Pastorale, from the Christmas Concerto (string quartet)

Title: Pastorale, from Christmas Concerto, op. 8 no. 6

Composer: Archangelo Corelli, arr. David Gable

Instrumentation: Violin 1; Violin 2; Viola; Cello

Printout: 8 pages

Note: The final movement of Corelli’s Christmas Concerto is this graceful and calming pastorale, intended to evoke the image of shepherds tending their flocks. The violin 1 part in this setting is playable on flute or oboe.