Carefully selected and curated to support teachers and students in their artistic and technical development, the Violin Series, 2021 Edition includes pieces from a diverse range of eras and styles that represent stepping stones to major violin repertoire.

Violin Orchestral Excerpts 7–8 presents excerpts ordered chronologically from Baroque through to the modern era. Selections are organized progressively to present relevant materials for school orchestras and initial chamber music experiences. Bowing and fingering has been added where needed to encourage the most stylistically appropriate results.

Gloria, RV 589: VII: Chorus (“Domine, Fili unigenite”) – Antonio Vivaldi 

Messiah, HWV 56: Chorus (“Hallelujah”) – George Frideric Handel 

Concerto in G Major, TWV 40:201: I – Georg Philipp Telemann

String Quartet in F Minor, op. 20, no. 5: I – Franz Joseph Haydn 

Piano Trio No. 39 in G Major, Hob. XV:25: I, III – Franz Joseph Haydn 

Symphony No. 5, op. 67: I – Ludwig van Beethoven 

Symphony No. 29, K 201: I – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 

String Quartet No. 4 in C Major, K 157: I – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, WWV 96: Overture – Richard Wagner 

Harold en Italie, op. 16: I – Hector Berlioz 

String Quartet in E flat Major, op. 12: II – Felix Mendelssohn 

Carmen Suite No. 1, op. 16: V – Georges Bizet 

The Nutcracker Suite, op. 71a: II – Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky 

Serenade for String Orchestra, op. 20: II – Edward Elgar 

Quatuor à cordes, op. 50, no. 2: I, II – Jacques Hétu 

Another Little Piece of My Heart: I, II – Kelly-Marie Murphy 

Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, BWV 1048: I, III – Johann Sebastian Bach 

Suite No. 1 in F Major (“Water Music”), HWV 348: Overture, Air, Minuet, Bourrée – George Frideric Handel 

Suite No. 2 in D Major (“Water Music”), HWV 349: Overture, Alla Hornpipe, Variation on Alla Hornpipe – George Frideric Handel 

Symphony No. 94 (“Surprise”), Hob I:94: I, II, IV – Franz Joseph Haydn 

Symphony No. 25, K 183: I – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 

Divertimento in F Major, K 138/125c: I, II, III – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 

Egmont, op. 84: I – Ludwig van Beethoven 

Symphony No. 5, D 485: I – Franz Schubert 

Ruslan and Ludmila: Overture – Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka 

Orphée aux enfers: Overture – Jacques Offenbach 

Symphony No. 6 (“Pathétique”), op. 74: I – Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky 

Hungarian Dance No. 1, WoO 1 – Johannes Brahms 

Le carnaval des animaux: I, VII, XII, XIV – Camille Saint-Saëns 

Quatuor no. 1: I, II – Jean Papineau-Couture 

String Quartet No. 2: I, II, III – Oskar Morawetz 

Finlandia, op. 26 – Jean Sibelius