Music Extra Spring 2013 Contents: 1. Tudors 2 Audio on demand begins 08/01/2013 2. Victorians 2 Audio on demand begins 15/01/2013 Age: 7-11 CDs: These programmes are available to order (for UK schools only) on pre-recorded CDs from: BBC Schools Broadcast Recordings Tel: 0370 977 2727 Monday to Friday 0800 to 1800. Or visit the Order CD page of the BBC School Radio website: www.bbc.co.uk/schoolradio/ordercd These brief notes indicate the pieces of music to be found within each programme. Please note that on the pre-recorded CDs the pieces are not marked by individual CD tracks. Audio on demand: These programmes are also available as audio on demand for 7 days following transmission from the BBC iplayer. Refer to the transmission dates below to find out when programmes are available as podcasts and audio on demand. For more information about these programmes go to: 3. The Second World War 3 Audio on demand begins 22/01/2013 4. Around the British Isles 1 3 Audio on demand begins 29/01/2013 5. Around the British Isles 2 4 Audio on demand begins 05/02/2013 6. India 4 Audio on demand begins 19/02/2013 7. China 5 Audio on demand begins 26/02/2013 8. Indonesia 5 Audio on demand begins 05/03/2013 9. Africa 6 Audio on demand begins 12/03/2013 10. Journeys 6 Audio on demand begins 19/03/2013 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03g64pw 1
1. Tudors Audio on demand of programme 1 is available from the BBC iplayer from 08/01/2013. Track 1. Elizabethan players by Paul Lewis. The recorder plays the tune along with lots of other instruments. Track 2. Children s games by Francis Silkstone and Nick Parker. Another kind of pipe plays the tune. Track 3. My bonnie Lass a song by English composerthomas Morley (1557 - c. 1602). Much of the music from this time was sung or played on instruments and in this one you ll spot the same tune is played first on recorders the same notes are sung as a song. Track 4. Village band by Francis Silkstone and Nick Parker. Music for dance. Track 5. Maypole dance by Francis Silkstone and Nick Parker. Music for dance. Track 6. Greensleeves. A well-known Tudor tune now that was also popular in Tudor, here played on the guitar and pipe. Track 7. Pass time with good company - said to be written by Henry VIII. Music for the royal court. 2. Victorians Audio on demand of programme 2 is available from the BBC iplayer from 15/01/2013. Track 1. Home sweet home. One of the tunes from the Victorian era that is still popular today, played here on the oboe. Track 2. Sailor s hornpipe by Arthur Sullivan. English composer (1842 1900). Track 3. We plough the fields and scatter, with music by J. Schultz. One of many Victorian hymns still sung today. Track 4. Hearts and flowers by Ronnie Prices. A typical silent movie tune from the very end of the Victorian era and the very dawn of the silver screen. Track 5. Boiled beef and carrots by Collins and Murray. A song from the old time musical hall. Track 6. Pit orchestra by R. Wade. The sound typical of the live music hall. Track 7. Waltz from the Vienna woods by Johann Strauss (1825 1899). Here played on a musical box. Track 8. Drawing room. Played on the piano with a string quartet. Track 8. Henry by Cliff Haywood. Played on the lute and recorder. 2
3. The Second World War Audio on demand of programme 3 is available from the BBC iplayer from 22/01/2013. Track 1. The white cliffs of Dover by Burton and Kent, sung by Vera Lynn. One of the best known tunes of the era. Track 2. Calling all workers by the English composer Eric Coates (1886 1957). The signature tune to the war time radio programme Music while you work. Track 3. Newsreel special by Trevor Duncan. Music like this was played in the cinema before showing films about what was happening in the war. Track 4. Count the stars by Otto Sieben. Typical big band music from the 1940s. Track 5. Supper at the Savoy, played by a small string orchestra. Most musicians had gone to fight in the war so often live music was played by only a few instruments. 4. Around British Isles 1 Audio on demand of programme 4 is available from the BBC iplayer from 29/01/2013. Track 1. Londonderry air (also known as the song Oh Danny boy ). A very old tune Irish tune played here in a modern way. Track 2. Land of my fathers. A Welsh tune played by a brass band. Track 3. The bells of Aberdovey. A Welsh folk song tune played on the Welsh harp. Track 4. Reeds on the Loch. A Scottish piece which also features the harp. Track 5. Amazing grace. Played here by a pipe band. Track 6. Scarborough fair. An English folk melody that dates back to medieval times. Track 7. At the village fair. An attractive English tune. 3
