Our first episode and adventure into the world of music
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Our first episode and adventure into the world of music concerns the first basic element of sound, namely pitch. Pitch is essential to creating melody and harmony.
Let’s explore …
Music links and Questions for Programme 1: about Music: Pitch
Any questions or comments, you are welcome to write to me at: brian@gsaradio.stream
The Music played:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A Major K622 – Adagio Movement
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Performed by Joel McNeely and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=y0C7ZoSCaiY&feature=share
Felix Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Incidental Music, Opus 61, MWV M 13 – No. 1 Scherzo.
Performed by the Berliner Philharmoniker conducted by Ferenc Fricsay
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=CuD1aYHD67E&feature=share
Gyorgy Sviridov: Pushkin’s Garland No7: Reveille
Performed by Alexey Mikhailov and the Glinka Choir
https://youtu.be/t3uciWROTfg
Robert Schumann: Märchenbilder (FairyTale Pictures) Opus 113
Movements
1. Nicht schnell (Not Fast) in D minor
2. Lebhaft (Lively) in F major
3. Rasch (Quick) in D minor
4. Langsam, mit melancholischem Ausdruck (Slowly, with Melancholic Expression) in D major
Performed by Timothy Ridout and Ke Ma
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=KeZw_DhWMW4&feature=share
Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46 - I. Morning Mood
Performed by the Berliner Philharmoniker conducted by Herbert von Karajan
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=J-1Bob1dU18&feature=share
Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46 – 4. In the Hall of the Mountain King
Performed by The Seattle Symphony
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=4nMUr8Rt2AI&feature=share
Nobuyuki TsujiiÖ Elegy for the Victims of the Earthquake and Tsunami of March 11, 2011.
Performed by the composer.
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=LqoV4ZW7xTA&feature=share
John Williams: Music from Schindler’s List
Performed by Simone Lamsma (violin) and Davida Scheffers (cor anglais) with the NL Orchestra
https://youtu.be/YqVRcFQagtI
Francis Lai: Love Story
Performed by Lola & Hauser in the video on a Blüthner piano from the 19th century and a Holstein Bench Guarneri ‘Cello.
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=_J2sOm4Ruh0&feature=share
Questions for Programme 1:
1. Please identify a few instruments or singers that use the treble or G clef.
2. Please identify a few instruments or singers that use the bass or F clef.
3. Please identify a few instruments or singers that might use the C clef. (Hint: this clef is movable, and can be called the Alto Clef, the Tenor Clef, the Soprano Clef, the Mezzo-Soprano Clef and the Baritone Clef.
4. Please think of three reasons why middle C is called middle C.
5. Please listen to one piece written for a treble clef instrument, one for a bass clef instrument, and the remaining two movements of the Schumann Märchenbilder we heard which are for the C clef instrument. Reflect on whether the relative low or high sounds mean something to your listening experience and which speak most directly to your heart.
Let’s explore …
Music links and Questions for Programme 1: about Music: Pitch
Any questions or comments, you are welcome to write to me at: brian@gsaradio.stream
The Music played:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A Major K622 – Adagio Movement
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Performed by Joel McNeely and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=y0C7ZoSCaiY&feature=share
Felix Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Incidental Music, Opus 61, MWV M 13 – No. 1 Scherzo.
Performed by the Berliner Philharmoniker conducted by Ferenc Fricsay
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=CuD1aYHD67E&feature=share
Gyorgy Sviridov: Pushkin’s Garland No7: Reveille
Performed by Alexey Mikhailov and the Glinka Choir
https://youtu.be/t3uciWROTfg
Robert Schumann: Märchenbilder (FairyTale Pictures) Opus 113
Movements
1. Nicht schnell (Not Fast) in D minor
2. Lebhaft (Lively) in F major
3. Rasch (Quick) in D minor
4. Langsam, mit melancholischem Ausdruck (Slowly, with Melancholic Expression) in D major
Performed by Timothy Ridout and Ke Ma
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=KeZw_DhWMW4&feature=share
Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46 - I. Morning Mood
Performed by the Berliner Philharmoniker conducted by Herbert von Karajan
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=J-1Bob1dU18&feature=share
Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46 – 4. In the Hall of the Mountain King
Performed by The Seattle Symphony
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=4nMUr8Rt2AI&feature=share
Nobuyuki TsujiiÖ Elegy for the Victims of the Earthquake and Tsunami of March 11, 2011.
Performed by the composer.
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=LqoV4ZW7xTA&feature=share
John Williams: Music from Schindler’s List
Performed by Simone Lamsma (violin) and Davida Scheffers (cor anglais) with the NL Orchestra
https://youtu.be/YqVRcFQagtI
Francis Lai: Love Story
Performed by Lola & Hauser in the video on a Blüthner piano from the 19th century and a Holstein Bench Guarneri ‘Cello.
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=_J2sOm4Ruh0&feature=share
Questions for Programme 1:
1. Please identify a few instruments or singers that use the treble or G clef.
2. Please identify a few instruments or singers that use the bass or F clef.
3. Please identify a few instruments or singers that might use the C clef. (Hint: this clef is movable, and can be called the Alto Clef, the Tenor Clef, the Soprano Clef, the Mezzo-Soprano Clef and the Baritone Clef.
4. Please think of three reasons why middle C is called middle C.
5. Please listen to one piece written for a treble clef instrument, one for a bass clef instrument, and the remaining two movements of the Schumann Märchenbilder we heard which are for the C clef instrument. Reflect on whether the relative low or high sounds mean something to your listening experience and which speak most directly to your heart.