From the Opera from Peter Grimes by Benjamin Britten, written in 1945, performed by English Symphony Orchestra. Suggested on www.m4t.org as good example to begin to work with simple graphic scores for short, long and continuous sounds at KS1.
Official classification: Opera, The 20th & 21st Centuries, Classical Pieces, Audio, Long and Short Sounds, Curriculum support, Britten, Benjamin
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From The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Benjamin Britten's introduction to each instrument, it's unique sound, tuning and range.
Official classification: Example Instruments, 1900-1949, Orchestras, Individual, Audio, Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4, Curriculum support, Britten, Benjamin
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From The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Benjamin Britten's introduction to each instrument, it's unique sound, tuning and range.
Official classification: Bassoon, Example Instruments, 1900-1949, Orchestras, Individual, Audio, Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4, Curriculum support, Britten, Benjamin
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From The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Benjamin Britten's introduction to each instrument, it's unique sound, tuning and range.
Official classification: Bass Clarinet, Example Instruments, 1900-1949, Orchestras, Individual, Audio, Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4, Curriculum support, Britten, Benjamin
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From The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Benjamin Britten's introduction to each instrument, it's unique sound, tuning and range.
Official classification: Piccolo, Example Instruments, 1900-1949, Orchestras, Individual, Audio, Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4, Curriculum support, Britten, Benjamin
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From The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Benjamin Britten's introduction to each instrument, it's unique sound, tuning and range.
Official classification: Example Instruments, 1900-1949, Orchestras, Individual, Audio, Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4, Curriculum support, Britten, Benjamin
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From The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Benjamin Britten's introduction to each instrument, it's unique sound, tuning and range.
Official classification: Flute, Example Instruments, 1900-1949, Orchestras, Individual, Audio, Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4, Curriculum support, Britten, Benjamin
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From The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Benjamin Britten's introduction to each instrument, it's unique sound, tuning and range.
Official classification: Bass Drum, Example Instruments, 1900-1949, Orchestras, Individual, Audio, Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4, Curriculum support, Britten, Benjamin
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From The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Benjamin Britten's introduction to each instrument, it's unique sound, tuning and range.
Official classification: Example Instruments, 1900-1949, Orchestras, Individual, Audio, Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4, Curriculum support, Horn Family, Britten, Benjamin
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From The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Benjamin Britten's introduction to each instrument, it's unique sound, tuning and range.
Official classification: Other Keyboard, Example Instruments, 1900-1949, Orchestras, Individual, Audio, Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4, Curriculum support, Britten, Benjamin
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From The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Benjamin Britten's introduction to each instrument, it's unique sound, tuning and range.
Official classification: Glockenspiel, Example Instruments, 1900-1949, Orchestras, Individual, Audio, Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4, Curriculum support, Britten, Benjamin
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From The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Benjamin Britten's introduction to each instrument, it's unique sound, tuning and range.
Official classification: Other Plucked Strings, Example Instruments, 1900-1949, Orchestras, Individual, Audio, Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4, Curriculum support, Britten, Benjamin
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From The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Benjamin Britten's introduction to each instrument, it's unique sound, tuning and range.
Official classification: Chime bar, Hand/tone chime, Example Instruments, 1900-1949, Orchestras, Individual, Audio, Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4, Curriculum support, Britten, Benjamin
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From The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Benjamin Britten's introduction to each instrument, it's unique sound, tuning and range.
Official classification: Oboe, Example Instruments, 1900-1949, Orchestras, Individual, Audio, Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4, Curriculum support, Britten, Benjamin
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From The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Benjamin Britten's introduction to each instrument, it's unique sound, tuning and range.
Official classification: Cello, Example Instruments, 1900-1949, Orchestras, Individual, Audio, Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4, Curriculum support, Britten, Benjamin
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From The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Benjamin Britten's introduction to each instrument, it's unique sound, tuning and range.
Official classification: Contra Bassoon, Example Instruments, 1900-1949, Orchestras, Individual, Audio, Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4, Curriculum support, Britten, Benjamin
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From The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Benjamin Britten's introduction to each instrument, it's unique sound, tuning and range.
Official classification: Brass, Example Instruments, 1900-1949, Orchestras, Instrument Families, Audio, Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4, Curriculum support, Britten, Benjamin
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From The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Benjamin Britten's introduction to each instrument, it's unique sound, tuning and range.
Official classification: Example Instruments, 1900-1949, Orchestras, Individual, Audio, Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4, Curriculum support, French Horn, Britten, Benjamin
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From The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Benjamin Britten's introduction to each instrument, it's unique sound, tuning and range.
Official classification: Double Bass, Example Instruments, 1900-1949, Orchestras, Individual, Audio, Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4, Curriculum support, Britten, Benjamin
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Second movement of Britten's Simple Symphony. The piece is played entirely pizzicato by strings.
KS1 idea - an ideal track for listening and/or to accompany movement, particularly in context of QCA Unit 7 'rain, rain, go away' as the pizz strings paint a vivid rainy scene.
Official classification: Unit 7. Rain, rain, go away - Exploring timbre, tempo and dynamics, 1900-1949, Classical Pieces, Audio, Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2, Classical, Weather, United Kingdom, Curriculum support, Britten, Benjamin
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