Transcript set works A

Water Music Handel- Hornpipe
Section A – Answering
melody heard on horns,
then strings, oboes,
trumpets and then Tutti
(all together)
Section A Trumpets now
have melody and it is
repeated on horns.
Answering melody on
strings – oboe is heard in
counterpoint – now in A
Start – Tutti – Major!
All play together
Joyful – Spring Theme (A)
Theme in E Major (F, C, G, D sharps)
Contrasting Section A and B
•No horns/trumpets in section B
•Section B in B minor and changes often
•New music in Section B but borrows from A
•Music is quieter in Section B
SectionB – Contrasting
section B Minor– Oboe
in counterpoint with
violins b49-51 – section
ends B minor!
Start SECTION A Strong opening melody
on violins and oboes.
Answered by descending
melody on violins and
oboe. Key D Major!
Section A is repeated
exactly!
The End
Handels Water Music - Minuet
Section A – Range of the
melody is a fourth – F-B.
Start – Tutti – All play together
Joyful – Spring Theme (A)
Theme in E Major (F, C, G, D sharps)
Start – Section A
SectionB – This is a
longer section beginning
with four repeated notes –
but at a higher pitch.
Contrasting Section A and B
•No horns/trumpets in section B
•Section B in B minor and changes often
•New music in Section B but borrows from A
•Music is quieter in Section B
– Simple 8 bar melody
based on four repeated
notes – heard on trumpets
and violins.
The End
Section B – Moves into a
livelier rhythm – the
melody repeated itself
and brings section to a
close!
Overture to William Tell - Rossini
Section A – Beauty of a
swiss morning – cellos
play – interrupted by
timpani to suggest
political unrest! Closes in
E major!
Start – Sunrise in
the Alps
Start – Tutti
– All b1-47.
play together
•E
Minor/E
Major
Joyful – Spring Theme
(A)
•¾
time
Theme in E Major (F, C, G, D sharps)
•5 Cellos
•Mainly Homophonic
Section B The Storm –
b48-175.
•G Major
•4/4 time
•Strings, ww.
Trombone, timpani
•Homophpnic and
Polyphonic
SectionB – The tempo,
metre and key change as
William rows across lake.
Moving strings suggest
wind, staccato flute and
oboe sugest rain.
•This is a piece of Programme Music –
Music that has a story to it.
•There are Four Sections – Sunrise, Storm,
Shepherd and Revolution.
•Overture – Piece at beginning of Opera
Coda – b399-477 – gets faster and
louder – stops for breath and ends
triumphantly in E Major!
THE END
Section D – Revolution b 226-398
•E Major, 2/4 time, Trumpet, Horn,
tutti
•Homophonic
Tyrant dead victory played by trumpets
– horns – strings and clarinets –
exciting gallop – music rushes to huge
cresc.
Section C – Cor Anglais
– resembles Alpine
Horn.
Main melody acc. By
Pizzicato Strings and
low chords from
bassoons!New melody
on cor anglais acc. By
flute. Triangle suggests
cow bells.
Section B – More
instrumetns added to
heighten storm. Gradually
music lightens and
texture becomes clearer.
Section C – Shepherd
on a Mountainside –
b176-225
•G Major
•3/8 time
•Cor Anglais and Flute
•Homophpnic and
Polyphonic
Carmina Burana – Carl Orff
Section A – Time
signature changes from
3/1 to 3/2 – chorus sings
melody in unison then in
thirds! Music uses rests,
syncopation and cross
rhythm idea.
Start – Tutti – All play together
Joyful – Spring Theme
(A)A
Section
Theme in E Major (F, C, G, D sharps)
b1-28 opens with a
powerful statement by
full orchestra and
chorus.B5 the music
changes to pianissimo.
Start –
The End
Section A1 – b29-60 2nd
vers receives almost
same treatment as the 1st
verse – clarinets now
heard in accompanying
instruments.
•Carl Orff wrote the piece in 1937
•He was inspired by a collection of
Medieval poems.
•The verses are in italian, German, French
and Latin.
•The words comment on every aspect of
human society – church, state, society and
the individual.
•Full orchestra plays.
•Minor Key – D Minor
•Homophonic
•A A1 A2
Section B - Gong now
becomes prominent
instrument – bass drum,
trumpets and trombones
keep movement going.
Music soars to climax
and changes to D major
– last note is held for
nine bars.
Section A2 – 3rd verse is
an explosion of sound –
chorus moves from
octaves to harmony.