Listening Links
BEETHOVEN
“Für Elise”
”Ode to Joy” Flashmob
J.S. BACH
Toccata and Fugue in D minor
Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, Prelude
BRAHMS
Hungarian Dance No. 5
Clarinet Quintet, Movement 1
MOZART
”Eine Kleine Nachtmusik” Serenade in G Major, Movement 1
”Der Hölle Rache” (The Queen of the Night) from The Magic Flute
HAYDN
String Quartet No. 62 Op. 76, No. 3 “Emperor”, Movement 2
Symphony No. 45 “Farewell”, Movement 4
SCHUBERT
Symphony No. 8 “Unfinished”
”Erlkönig”
MAHLER
Symphony No. 5 Adagietto
Symphony No. 8 excerpt from Finale (Symphony of a Thousand)
CHOPIN
Étude Op. 10 No. 12 in C minor “Revolutionary”
”Minute Waltz” Op. 64 No. 1
TCHAIKOVSKY
”Russian Dance” from The Nutcracker
1812 Overture excerpt from Finale with cannons, church bells, and fireworks
STRAVINSKY
”Introduction” and “Augurs of Spring” from Rite of Spring
”Infernal Dance”, “Berceuse”, and “Finale” from The Firebird
SCHOENBERG
”Mondestrunken” from Pierrot Lunar “Mondestrunken”
Klavierstück Op. 33a
BERLIOZ
Symphonie Fantastique Movement 4 March to the Scaffold
Roman Carnival Overture
PURCELL
Abdelazer Suite
”Dido’s Lament” from Dido and Aeneas
PROKOFIEV
”Troika” from Lieutenant Kijé
”Dance of the Knights” from Romeo and Juliet
DEBUSSY
Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
Suite bergamasque, L. 75: III. Clair de lune
VIVALDI
The Four Seasons: Spring
Concerto for Mandolin in C Major
WAGNER
”The Ride of the Valkyries” from The Valkyrie
Overture from Tannhäuser
SIBELIUS
”Finlandia”
Karelia Suite
IVES
The Unanswered Question
Variations on “America”
HANDEL
”Hornpipe” from Water Music
”Zadok the Priest”
BRITTEN
Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
Phantasy Quartet
MENDELSSOHN
A Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture
Symphony No. 4 “Italian” Movement 1
SCRIABIN
Prometheus": Poem of Fire
Étude Op. 8 No. 12
LISZT
Grandes études de Paganini, S. 141. No. 3 in G-Sharp Minor
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
MESSIAEN
Quartet for the End of Time
Apparition of the Eternal Church (arranged for concert band)
COPLAND
Fanfare for the Common Man
”Hoe Down” from Rodeo
CAGE
Sonata 5 from Sonatas and interludes (for prepared piano)
”Water Walk”
DVORÁK
Slavonic Dance in G Minor, Op. 46 No. 8
”Songs My Mother Taught Me”
SHOSTAKOVICH
Waltz No. 2 from the Suite for Jazz Orchestra
Symphony No. 7 in C Major, Op. 60 “Leningrad” I. Allegretto
LIGETI
Atmospheres
Lux Aeterna
LUTOSLAWSKI
20 Polish Christmas Carols (excerpts)
Concerto for Orchestra
CORELLI
Concerto Grosso in F Major, Op. 6 No. 2
La Folia, Op. 5 No. 12
BELLINI
”Casta Diva” from Norma
Oboe Concerto in E flat major
PUCCINI
”Nessum Dorma” from Turandot
”Musetta’s Waltz” from La Bohéme
ROSSINI
Overture to The Barber of Seville
Overture to William Tell
ALESSANDRO SCARLATTI
Toccata Per Cembalo D’Ottava Stesa in D minor
Exultate Deo
DOMENICO SCARLATTI
Sonata in A Minor K 61
Sonatas K. 517, 185, 84, and 56
BUSONI
Bereceuse élégiaque, Op. 42
Elegy No. 4, “Turandots Frauengemach”
BOCCHERINI
Quintet in D Major G 448, IV Fandango
Quintet Op. 11 No. 5, Minuet
VERDI
Dies Irae from Requiem
Anvil Chorus from Il trovatore
J.C. BACH
Symphony in G minor Op. 6 No. 6 W.C12
Overture to Amadis
W.F. BACH
Sinfonia for Strings in F Major “Dissonant” F. 67
Trio Sonata No. 3 in A Minor
C.P.E. BACH
Solfeggio in C minor H. 220, Wg 117/2
Symphony in E flat major Wg 149
OFFENBACH
Barcarolle from The Tales of Hoffmann
”Infernal Gallop” (Cancan) from Orpheus in the Underworld