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Divisions 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 have completed several Music Listening Journal entries. 

Please click on the links below to check out the pieces we’ve listened to in class this year.  🙂

  * Your class may not have listened to all pieces, but you are welcome to check them out! * 


REMINDER — Once you click on a link, it will take you outside of this blog to other websites, including YouTube.  Be careful where you click!


Name of Piece

Composer / Performer

A few notes about the Music

Walking to the Sky composed by

Bob (Robert) Buckley

Mr. Buckley’s piece was inspired by a work of art called Walking to the Sky

The public sculpture was created by American artist Jonathan Borofsky, and was originally placed in New York City – it was relocated to Dallas, Texas in 2005.

Der Hölle Rache

Queen of the Night – aria

from The Magic Flute

composed by   

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

performed by

The Royal Opera (UK)

Diana Damrau, soprano

The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflöte) premiered in Vienna, Austria on September 30, 1791.

This opera in 2 acts is one of the most frequently performed operas around the world.

In the Hall of the Mountain King

from The Peer Gynt Suite

composed by

Edvard Grieg

Grieg wrote the music for a play called ‘Peer Gynt‘ by Henrik Ibsen. 

Peer Gynt has run away from home – and his many adventures to the four corners of the globe take him into the underground Kingdom of the Trolls.

In The Hall of the Mountain King performed by

Body Avlaia Group

Using body percussion and chairs
In The Hall of the Mountain King animated and synchronized by

DoodleChaos

LineRider synchronized to music
Sleigh Ride composed by

Leroy Anderson

performed by

Ferrante & Teicher Symphony Orchestra

Sevens anyone?  🙂 

 

Lean On Me composed and performed by

Bill Withers

(live performance, 1973)

original songs — cover songs

see this post for more information about Lean On Me

Lean On Me performed by

ArtistsCan2020

Canadian artists joined together in April 2020 – to raise funds for Canadian Emergencies & COVID-19 Response Fund
Fantaisie-Impromptu in C# minor (Op.66) composed by

Frédéric Chopin

performed by

Rousseau

Frédéric Chopin was a virtuoso pianist and composer.  He clearly stated that any music that was NOT published before his death was NEVER to be published. 

Fortunately for music lovers everywhere, this instruction was ignored – and Fantaisie-Impromptu WAS published.  It is one of Chopin’s most famous pieces.

Fantaisie-Impromptu in C# minor (Op.66) performed by Dmitry Shishkin & animated and synchronized by Matthew Buckley another LineRider synchronized to music

 

Think about songs you listen to … Do you know where your song started?

Often, the original artists write, perform and record their song.  It becomes very well known.

Other artists are inspired to create their own version of that song – this is called a cover.  Sometimes the new version sounds very similar … and sometimes it does not.

Click on the 3 links below for the in-class handout and videos of 2 perfomances of LEAN ON ME by Bill Withers

 


Handout = Lean On Me = It is the same song – but it sounds different


Version #1 = Lean on Me – original = Bill Withers = live performance, 1973


Version #2 = Lean on Me – cover = ArtistsCAN = national broadcast performance, 2020