Water Music Handel- Hornpipe
Start – Tutti – All play togetherJoyful – 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
Handels Water Music - Minuet
Start – Tutti – All play togetherJoyful – 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
Overture to William Tell - Rossini
Start – Tutti – All play togetherJoyful – 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
Carmina Burana – Carl Orff
Start – Tutti – All play togetherJoyful – 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 2nd vers receives almost same treatment as the 1st verse – clarinets now heard in
accompanying instruments.
Section A2 – 3rd 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 andthe individual.
•Full orchestra plays.•Minor Key – D Minor
•Homophonic•A A1 A2