Found these guys while doing some regular internet exploring. Their program is pretty good, and while the strings go in and out, the fact that they have as many players as they do performing at a high level is impressive. This performance of the Rutter "Suite for Strings" is quite good, and probably one of the best by a high school ensemble that I've heard yet.
Each movement of the suite is based on an English folk song. The treatment of each tune is superb and Rutter's string writing is nice, hearkening to that age-old English string tradition. A little Elgar, a little Vaughan Williams, a little Walton -- I think you get the gist.
Suite for Strings/John Rutter
I. A-Roving
II. I have a bonnet trimmed in blue
III. O waly waly
IV. Dashing away
Enjoy!
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Not bad at all. In particular, a rather nice "A-Roving."
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