Listening playlists

RECOMMENDED MUSICAL LISTENING FOR P6 (Taken from English Curriculum Guidelines)

PLAYLIST HERE: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLitQ2pP9mJegL6G920NQ0bAUOxyVkOouL

RENAISSANCE PERIOD

YEAR TITLE OF PIECE

1587 Jubilate Deo (Gabrieli)

BAROQUE PERIOD

YEAR TITLE OF PIECE

1630 Beatus Vir (Monteverdi)

1677 Dido’s Lament from Dido and Aeneas (Purcell)

1690 Largo from Concerto Grosso in G minor (Christmas Concerto) (Corelli)

1724 Part 1: Chorale from St John Passion (J. S. Bach)

CLASSICAL PERIOD

YEAR TITLE OF PIECE

1762 Dance of the Blessed Spirits from Orfeo and Euridice (Gluck) 5

1779 1st movement from Symphony No.1 (Chevalier de Saint-Georges) 5

1788 1st movement from Symphony No. 40 in G minor (Mozart) 5

1791 Papageno’s Song from The Magic Flute (Mozart) 5

ROMANTIC PERIOD

YEAR TITLE OF PIECE

1834 Fantasy Impromptu Op. 66 (Chopin)

1839 1st movement from Piano Quintet No. 1 in A minor Op. 30 (Farrenc)

1846 1st movement from Piano Trio Op. 11 (Fanny Mendelssohn)

1853 Andante Molto from Romance for Violin and Piano (Clara Schumann)

1872 Carillon from L’Arlesienne Suite No. 1(Bizet)

1874 Dies Iraw from Requiem (Verdi)

1884 1st movement from The Holberg Suite (Grieg)

20^th CENTURY

YEAR TITLE OF PIECE

1900 1st movement from Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor (Rachmaninoff)

1903 La Mer (Debussy)

1906 Symphonic Variations on an African Air (Coleridge-Taylor)

1910 La Cathédrale Engloutie (Debussy)

1910 Mother Goose Suite (Ravel)

1913 The Sacrificial Dance from The Rite of Spring (Stravinsky)

1917 Livery Stable Blues (The Original Dixieland Jazz Band)

1921 Chant from The Bandana Sketches (Clarence Cameron White)

1923 English Folk Song Suite (Vaughan Williams)

1938 Londonderry Air (Grainger)

1942 Salt Peanuts (Charlie Parker/Dizzy Gillespie)

1962 Watermelon Man (Herbie Hancock)

1963 A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall (Bob Dylan)

1966 Yellow Submarine (The Beatles)

1966 Shepherd’s Pipe Carol (Rutter)

1968 Hushabye Mountain from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Sherman)

1970 Early One Morning (Britten)

1976 Love Really Hurts Without You (Billy Ocean)

1978 Variations on a Theme by Paganini (Andrew Lloyd Webber)

1981 Ellis Island (Meredith Monk)

1982 The Lamb (Tavener)

1984 Smalltown Boy (Bronski Beat)

1985 Time Lapse (Michael Nyman)

1985 Dirty Old Town (The Pogues)

1986 Short Ride in a Fast Machine (John Adams)

1989 Belfast Child (Simple Minds)

1991 Whiskey in the Jar (Thin Lizzy)

1993 Play Dead (Björk)

21^st CENTURY

YEAR TITLE OF PIECE

2000 Shine As The Light (Peter Graham)

2000 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Tan Dun)

2000 Theme from Lord of the Rings (Howard Shore)

2000 Smells Like Teen Spirit (The Bad Plus)

2008 Jai Ho from Slumdog Millionaire (A. R. Rahman)

2012 The Snow Prelude No. 3 (Ludovico Einaudi)

2012 Shadows (Lindsey Stirling)

2013 Imaginary Garden V. Renewed at Every Glance (Hope Lee)

2014 Lingus (Snarky Puppy)

2014 Shake it Off (Taylor Swift)

2016 Human (Rag’n’Bone Man)

2017 Florence (Loyle Carner)

MUSIC TRADITIONS

COUNTRY TITLE OF PIECE

USA Go Down Moses (Harlem Gospel Singers)

South Africa Inkanyezi Nezazi (Ladysmith Black Mambazo)

Nigeria Jin-Go-La-Ba (Drums of Passion) (Babatunde Olatunji)

Wales Hela’r Dryw (Hunting the Wren)

England Leave Her, Johnny, Leave Her!

Ireland Danny Boy

Caribbean Four White Horses

Uganda Dipidu

England Camborne Hill (various)

England Hopping Down in Kent

This is not a compulsory, nor comprehensive, listening list but does provide a broad exposure to different genres, traditions and styles across the centuries and decades. Of course, it does not have to be listened to in chronological order but can be mixed up – there will often be pieces that will match nicely to areas of study too.

