Violin Dinner Music?

November 18, 2006 at 05:12 AM · Ha! One I can talk about:

Moon River

Fascination

Theme from Romeo and Juliet

Ebb Tide

(actually) Tie a Yellow Ribbon (it's fun, dynamic and lightens things up).

Can't think of formal name: "The first time, ever I saw your face".--very very pretty.

Barbara Streisand's "Memories".

upbeat light classical--I don't really have repetoire so to speak, but things like the Lully Gavotte in Suzuki II, .

Misty

Mix it up with slow and fast(er) generally. Read the crowd---when they start zoning, speed it up. When you have their attention, croon them. There's 20 down.

hope this helps.al

p.s. Lisa, I've played around with all these except Misty--they have the breadth to be interesting as solos.... I'm not saying that I play them all that well yet, but I could tell in that I've done a bunch of this stuff on other instruments solo.

It also came to mind that while the background (you) music shouldn't be over-bearing, at the same time there will be several people there who are 'very much' listening to the music. Sorry, you didn't ask about all this though, did you...

al

November 18, 2006 at 12:00 PM · Berio Sequenza. Just for the look on their faces

IG

November 18, 2006 at 12:28 PM · Maybe you should take into consideration some of the easier Kreislers: Liebesfreud, Liebesleid, Schön Rosmarin, Preghiera. These pieces alone are good for 15 to 20 minutes of sweet playing and come readily in sheet music. Then there are the famous Serenatas by Toselli and Moszkowski. Very beautiful and a joy to play: Elgar's "Salut d'amour" and "Chanson de matin". Then there is the bottomless well of Gershwin tunes ...

Have fun!

Best,

Friedrich

November 18, 2006 at 01:14 PM · There is very pleasing, very playable stuff in the series of books called "The Waltz Book". I think it would be very nice to play a little set of waltzes alternating with a little set of baroque-y things (consider Suzuki books 3-8 for easy-to-locate, inexpensive sources), and then a few light pop/rock/easy listening things like the first respondent's. If there is a possibility of getting some gigs as a spin-off, and you would be interested in that, then playing some things that people often have at weddings, like Jesu,Joy, Pachelbel Canon (there's a version for vln.&piano), Trumpet Voluntary, etc., makes sense, too. Sue

November 18, 2006 at 04:48 PM · LOL Berio...that would be a dinner to remember...

November 18, 2006 at 09:15 PM · LOL Ilya!

Alternatively she could play the first mvt of Ysaye #2...when she starts off with the nice familiar E major Preludio everyone relaxes and says, "ahhh, Bach!" Then a few measures later..... :)

November 18, 2006 at 10:02 PM · what if everyone relaxes and says "ahhh, Ysaye!"

I

November 18, 2006 at 10:38 PM · The one thing to remember here is that since this is a church group and the meeting is about staying married, you don't want to play something that's sacrilegious or about getting divorced.

November 18, 2006 at 10:50 PM · Ilya,

Maybe then she could segue into the Shchedrin Echo Sonata? :)