This weeks topic: 5 favourite composers (click on the titles to listen)
This week we asked the teachers to name some of their favourite composers. Top 5 was just too hard to narrow down! Comment below or by email with yours.
Mrs Ayres
- Brian Balmages – Blue Ridge Reel (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YhtvI9DX4o)
- Eric Whitacre – October (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EoUAbODO34)
- Percy Grainger – Lincolnshire Posy (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1FDk8__Nv4)
- Elena Roussanova Lucas – Harvesting the Fields of Russia (https://www.jwpepper.com/Harvesting-the-Fields-of-Russia/2700114.item#/submit)
- Howard Cable – Banks of Newfoundland (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bz9Ftc4x8bs)
Mr. Martin – complete bias to composers that affected me through me performing their music!
- Edward Elgar – Is anyone surprised the English guy picked THE English composer. The link is to his first Symphony and one of my favourite pieces of music. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNhppvRTj4g
- George Frideric Handel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKAZK6kbmEM
- Dmitri Shostakovich https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kz90iTlVPd0
- David Maslanka https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t78zqj8s2wQ
- Sergey Rachmaninoff – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TJvJXyWDYw
Mr. Ward
1. John Williams, The Olympic Spirit https://youtu.be/i4QQ2SvQcE8
2. Hans Zimmer, Planet Earth 2 Theme https://youtu.be/Qh_runxXook
3. Jean Sibelius, Symphony No. 3 https://youtu.be/F3sZQeU4O1U
4. Howard Shore, https://youtu.be/Xx8C0RWUb5A
5. Giovanni Gabrielli, Canzon Due Decimi Toni https://youtu.be/LrsBSK1WgbA
Ms. Worman
- Gustav Holst https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLbP6qpI1YI
- Michael Colgrass https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5nwa4jiTqU,
- Johan de Meij https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzTXVES2ENo,
- Sonny Rollins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UA2XIWZxMKM,
- BB King https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOnzDKvn7YI