This can be used as a working document to indicate those pieces that children have been listening to over the school year, ticking them off as they are listened to and noting any comments children might make on each piece. Enabling children to listen to as many of these pieces as possible is a great way of building on their cultural capital.

RECOMMENDED MUSICAL LISTENING FOR P5 (Taken from English Curriculum Guidelines)

PLAYLIST HERE: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLitQ2pP9mJeigXP056mW2dTK4Kp2Wgbpx

EARLY PERIOD

YEAR TITLE OF PIECE

1140 O Euchari (Hildegard)

RENAISSANCE PERIOD

YEAR TITLE OF PIECE

1560 If Ye Love Me (Tallis)

BAROQUE PERIOD

YEAR TITLE OF PIECE

1676 Rondeau from Abdelazar (Purcell)

1716 Gloria in Excelsis Deo from Gloria (Vivaldi)

1717 Prelude from Cello Suite No. 1 in G (J. S. Bach)

1717 Adagio from Oboe Concerto in C minor (Marcello)

1727 Zadok the Priest from Coronation Anthems (Handel)

1736 Chaconne (Rameau)

1741 Siciliana from The Goldberg Variations (J.S. Bach)

1745 The National Anthem – God Save the Queen

CLASSICAL PERIOD

YEAR TITLE OF PIECE

1781 Finale: Presto from Quartet in E flat major Op. 33, ‘Russian’ (Haydn)

1808 4th movement from Symphony No. 5 (Beethoven)

1810 Für Elise (Beethoven)

1819 Piano Quintet in A major, ‘The Trout’ (Schubert)

ROMANTIC PERIOD

YEAR TITLE OF PIECE

1836 Eisenbahn-Lust Waltz (Railway Delight Waltz) (Johann Strauss I)

1840 Travelling Song (The Train Song) (Glinka)

1844 Le Chemin de Fer (Alkan)

1846 Le Chant des Chemins de Fer (Berlioz)

1848 Soldier’s March (Schumann)

1868 1st movement from Piano Concerto in A minor (Grieg)

1870 Ballet Music from Coppélia (Delibes)

1874 Má Vlast (Smetana)

1878 Sultana (Chiquinha Gonzaga)

1879 Toccata from Organ Symphony No. 5 (Widor)

1880 Academic Festival Overture (Brahms)

1891 Prélude à l’apres-midi d’un faune (Debussy)

1892 Pizzicato Polka (Johann Strauss II)

1893 Romance for Violin and Piano Op. 23 (Amy Beach)

1894 Humoresque No. 7 (Dvořák)

1896 To a Wild Rose (MacDowall)

20th CENTURY

YEAR TITLE OF PIECE

1901 Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D (Elgar)

1902 Concertino for Flute (Chaminade)

1908 Arrival Platform Humlet (Grainger)

1913 Syrinx (Debussy)

1913 Overture from The Boatswain’s Mate (Smyth)

1915 From Hanover Square North (Ives)

1917 Joc cu Bâtă from Romanian Folk Dances (Bartók)

1919 1st movement from Viola Sonata (Rebecca Clarke)

1920 Dinah (Louis Armstrong)

1923 Pacific 231 (Honegger)

1930 The Little Train of the Caipira (Villa-Lobos)

1933 Troika from Lieutenant Kijé (Prokofiev)

1936 Aria for Alto Saxophone and Piano (Eugène Bozza)

1936 Night Mail (Britten)

1938 Adagio for Strings (Barber)

1939 Take the ‘A’ Train (Duke Ellington)

1942 Fanfare for the Common Man (Copland)

1942 Ceremony of Carols (Britten)

1943 Overture (Grażyna Bacewicz)

1945 The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra (Britten)

1946 Lyric for Strings (Walker)

1947 Fanfare for a Great Occasion (Walton)

1948 O Waly Waly (arranged by Britten)

1951 Six Metamorphoses after Ovid (Britten)

1958 My Baby Just Cares For Me (Nina Simone)

1959 Take Five (Dave Brubeck)

1963 The Pink Panther (Henry Mancini)

1967 With A Little Help from My Friends (The Beatles)

1978 Theme from Superman (John Williams)

1995 Wonderwall (Oasis)

1996 Theme from Mission Impossible (Lalo Schifrin)

21^st CENTURY

YEAR TITLE OF PIECE

2000 2nd movement from Piano Sonata No. 2 (Dorman)

2001 Theme from Amélie (Yann Tiersen)

2004 Music of the Spheres (Philip Sparke)

2007 Fnugg (Baadsvik)

2009 Concerto for Turntables and Orchestra (Gabriel Prokofiev)

2018 The True Light (Judith Weir)

2018 Anthem (Lucy Pankhurst)

MUSIC TRADITIONS

COUNTRY TITLE OF PIECE

Israel Bim Bam Bom (various)

Russia Kalinka (various)

Trinidad Tropical Bird (Trinidad Steel Band)

Punjab/UK Bhabiye Akh Larr Gayee (Bhujhangy Group)

England Admiral Benbow

Ghana Namuma

England Wassail Song

Ireland She Moved Through the Fair

This is not a compulsory, nor comprehensive, listening list but does provide a broad exposure to different genres, traditions and styles across the centuries and decades. Of course, it does not have to be listened to in chronological order but can be mixed up – there will often be pieces that will match nicely to areas of study too.

