 takes over, using larger intervals; the ensemble is encouraged here to play with a full, singing tone. The high point of the piece is the second B-section (mm. 52-68). The eighth-note couplings in the violins and viola in m.64 challenge the young ensemble to play together rhythmically while maintaining steady pitch. The ending, from m. 73, finishes freely and softly, a mirror of the introduction.