Sarabande, from Iphegenie in Aulis (string quartet)

Title: Sarabande, from the opera Iphegenie in Aulis

Composer: Christoph Gluck, arr. David Gable

Instrumentation: Violin 1; Violin 2; Viola; Cello

Printout: 4 pages

Note: This sarabande is dramatic and somewhat foreboding, yet  it can provide an oft-needed contrast to prelude or reception music. Both violin parts are playable on flute or oboe.