Classical Music for Primary - Ten Pieces

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Primary lesson plans and resources for:

Key Stage 2 in England and Wales;\ Key Stage 1/Key Stage 2 in Northern Ireland;\ Second Level, P5-P7 in Scotland

Lesson plans and resources introducing students to classical music from Bach to Wagner with six weeks of learning and activities.

These resources are bursting with ideas for how to get young children to be creative with classical music, but you can of course use the Ten Pieces in many other subjects and activities.

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John Adams

Short Ride in a Fast Machine

•Primary lesson plan for Short Ride in a Fast Machine (Powerpoint)

•Primary lesson plan for Short Ride in a Fast Machine (PDF)

Kerry Andrew

No Place Like

•Primary lesson plan for No Place Like (Powerpoint)

•Primary lesson plan for No Place Like (PDF)

Johann Sebastian Bach

Toccata and Fugue in D minor

•Primary lesson plan for Toccata and Fugue in D minor (Powerpoint)

•Primary lesson plan for Toccata and Fugue in D minor (PDF)

Mason Bates

Anthology of Fantastic Zoology – Sprite; A Bao A Qu

•Primary lesson plan for A Bao A Qu (PowerPoint)

•Primary lesson plan for A Bao A Qu (PDF)

Ludwig Van Beethoven

Symphony No. 5 (1st movement)

•Primary lesson plan for Symphony No. 5 (1st Movement) (Powerpoint)

•Primary lesson plan for Symphony No. 5 (1st Movement) (PDF)

Leonard Bernstein

‘Mambo’ from Symphonic Dances from 'West Side Story'

•Primary lesson plan for Mambo (Powerpoint)

•Primary lesson plan for Mambo (PDF)

Georges Bizet

‘Habanera’ and ‘Toreador Song’ from ‘Carmen Suite No. 2’

•Primary lesson plan for 'Habanera' and 'Toreador Song' (Powerpoint)

•Primary lesson plan for 'Habanera' and 'Toreador Song' (PDF)

Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

Symphony No. 1 in G major – Allegro (1st mvt)

•Primary lesson plan for Symphony No. 1 in G major – Allegro (PowerPoint)

•Primary lesson plan for Symphony No. 1 in G major – Allegro (PDF)

Benjamin Britten

'Storm' from 'Peter Grimes'

•Primary lesson plan for Storm Interlude from Peter Grimes (Powerpoint)

•Primary lesson plan for Storm Interlude from Peter Grimes (PDF)

Anna Clyne

Night Ferry (extract)

•Primary lesson plan for Night Ferry - Anna Clyne PowerPoint

•Primary lesson plan for Night Ferry - Anna Clyne (PDF)

Aaron Copland

Rodeo – Hoe-Down

•Primary lesson plan for Rodeo - Hoe-Down (PowerPoint)

•Primary lesson plan for Rodeo - Hoe-Down (PDF)

Antonín Dvořák

Symphony No. 9 in E minor, 'From the New World’ – Largo (2nd mvt)

•Primary lesson plan for Symphony No. 9 in E minor – Largo(PowerPoint)

•Primary lesson plan for Symphony No. 9 in E minor – Largo (PDF)

Edward Elgar

‘Enigma’ Variations – Theme (‘Enigma’), variations 11, 6 & 7

•Primary lesson plan for Theme (Enigma), variations 11, 6 & 7 (PowerPoint)

•Primary lesson plan for Theme (Enigma), variations 11, 6 & 7(PDF)

Edvard Grieg

In the Hall of the Mountain King from ‘Peer Gynt’

•Primary lesson plan for In the Hall of the Mountain King (Powerpoint)

•Primary lesson plan for In the Hall of the Mountain King (PDF)

George Frideric Handel

Zadok the Priest

•Primary lesson plan for Zadok the Priest (Powerpoint)

•Primary lesson plan for Zadok the Priest (PDF)

Joseph Haydn

Trumpet Concerto (3rd movement)

•Primary lesson plan for Trumpet Concerto (3rd movement) (Powerpoint)

•Primary lesson plan for Trumpet Concerto (3rd movement) (PDF)

Gustav Holst

‘Mars’ from ‘The Planets’

•Primary lesson plan for ‘Mars’ from ‘The Planets’ (Powerpoint)

•Primary lesson plan for ‘Mars’ from ‘The Planets’ (PDF)

Anna Meredith

Connect It

•Primary lesson plan for Connect It (Powerpoint)

•Primary lesson plan for Connect It (PDF)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Horn Concerto No. 4 (3rd movement)

•Primary lesson plan for Symphony No.5 (1st Mvt) (Powerpoint)

•Primary lesson plan for Symphony No.5 (1st Mvt) (PDF)

Modest Mussorgsky

A Night on the Bare Mountain

•Primary lesson plan for A Night on the Bare Mountain (Powerpoint)

•Primary lesson plan for A Night on the Bare Mountain (PDF)

Carl Orff

Carmina Burana - 'O fortuna'

•Primary lesson plan for 'O fortuna' (PowerPoint)

•Primary lesson plan for 'O fortuna' (PDF)

Gabriel Prokofiev

Concerto for Turntables and Orchestra (5th movement)

•Primary lesson plan for Concerto for Turntables and Orchestra (5th movement) (Powerpoint)

•Primary lesson plan for Concerto for Turntables and Orchestra (5th movement) (PDF)

Henry Purcell

Abdelazer – Rondeau

•Primary lesson plan for Rondeau (Powerpoint)

•Primary lesson plan for Rondeau (PDF)

Dmitri Shostakovich

Symphony No. 10 (2nd movement)

•Primary lesson plan for Symphony No. 10 (Powerpoint)

•Primary lesson plan for Symphony No. 10 (PDF)

Jean Sibelius

Finlandia

•Primary lesson plan for Finlandia (PowerPoint)

•Primary lesson plan for Finlandia (PDF)

Igor Stravinsky

The Firebird — suite (1911) (Finale)

•Primary lesson plan for The Firebird (Powerpoint)

•Primary lesson plan for The Firebird (PDF)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

The Nutcracker – Waltz of the Flowers; Russian Dance

•Primary lesson plan for The Nutcracker (PowerPoint)

•Primary lesson plan for The Nutcracker (PDF)

Giuseppe Verdi

‘Dies Irae’ and ‘Tuba Mirum’ from ‘Requiem’

•Primary lesson plan for ‘Dies Irae’ and ‘Tuba Mirum’ from ‘Requiem’ (Powerpoint)

•Primary lesson plan for ‘Dies Irae’ and ‘Tuba Mirum’ from ‘Requiem’ (PDF)

Richard Wagner

‘Ride of the Valkyries’ from ‘Die Walküre’

•Primary lesson plan for ‘Ride of the Valkyries’ from ‘Die Walküre’ (Powerpoint)

•Primary lesson plan for ‘Ride of the Valkyries’ from ‘Die Walküre’ (PDF)

Mussorgsky

Night on the Bare Mountain

•Lesson plans - Mussorgsky - Night on the Bare Mountain - Primary KS2/2nd level (Powerpoint)

•Lesson plans - Mussorgsky - Night on the Bare Mountain - Primary KS2/2nd level (PDF)

Vaughan Williams

Lark Ascending

•Lesson plans - Vaughan Williams - Lark Ascending - Primary - KS2/2nd level (Powerpoint)

•Lesson plans - Vaughan Williams - Lark Ascending - Primary - KS2/2nd level (PDF)

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