Baroque Era

Listening Selections: Volume 1 - Baroque Era

These videos and links correspond with the listening lessons provided in Volume 1.  As always, when using YouTube, please exercise caution and make sure children always have a parent watching with them.

 

Lesson #1: Canon in D by Johann Pachelbel

Required Links

Recording performed with original instruments:

Boston Pops Orchestra - wide variety of instruments:

The London Symphony performs Pachelbel's Canon:

 

Supplemental Links

Let It Be (Paul McCartney Live)

Rockelbel's Canon (The Piano Guys)

Variations on Canon (George Winston)

 


 

Lesson #2: Chaconne for Organ in G minor
by Louis Çouperin

Required Links

Chaconne for Organ in G minor (music only)

Chaconne for Organ in G minor (with the organist)

You can actually follow the notes here.

 

Supplemental Links

Major Minor by Music K-8 Magazine

 


 

Lesson #3: The Prince of Denmark's March
 by Jeremiah Clarke

Required Links

The Prince of Denmark's March (trumpet and pipe organ)

The Prince of Denmark's March (for pipe organ only)

 

Supplemental Links

Watch a video about the pipe organ.

This article from Pipe Dreams is also very informative.

History of the Trumpet.

Hey Kids, It's a Trumpet!

Making a Trumpet


 

Lesson #4: “Spring” (Allegro), from The Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi

Required Links

Allegro from “Spring”

Vivaldi’s “Spring” (full piece)

 

Supplemental Links

The rhythms of Allegro from "Spring"

Learn more about the Baroque String Orchestra.


 

Lesson #5: Gloria in excelsis Deo
by Antonio Vivaldi

Required Links

Gloria in excelsis Deo       

Another (slower) recording of Gloria in excelsis Deo

 


 

Lesson #6: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2, Mvmt. 1 by Johann Sebastian Bach

Required Links

Brandenburg Concert No. 2, Mvmt. 1

Brandenburg Concert No. 2, Mvmt. 1 (watch the graphic score)

Supplemental Links

To learn more about the pipe organ, read this article from Pipe Dreams.

 


 

Lesson #7: Toccata and Fugue in D minor
by Johann Sebastian Bach

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Toccata and Fugue in D minor (nice video to see organ being played)

Watch the music as Toccata and Fugue is being played

 

Supplemental Links

To learn more about the pipe organ, read this article from Pipe Dreams.

Toccata from the Fifth Organ Symphony in F, Op 42 #1, by Charles-Marie Widor

Listen to this Bach fugue played on the guitar

 


 

Lesson #8: Air on the G String
by Johann Sebastian Bach

Required Links

Air on a G string

Another version of Air on a G string

 

Supplemental Links

Pizzicato by Léo Delibes

Try this online metronome with your children!

 


 

Lesson #9: Hornpipe from Water Music
by George Frederic Handel

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Hornpipe from "Water Music"

Another recording of Hornpipe from "Water Music"

 


 

Lesson #10: The Hallelujah Chorus, from "The Messiah" by George Frederic Handel

Required Links

The Hallelujah Chorus performed by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir

The Hallelujah Chorus (with words on the screen)

Supplemental Links