Posted by David French on August 29, 2008
Have you found a favourite piece of music that is featured on the LISTEN pages? One of my favourites is the Voluntary in D Minor by the English composer John Stanley. It is featured on LISTEN 2
Why is it a favourite of mine? Well, this performance by Jeffery Hall is full of fun, and his supplementary notes are amusing and informative. Read for yourself about an unfortunate incident that occurred to John Stanley at the age of two. Listen to the stately ‘Adagio’ played on diapason pipes and lasting just over a minute. What happens next should be a surprise, even if you have never heard this style of music before..
Listen to John Stanley’s Voluntary in D Minor, with notes and performance by Jeff Hall. You may be inspired to listen to more pieces from the BinAural Collaborative Hypertext (BACH) multimedia showcase, project design by Tim Smith, Northern Arizona University.
Have you found a current favourite? Use the comment box to tell us about it!
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Posted by David French on August 2, 2008
Post updated June 2009.
The Mozart trail starts with some nice Kid’s Mozart links that are suitable for Primary School children. Further resources are available from the Kid’s Mozart home page
Teachers intending to use the links in class will need to check that the school’s Internet filter allows the links. My school’s ‘websense’ filter is a ‘nonsense’ because Kids Mozart and the following Creative Kids Central link to Rimsky-Korsakov’s ‘Scheherezade’ are blocked on the ‘games’ filter. If you find the same problem, don’t despair!! The Local Education Authority or the filter company provider should be able to unblock educational links on request.
The ‘Secondary’ Mozart trail features ‘Eine Kleine Nachtmusik’ and a fun listening quiz from the BBC. 2009 additions include Mix Match Mozart quizzes. The trail also features an interactive score of Piano Sonata in C (K.545) and ends with the entire opera ‘Don Giovanni’.
Do you need some more Mozart links? Try the excellent listening activites available from Classics for Kids – Mozart with pdf files for download. Anyone with further activity ideas for the ‘Mozart trail’ please add your comments here or submit a link
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