DANSE RUSTIQUE William Henry Squire In an easy arrangement for Cello Soloist and String Orchestra Orchestrated by DAVID JOHNSTONE CELLO SOLOISTWhen we play a cello solo with orchestra almost everyone thinks we have to play something difficult, loud, and in high registers; the word ‘virtuoso’ comes to mind. But why does it have to be like this? Well, it doesn’t at all! The idea of the pieces in this series is to present a cello soloist who does not have to play in thumb position (or very rarely) and who can concentrate on making nice music and enjoy themselves rather than have a priority of showing off. These pieces might be played by full professionals (as ‘encores’) or modest students. They might be performed by any age group; indeed they might make a nice prize for worthy music school students as they make their first venture with an orchestra backing them. The Danse Rustique of William Henry Squire was once a delightful small concert piece which is originally composed for cello and piano ~ Opus 20 10.5 of this famous historical English cellist. It seems to be coming back into fashion of late, no doubt being popular for the comfortable virtuoso writing ~ the soloist goes no higher than the 6** position. To help the cause, in this version, the string orchestral parts are comfortable for all orchestras, no matter how modest they might be. There is no general score: to be honest if you use the piano part everything is perfectly obvious that you won't miss if ~ the highest notes being ‘for first violin, then second violin and so on ... Do enjoy it!DANSE RUSTIQUE ‘W.H. Squire Op.20,N05 CELLO ‘Allegro FAL eo4 -$ 4 den marcato ette 2. feet enPlease do see other original works for many different instruments and groupings, and also special transcriptions for cellists, and cellists with other instraments on the johustone-music web page: wwwjohnstone-music.com (Exglish) or wwwj-music.es (Espaiol) ALL ARE FREE DOWNLOADS