The Baroque Era
From Handel's work which is a presentation of Jesus' life and its significance according to Christian doctrine. Good example of solo male voice & trumpet.
Official classification: Trumpet, The Baroque Era, Classical Pieces, Audio, Male, Handel, George Frideric, Curriculum support, Naxos , Christianity
Nina says "While playing this Fantasy I imagined a conversation between two flutists from different worlds, one from the Baroque period and one from 2007, so I experimented with sound, articulation and vibrato. The recording quality isn't the best and I a
Official classification: Flute, The Baroque Era, Classical Pieces, Video, Telemann, Georg Philipp
Flutist Nina Perlove teaches at Northern Kentucky University
Official classification: Flute, The Baroque Era, Video, Telemann, Georg Philipp
Brandenburg Concerto no. 1 In F major BWV 1046 Allegro.
The Brandenburg concertos by Johann Sebastian Bach (BWV 1046–1051, original title: Six Concerts Avec plusieurs Instruments) are a collection of six instrumental works presented by Bach to Christian Ludwig, margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt,[2] in 1721 (though probably composed earlier). They are widely regarded as among the finest musical compositions of the Baroque era.
Official classification: Concerto, The Baroque Era, Classical Pieces, Audio, Bach, Johann Sebastian, Unit 16 Cyclic Patterns, Curriculum support, Unit 14. The concerto
Stately sounding orchestral piece by German-British Baroque composer George Frideric Handel.
KS1: Listening can focussed to the use of short sounds in this piece, in both tune and accompaniment.
Official classification: The Baroque Era, Classical Pieces, Audio, Handel, George Frideric, Long and Short Sounds, Curriculum support
From Marc-Antoine Charpentier's sacred music suite entitled Te Deum (c.1690)
KS1 idea: listen (and move) to the strong steady beat throughout, also listen to the contrast between sections with brass playing and those with mostly woodwind and strings.
Official classification: The Baroque Era, Religion, Devotion & Meditation, Classical Pieces, Audio, Charpentier, Marc Antoine, France, Curriculum support
Music animation machine - J. S. Bach's "Little" Fugue in G minor, BWV 578, with a scrolling bar-graph score. The instrument here is a Post fortepiano; the pedal part is doubled an octave down. Rendition by Stephen Malinowski (smalin) using the conductor program.
A display like this can be made with the Music Animation Machine MIDI File Player (www.musanim.com/player/)
Official classification: Pitch, The Baroque Era, Classical Pieces, Video, Bach, Johann Sebastian, Curriculum support
Music animation machine - Domenico Scarlatti harpsichord sonata, with scrolling score; performed (not in real-time) by Stephen Malinowski. This type of display can be generated from any MIDI file with this tool: www.musanim.com/player/
Official classification: Pitch, The Baroque Era, Classical Pieces, Video, Sonata, Curriculum support, Scarlatti, Domenico
Image of these early brass predecessors to the modern trombone. For an example, listen to Track 13 L'Hom Armé
Official classification: Tudor England, The Renaissance, The Baroque Era, Image, Sackbut, Curriculum support
Short video clip (1 min.) showing costume designs for a royal ballet in 1653. The commentary states some of the main characteristics of the new 'baroque' thinking against a background of contemporary music by Lully.
Clip from the Roland Collection of Film on Art (www.rolandcollection.com). Used with kind permission of Anthony Roland.
Official classification: Tudor England, The Baroque Era, Dance, Painting, Paintings, Video, Curriculum support, The Roland Collection of Films on Art
Piece for organ and strings by Venetian Baroque composer Tomaso Albinoni. Widely used across different media including films such as Platoon, Gallipoli, Rollerball and anime Karas.
Official classification: The Baroque Era, Classical Pieces, Audio, Curriculum support, Albinoni, Tomaso
Overture (Suite) No. 4 in D major, BWV 1069/ II. Bourree I and II.
Official classification: Overture, The Baroque Era, Classical Pieces, Audio, Bach, Johann Sebastian, Curriculum support, Unit 11. The overture
Final movement of Johann Sebastian Bach's Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor.
KS1/2 idea: focus on listening to the mood (or atmosphere) created by this music played on flute and strings. It's rapid tempo makes it a good example as contrast to a slower piece such as Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata.
Official classification: The Baroque Era, Classical Pieces, Audio, Bach, Johann Sebastian, Curriculum support
Excellent descriptive piece of harpsichord music by French Baroque composer Francois Couperin. This short piece ‘paints’ a picture of a group of people knitting furiously.
Official classification: The Baroque Era, Classical Pieces, Audio, Unit 13 Painting With Sound , Curriculum support, Couperin, Francois, Harpsichord
Performed on the piano in this recording. A good example for listening to short sounds (short, fast notes) as this piece was originally written for the harpsichord. Also the repetition of a ‘minor’ phrase in it’s ’major’ form.
Official classification: Piano, Binary(AB), The Baroque Era, Classical Pieces, Audio, Sonata, Long and Short Sounds, Curriculum support, Scarlatti, Domenico
From second act of Oratorio composed in 1741 by German-British composer George Frideric Handel.
Perhaps Handel's most well known piece, it's use and influence has been prolific ever since.
Official classification: The Baroque Era, Religion, Devotion & Meditation, Classical Pieces, Audio, Oratorio, Handel, George Frideric, Curriculum support, Christianity
Second movement from Concerto in D minor, written early 1700s for solo oboe, accompanied by a string orchestra. Suggested for listening and talking about mood or atmosphere in relation to musical elements at KS2.
Official classification: Oboe, Concerto, The Baroque Era, Classical Pieces, Audio, Key Stage 2, Curriculum support, Marcello, Alessandro
Overture to Lully's opera Armide. first performed in Paris at the Paris Opera on February 15, 1686.
Official classification: Bowed Strings, Overture, The Baroque Era, Classical Pieces, Audio, France, Curriculum support, Unit 11. The overture, Lully, Jean-Baptiste
Overture from opera by English baroque composer Henry Purcell, written for a typical baroque orchestra of strings and harpsichord. Excellent example of cadences at the ends of each phrase, also a significant increase in tempo early on.
Official classification: Bowed Strings, Overture, The Baroque Era, Audio, Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3, Curriculum support, Purcell, Henry, Unit 11. The overture
Concerto by German Baroque composer Georg Philipp Telemann.
Horns and other instruments 'question & answer' each other in this brisk concerto which also features ABA (ternary) stucture.
Official classification: Ternary(ABA), Concerto, The Baroque Era, Classical Pieces, Audio, Telemann, Georg Philipp, Curriculum support, Unit 14. The concerto