Footage of live performance of one of the most popular Cello concertos. Written in 1894-1895 for Dvorak's friend, the cellist Hanuš Wihan.

Recommended as example use of descriptive music for particular purpose for KS1 listening on www.m4t.org. Useful contrast to Walton's Coronation March.

Recommended example to show that music, like pictures, can describe images and moods from QCA Unit 13 for KS2 Painting with Sound. Its first theme is an exchange of cuckoo calls, first for oboe, then for divided strings.

Number 3 of 8 from the orchestral suite to accompany the ballet Appalachian Spring. Suggested as useful example for listening to changes in mode and
tempo in QCA Unit 7 for KS3 'Variations'.

Number 1 of 8 from the orchestral suite to accompany the ballet Appalachian Spring. Suggested as useful example for listening to changes in mode and
tempo in QCA Unit 7 for KS3 'Variations'.

Number 2 of 8 from the orchestral suite to accompany the ballet Appalachian Spring. Suggested as useful example for listening to changes in mode and
tempo in QCA Unit 7 for KS3 'Variations'.

Excellent descriptive music example, this short piece ‘paints’ a picture of a group of people knitting furiously. More detailed notes can be found at www.m4t.org/listen%201-7%20Couperin.htm

Schertzo or third movement from the New World Symphony, Dvorak apparently based this movement on a scene from the poem Hiawatha; a feast where the Indians dance. Interesting to compare the theme with Dual of the Fates from John Williams Star Wars soundtrack.

Inspired by a poem by the French author Stéphane Mallarmé, this is perhaps one of Debussy's most famous works and interesting to compare his smaller orchestral ensemble to other larger orchestral work typical of the late romantic era.

"Gardens in the rain" is a good example of descriptive music, particularly for listening in the context of KS1 Unit 7 Rain Rain Go Away. Short, fast high and low notes with contrasts in dynamics depict the rainy scene.