1. Water Music Handel- Hornpipe Start – Tutti – All play together Joyful – Spring Theme (A) Theme in E Major (F, C, G, D sharps) Section A Trumpets now have melody and it is repeated on horns. Answering melody on strings – oboe is heard in counterpoint – now in A Major! Section A – Answering melody heard on horns, then strings, oboes, trumpets and then Tutti (all together) SectionB – Contrasting section B Minor– Oboe in counterpoint with violins b49-51 – section ends B minor! Section A is repeated exactly! Start SECTION A - Strong opening melody on violins and oboes. Answered by descending melody on violins and oboe. Key D Major! The End 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

2. Handels Water Music - Minuet Start – Tutti – All play together Joyful – Spring Theme (A) Theme in E Major (F, C, G, D sharps) Section A – Range of the melody is a fourth – F-B. SectionB – This is a longer section beginning with four repeated notes – but at a higher pitch. Section B – Moves into a livelier rhythm – the melody repeated itself and brings section to a close! Start – Section A – Simple 8 bar melody based on four repeated notes – heard on trumpets and violins. The End 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

3. Overture to William Tell - Rossini Start – Tutti – All play together Joyful – Spring Theme (A) Theme in E Major (F, C, G, D sharps) Section A – Beauty of a swiss morning – cellos play – interrupted by timpani to suggest political unrest! Closes in E major! 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. 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 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. Start – Sunrise in the Alps b1-47. E Minor/E Major ¾ time 5 Cellos Mainly Homophonic 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. 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

4. Carmina Burana – Carl Orff Start – Tutti – All play together Joyful – Spring Theme (A) Theme in E Major (F, C, G, D sharps) 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. Section A1 – b29-60 2 nd vers receives almost same treatment as the 1 st verse – clarinets now heard in accompanying instruments. Section A2 – 3 rd verse is an explosion of sound – chorus moves from octaves to harmony. 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. Start – Section A b1-28 opens with a powerful statement by full orchestra and chorus.B5 the music changes to pianissimo. The End 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