It's an unforgettable experience to go on stage for the first time and win applause with your playing. This album encourages children to make a first appearance and gives effective help in doing so. It brings together pieces that can be used to achieve real success; they comprise easy arrangements of favorite works by Dowland, Vivaldi, Handel, Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Weber, Schubert, Schumann, Liszt, and Brahms. The CD enclosed with the publication includes recordings of the piano accompaniment for each piece and a full performance by noted Hungarian musicians. This CD makes practice at home easier and gives assistance with performance style as well. The publication offers numerous pieces of advice to young violinists, including how to get ready for a concert, how to control stage fright, and how to be confident on stage. In addition, it has features some charming illustrations by Edit Szalma.
Contents
1. Dowland, John: Song ('Now, o now, I needs must part', The First Booke of Songes or Ayres of Foure Partes, 1597)
2. Vivaldi, Antonio: Winter (Concerto in F minor, Op. 8, No. 4, RV 297, Largo)
3. Händel, Georg Friedrich: Aria ('Ombra mai fu', Serse, HWV 40)
4. Bach, Johann Sebastian: Aria ('Ich steh' an deiner Krippen hier', BWV 469)
5. Haydn, Franz Joseph: Chorale St. Antoni (Divertimento in B flat major, Hob. II:46)
6. Haydn, Franz Joseph: Song ('Der Gleichsinn', Hob. XXVIa:6)
7. Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Cavatina ('Se vuol ballare', Le nozze di Figaro, K 492)
8. Weber, Carl Maria von: Hunters' chorus ('Was gleicht wohl auf Erden', Der Freischütz, Op. 77)
9. Schubert, Franz: Rosamunde (excerpt, D 797)
10. Liszt Ferenc: Sancta Dorothea (R 73, SW 187, NG2 A 278)
11. Schumann, Robert: Album leaf (Bunte Blätter, Op. 99)
12. Rubinstein, Anton: Melody (2 Mélodies, Op. 3, No. 1)
13. Brahms, Johannes: Cradle song ('Guten Abend, gut' Nacht', 5 Lieder, Op. 49, No. 4)
