More than just a collection of difficult passages for the aspiring orchestral pro these extracts from the classical romantic & 20th-century concert repertoire reveal the tricks of the trade. The Orchestral Violinist distils Rodney Friend's expertise by assembling extracts from each work as self-contained studies. Detailed fingerings have been applied & workable bowings are reproduced in red solving all of the technical problems faced by the player.

Beethoven: Leonora Overture No. 3 - Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra - R. Strauss: Don Juan - Weber: Overture Oberon - Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 - Rossini: Overture The Thieving Magpie - Mendelssohn: Overture A Midsummer Night's Dream - Mozart: Symphony No. 41 Jupiter - Stravinsky: Sacrificial Dance from The Rite of Spring - Tchaikovsky: Fantasy Overture Romeo and Juliet - Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 - Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 - Brahms: Variations on a theme of Haydn - Haydn: Symphony No. 104 London - Dvorák: Serenade op. 22 - Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 - Rimsky-Korsakoff: Capriccio espagnol - Berlioz: Overture Roman Carnival - Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra - Prokofieff: Symphony No. 1 Classical - Mozart: Symphony No. 35 Haffner - Kodály: Háry János Suite - Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique - Weber: Overture Der Freischütz - Mozart: Symphony No. 39 - Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme Enigma