This can be used as a working document to indicate those pieces that children have been listening to over the school year, ticking them off as they are listened to and noting any comments children might make on each piece. Enabling children to listen to as many of these pieces as possible is a great way of building on their cultural capital.

RECOMMENDED MUSICAL LISTENING FOR P4 (Taken from English Curriculum Guidelines)

PLAYLIST HERE: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLitQ2pP9mJehJa2_AYSJQOoxpvZy7kBrd

BAROQUE PERIOD

YEAR TITLE OF PIECE

1605 Earl of Essex’s Galliard (Dowland)

1630 Miserere (Allegri)

1664 Che Si Può Fare (Barbara Strozzi)

1680 Canon in D (Pachelbel)

1717 Hornpipe from Water Music (Handel)

1725 Winter from The Four Seasons (Vivaldi)

1741 Hallelujah from Messiah (Handel)

CLASSICAL PERIOD

YEAR TITLE OF PIECE

1794 3rd movement from Sonata in F major Op. 33, No. 2 (Clementi)

1796 Trumpet Concerto in E flat (Haydn)

1802 1st movement from Piano Sonata No. 14 ‘Moonlight’ (Beethoven)

1823 Overture from Semiramide (Rossini)

ROMANTIC PERIOD

YEAR TITLE OF PIECE

1837 Overture from Ruslan and Lyudmila (Glinka)

1867 Night on a Bare Mountain (Mussorgsky)

1874 Danse Macabre (Saint-Saëns)

1878 Slavonic Dance No. 8 (Dvořák)

1888 2nd movement from Scheherazade (Rimsky-Korsakov)

1893 Largo from Symphony No. 9 (Dvořák)

1893 Berceuse from Dolly Suite (Fauré)

1893 Liberty Bell (Sousa)

1896 The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (Dukas)

1897 South African National Anthem Nkosi Sikelel’ iAfrika (various artists)

20^th CENTURY

YEAR TITLE OF PIECE

1911 Nocturne for Violin and Piano (Lili Boulanger)

1935 Dance of the Knights from Romeo and Juliet (Prokofiev)

1941 Sabre Dance from Gayane Suite No. 3 (Khachaturian)

1945 Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes (Britten)

1948 Circus Music Suite from The Red Pony (Copland)

1964 I Got You (I Feel Good) (James Brown)

1977 We Will Rock You (Queen)

1978 Le Freak (Chic)

1988 Different Trains (Steve Reich)

1996 Lux Aeterna (Elgar, arr. Cameron)

21^st CENTURY

YEAR TITLE OF PIECE

2003 Eliza’s Aria from Wild Swans (Elena Kats-Chernin)

2015 Anthology of Fantastic Zoology (Mason Bates)

2018 Legend of the Sky (Fraser Trainer)

MUSICAL TRADITIONS

COUNTRY TITLE OF PIECE

India Sahela Re (Kishori Amonkar)

Ireland Be Thou my Vision (various artists)

Congo Si, Si, Si (various)

Japan Kaeru no uta

Morocco A ram sam sam

Bangladesh Now charia de (A Boatman’s Song)

Pakistan Drummer’s Reel (Dhol Foundation)

England Adieu, Sweet Lovely Nancy

This is not a compulsory, nor comprehensive, listening list but does provide a broad exposure to different genres, traditions and styles across the centuries and decades. Of course, it does not have to be listened to in chronological order but can be mixed up – there will often be pieces that will match nicely to areas of study too.

This can be used as a working document to indicate those pieces that children have been listening to over the school year, ticking them off as they are listened to and noting any comments children might make on each piece. Enabling children to listen to as many of these pieces as possible is a great way of building on their cultural capital.