5. Around British Isles 2 Audio on demand of programme 5 is available from the BBC iplayer from 05/02/2013. Track 1. Leyfields hornpipe. A traditional English tune. Track 2. Yorkshire clog dance. Traditional English. Track 3. Floral dance. Traditional English. Track 4. Maypole dance. Traditional English. Track 5. Concerto Telynwyr. Played on the Welsh harp. Track 6. Devil in the kitchen. A Strathspey from Scotland. Track 7. Hoggwash jig. A Scottish jig. Track 8. Rosie s reel. A Scottish reel. 6. India Audio on demand of programme 6 is available from the BBC iplayer from 19/02/2013. Track 1. Kollatam. A traditional folk dance from Southern India. You can hear the dancers tapping bamboo sticks together as they dance. Track 2. Kathakali. A classical dance from Southern India. Track 3. Holy place. Played on the sitar with a simple tabla drum accompaniment. Track 4. Old age. The tune is played on a blowing instrument called a sundari which is a bit like an oboe. Track 5. Fishmen s song. Listen for water splashes as an unusual percussion accompaniment. Track 6. Bharatha Natyam. A classical Indian dance from Southern India. Track 9. The ten penny piece. An Irish jig. 4
7. China Audio on demand of programme 7 is available from the BBC iplayer from 26/02/2013. Track 1. Fun of peasant families. A dance piece written in the Tong Dynasty, almost 1500 years. Track 2. Crossing the Wujiang River. Another piece from the Tong Dynasty. Track 3. Dancing dragon. An energetic traditional Chinese dance with exciting Chinese percussion rhythms. Track 4. Faces of China. Played on a yang ch in which is a Chinese dulcimer. Track 5. Journey through China. Played on an erhu which is a bowed string instrument and a yang ch in, with just a little percussion. Track 6. Rice fields. Played by a Chinese orchestra. 8. Indonesia Audio on demand of programme 8 is available from the BBC iplayer from 05/03/2013. Track 1. Magic dance. From the island of Bali played on the giant metallophones with percussion Track 2. Monkey dance. A voice piece probably used to practise the rhythms for gamelan playing. Track 3. Shadow play. A gamelan piece used to accompany shadow puppet shows. Track 4. Jegog. The piece is played on giant instruments made from bamboo. Track 5. Lake Toba. The music is from the island of Sumatra. Track 6. Hearts and flowers. This piece is from the island of Java where the traditional gamelan is mixed with flue and zither. 5
9. Africa Audio on demand of programme 9 is available from the BBC iplayer from 12/03/2013. Track 1. Bush trail. A contemporary African piece which mixes modern instruments and traditional African Shona drums and rhythms. Track 2. River song. Played on the amadinda with drums. Track 3. Induna Indaba. The piece is played on Chopis flutes and guitars. Track 4. Royal occasion. Played on makondere horns and drums. Track 5. After the rain. A descriptive piece. Track 6. African children. A song. 10. Journeys Audio on demand of programme 10 is available from the BBC iplayer from 19/03/2013. Track 1. A holiday journey. By Johann Strauss. Track 2. Musical sleigh ride. By Leopold Mozart 1719 1787, father of the more famous Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Track 3. A flight by jet. By Walter Scott written in the 1940s and typical of its time. Track 4. Boogie train blues. By Les Brown and Billy Mayo, played by a Big Band. Track 5. Safari. A contemporary African landscape piece. Track 7. Gijimane: Gumboot dance. A song by Joe Legwabe and Mike Stobbie. 6