Listening List – Second Level – CREATE Resources for Teachers

Listening List – Second level

This list includes some suggested pieces of music to listen to from a range of styles and genres. Key features of each piece have been highlighted and a link to the music on YouTube included. Please note that this list is not exhaustive and is intended to be used as a springboard for exploring a wide variety of music from a range of styles/cultures.

Scottish Music
World Music
Classical Music
Film & TV Music

Composer/Performer	Title	Key features	Link
Blazin Fiddles	Pat the budgie	Fiddle Piano Guitar	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eTJ2Y0y7Q8&feature=share
Aly Bain/Phil Cunningham	Arthur Darley’s jig	Fiddle Accordion Dance – Scottish jig	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJqkNLNKMXg&feature=share
John McCusker	Mollys waltz/ Heidi’s waltz	Fiddle Dance -Waltz	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ed9QXZ8Vxmk&feature=share
Chris Stout	White nights	Fiddle Clarsach	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlmGjBUWcQ8&feature=share
Phil Cunningahm	Palomino waltz	Accordion Dance – Waltz	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1PRNrbhpu8&feature=share
Mairerad Green	World Strathspey day	Accordion Dance – Strathspey	https://youtu.be/IQrfXPn1RxE
Catriona McKay	Whiskey Reels	Clarsach	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E35R5FCDDks&feature=share
The Outside Track	Dark Reels	Clarsach Ceilidh band, flute, Dance – reel	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDjMHhTZurA&feature=share
Top Floor Taivers	Captain Ward	Scots’ song Clarsach Piano Fiddle	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gi7HVQQ0isw&feature=share
Deoch ‘n’ Dorus	Strip the willow	Ceilidh band	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiLZ7Sdw3G8&feature=share
Red Hot Chilli Pipers	The Dark Island	Bagpipes	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AVcvHBVcCc&feature=share
National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland	Beaches of Harris	Bagpipes Snare Drum	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFcr2eyB6Qc&feature=share
Brave soundtrack Julie Fowlis	Touch the sky	Guitar, Fiddle	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAD_E1kaYuY&feature=share
Trail West	Rescattermastered	Accordion Instrumental	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXzKGGR7ljI&feature=share
Karine Polwart	The Learig	Burns song Piano	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTDJLp58ZEA&feature=share
Eddi Reader	Ae fond kiss	Burns song Guitar	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GToiPtGJ9Os&feature=share
Kris Drever	Farewell to Fuineray	Scottish folk song Guitar	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAfAj0sHljg&feature=share
Matt McGinn	Red Yoyo	Glasgow song	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6gNvhLbtRc&feature=share
Matt McGinn	The Jeely Piece Song	Glasgow song Male voice with children’s voices. Guitar, whistle Verse and chorus	https://youtu.be/MMNDwtvAtPghttps://youtu.be/0UNJx3WIiCs
Eddie Reader	Willy Stewart/ Molly Rankin	Scots song/Burns song Female voice, accordion, fiddle, guitar, drums, string section A section B section instrumental	https://youtu.be/L4dCje3lU1A
Julie Fowlis	Hùg Air A’ Bhonaid Mhòir	Scottish Gaelic song Solo female voice Guitar Bodhran drum	https://youtu.be/x7jW5qDexnc
Dougie MacLean	Caledonia	Solo male voice Guitar(s) Mandolin Traditional band Verse and Chorus	https://youtu.be/wP8A9rtg0iI

Composer/Performer

Title

Key Features

Kheswa

Beautiful Day

· Vocals, guitar, bass, percussion

· Reggae beat

· African band

Nazare Pereira

Bonjour Pra Voce

· Vocals, banjo, brass, percussion

· French/ Portuguese lyrics

· Brazilian Carimbo rhythm

Olivier Caillard/ Les P’tits Loups du Jazz

L’Otorhinoceros

· Vocals, piano, brass, woodwind, percussion

· Jazz, bossanova

· French lyrics

Jean-Marie Bolangassa

Olele Moliba Makasi

· Voice, guitar, choir, drums/claps

· Lingala/ French

· African nursery rhyme

Luis Fonsi

Despacito-Indian Classical Version (feat. Praveen Prathapan & Janan Sathiendran)

· Indian version of Spanish pop song

· Flute and tablas

Harry Belafonte

Jump In The Line-Steel Rhythm Band

· Steel drums, bass, drum kit

· Calypso song

Sounds of Isha

Kondattam- Sounds of Isha

· Flute, guitar, bass, tablas

· Flute instrumental

· Indian/ Folk fusion

Cardinal Calypso

The Hammer

· Steel pan drums, drum kit, percussion

· Calypso instrumental

Composer/Performer	Title	Key Features
Edvard Grieg	Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 ‘In the Hall of the Mountain King’	· Full orchestra · Gradual increase in tempo · Gradual increase in Dynamic · Pizzicato strings
J S Bach	Toccata and Fugue in D Minor	· Organ · Minor key (darker sound)
Carl Orff	Carmina Burana	· Choir · Orchestra · Varied dynamics · Singing in Latin
Shostakovich	Piano Concerto No 2 – 2nd Movement	· Piano solo · Full orchestra · Slow tempo
Mozart	Overture to The Marriage of Figaro	· Full orchestra · Lively tempo
Verdi	Rigoletto La Donna è Mobile	· Opera · Singing in Italian · Male voice · Orchestra
Vivaldi	Four Seasons ‘Winter’	· String orchestra · Pizzicato playing · Violin solo · Harpsichord · Lute · Organ
Anton Bruckner	Locus Iste	· Unaccompanied voices · Male and female voices · Sacred/religious music · Singing in Latin
Steve Reich	Clapping Music	· No instruments · Rhythmic · Clapping
Gershwin	Rhapsody in Blue	· Clarinet solo · Jazzy style · Piano solo · Full orchestra
John Williams	Cavatina	· Solo guitar
Benjamin Britten	Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra	· Full orchestra · Main theme · Focus on each of the orchestra sections · Brass, woodwind, strings and percussion families each play the theme.