RECOMMENDED MUSICAL LISTENING FOR P3 (Taken from English Curriculum Guidelines)

PLAYLIST HERE: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLitQ2pP9mJeigXP056mW2dTK4Kp2Wgbpx

EARLY PERIOD

YEAR TITLE OF PIECE

1140 O Euchari (Hildegard)

RENAISSANCE PERIOD

YEAR TITLE OF PIECE

1560 If Ye Love Me (Tallis)

BAROQUE PERIOD

YEAR TITLE OF PIECE

1676 Rondeau from Abdelazar (Purcell)

1716 Gloria in Excelsis Deo from Gloria (Vivaldi)

1717 Prelude from Cello Suite No. 1 in G (J. S. Bach)

1717 Adagio from Oboe Concerto in C minor (Marcello)

1727 Zadok the Priest from Coronation Anthems (Handel)

1736 Chaconne (Rameau)

1741 Siciliana from The Goldberg Variations (J.S. Bach)

1745 The National Anthem – God Save the Queen

CLASSICAL PERIOD

YEAR TITLE OF PIECE

1781 Finale: Presto from Quartet in E flat major Op. 33, ‘Russian’ (Haydn)

1808 4th movement from Symphony No. 5 (Beethoven)

1810 Für Elise (Beethoven)

1819 Piano Quintet in A major, ‘The Trout’ (Schubert)

ROMANTIC PERIOD

YEAR TITLE OF PIECE

1836 Eisenbahn-Lust Waltz (Railway Delight Waltz) (Johann Strauss I)

1840 Travelling Song (The Train Song) (Glinka)

1844 Le Chemin de Fer (Alkan)

1846 Le Chant des Chemins de Fer (Berlioz)

1848 Soldier’s March (Schumann)

1868 1st movement from Piano Concerto in A minor (Grieg)

1870 Ballet Music from Coppélia (Delibes)

1874 Má Vlast (Smetana)

1878 Sultana (Chiquinha Gonzaga)

1879 Toccata from Organ Symphony No. 5 (Widor)

1880 Academic Festival Overture (Brahms)

1891 Prélude à l’apres-midi d’un faune (Debussy)

1892 Pizzicato Polka (Johann Strauss II)

1893 Romance for Violin and Piano Op. 23 (Amy Beach)

1894 Humoresque No. 7 (Dvořák)

1896 To a Wild Rose (MacDowall)

20th CENTURY

YEAR TITLE OF PIECE

1901 Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D (Elgar)

1902 Concertino for Flute (Chaminade)

1908 Arrival Platform Humlet (Grainger)

1913 Syrinx (Debussy)

1913 Overture from The Boatswain’s Mate (Smyth)

1915 From Hanover Square North (Ives)

1917 Joc cu Bâtă from Romanian Folk Dances (Bartók)

1919 1st movement from Viola Sonata (Rebecca Clarke)

1920 Dinah (Louis Armstrong)

1923 Pacific 231 (Honegger)

1930 The Little Train of the Caipira (Villa-Lobos)

1933 Troika from Lieutenant Kijé (Prokofiev)

1936 Aria for Alto Saxophone and Piano (Eugène Bozza)

1936 Night Mail (Britten)

1938 Adagio for Strings (Barber)

1939 Take the ‘A’ Train (Duke Ellington)

1942 Fanfare for the Common Man (Copland)

1942 Ceremony of Carols (Britten)

1943 Overture (Grażyna Bacewicz)

1945 The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra (Britten)

1946 Lyric for Strings (Walker)

1947 Fanfare for a Great Occasion (Walton)

1948 O Waly Waly (arranged by Britten)

1951 Six Metamorphoses after Ovid (Britten)

1958 My Baby Just Cares For Me (Nina Simone)

1959 Take Five (Dave Brubeck)

1963 The Pink Panther (Henry Mancini)

1967 With A Little Help from My Friends (The Beatles)

1978 Theme from Superman (John Williams)

1995 Wonderwall (Oasis)

1996 Theme from Mission Impossible (Lalo Schifrin)

21^st CENTURY

YEAR TITLE OF PIECE

2000 2nd movement from Piano Sonata No. 2 (Dorman)

2001 Theme from Amélie (Yann Tiersen)

2004 Music of the Spheres (Philip Sparke)

2007 Fnugg (Baadsvik)

2009 Concerto for Turntables and Orchestra (Gabriel Prokofiev)

2018 The True Light (Judith Weir)

2018 Anthem (Lucy Pankhurst)

MUSIC TRADITIONS

COUNTRY TITLE OF PIECE

Israel Bim Bam Bom (various)

Russia Kalinka (various)

Trinidad Tropical Bird (Trinidad Steel Band)

Punjab/UK Bhabiye Akh Larr Gayee (Bhujhangy Group)

England Admiral Benbow

Ghana Namuma

England Wassail Song

Ireland She Moved Through the Fair

This is not a compulsory, nor comprehensive, listening list but does provide a broad exposure to different genres, traditions and styles across the centuries and decades. Of course, it does not have to be listened to in chronological order but can be mixed up – there will often be pieces that will match nicely to areas of study too.

This can be used as a working document to indicate those pieces that children have been listening to over the school year, ticking them off as they are listened to and noting any comments children might make on each piece. Enabling children to listen to as many of these pieces as possible is a great way of building on their cultural capital.