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All songsGrade 5 String Orchestra list
String OrchestraGrade 5(play all)Code 19073

Rakastava

Sibelius · Southern Music Publishing Company

Performances52015–2026
Schools4
Avg concert1.001 is best
Straight ones100%5 superior ratings

Performances per year

How often this piece was programmed.

Average rating per year

1 is the best possible score, so lower is better.

  • Concert
  • Sight-reading

Share of its category

Against every grade 5 String Orchestra piece performed since 2015.

<1%of 2,623 performances

5 of this piece vs 2,618 of everything else in the same grade and event.

Programmed most often by

Schools that have returned to this piece.

  • Tomball Memorial High Schoolavg 1.02×
  • Americas HSavg 1.01×
  • Atascocita H Savg 1.01×
  • Richardson High Schoolavg 1.01×

Most often paired with

Pieces programmed alongside this one, across every recorded performance.

  • St. Paul Suite — HolstGr 5 · avg 1.02×
  • Finale (From Fifth Symphony) — BeethovenFull Orchestra · Gr 3 · avg 1.01×
  • Funf Stucke — HindemithGr 5 · avg 1.01×
  • Notturno — SchoenbergGr 5 · avg 1.01×
  • Rhythm Dances — BalmagesGr 4 · avg 1.01×
  • Sea Songs — Vaughan WilliamsGr 3 · avg 1.01×
  • Serenade for Strings Op. 20 — ElgarGr 5 · avg 1.01×
  • Serenade Fur Streichorchester Op. 22 — DvorakGr 5 · avg 1.01×

Performances

All 5 recorded performances.

YearSchoolEventPerformed withDirectorClassConcertSR
2026Atascocita H SAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Notturno harp required — Schoenberg
  • Simple Symphony IV Frolicsome Finale — Britten
William BewleyVarsity11
2026Tomball Memorial High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Funf Stucke (Mvts. 1 2 & 3) — Paul Hindemith
  • St. Paul Suite (1st. Mvt.) — Gustav Holst
Peter C. JagdeoVarsity11
2022Richardson High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Serenade for Strings Mvt. 1 — Elgar
  • Rhythm Dances — Balmages
Sara LongVarsity11
2018Tomball Memorial High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Sea Songs — Vaughan Williams/Longfield
  • St. Paul Suite (1st Movement) — Holst
Peter C. JagdeoVarsity11
2015Americas HSAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Sinfonia in F — Vivaldi/Frackenpohl
  • Serenade fur Streichorchester Op. 22 (play one mvt) — Dvorak/
Adria DunnVarsity11

  • Atascocita H S

    2026 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    William Bewley

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Notturno harp required — Schoenberg
    • Simple Symphony IV Frolicsome Finale — Britten

  • Tomball Memorial High School

    2026 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Peter C. Jagdeo

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Funf Stucke (Mvts. 1 2 & 3) — Paul Hindemith
    • St. Paul Suite (1st. Mvt.) — Gustav Holst

  • Richardson High School

    2022 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Sara Long

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Serenade for Strings Mvt. 1 — Elgar
    • Rhythm Dances — Balmages

  • Tomball Memorial High School

    2018 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Peter C. Jagdeo

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Sea Songs — Vaughan Williams/Longfield
    • St. Paul Suite (1st Movement) — Holst

  • Americas HS

    2015 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Adria Dunn

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Sinfonia in F — Vivaldi/Frackenpohl
    • Serenade fur Streichorchester Op. 22 (play one mvt) — Dvorak/