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Baroque Era: Activity 2

• Question 2 Extract
• Question 3 Extract

Baroque Era: Activity 3

• Question 1 Extract
• Question 2 Extract

Baroque Era: Form

• 'Allgro, ma non troppo' from Handel's Concerto Op. 6, No. 2

Baroque Era: Activity 4

• Activity 4 Extract – Vivaldi – Spring, First Movement

Baroque Era: Activity 5

• Activity 5 Extract – Handel’s concerto grosso, Op 6, No. 5: Movement 2

Baroque Era: Sonority

• Bach’s fugue in A minor
  

Baroque Era: Activity 6

• Flute and harpsichord
• Oboe and string orchestra with harpsichord
• Trumpet and string orchestra with harpsichord
• Question 2 – Extract 1
• Question 2 – Extract 2

Baroque Era: Tempo, Metre and Rhythm

• Handel – Concerto Grosso Op.6, No. 4, First Movement

Baroque Era: Activity 7

• Question 1 Extract
• Question 2 Extract
• Question 3 Extract

Baroque Era: Affection

• Bourée from Handel’s Water Music – Recording
• Bourée from Handel’s Water Music – Score

Baroque Era: Activity 8

• Andante from Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 2

Classical Era: Melody

• Mozart’s Piano Sonata No. 15 in C major

Classical Era: Activity 1

• Question 1 Extract
• Question 2 Extract
• Question 3 Extract
• Question 4 Extract

Classical Era: Activity 2

• Question 3 Extract
• Question 4 Extract

Classical Era: Activity 3

• Mozart’s Piano Sonata No 13 in B♭ Major, Third Movement – Score
• Mozart’s Piano Sonata No 13 in B♭ Major, Third Movement – Recording

Classical Era: Activity 4

• Mozart’s Piano Sonata No. 15 in C major, First Movement

Classical Era: Activity 5

• Ternary form movement from Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 2 in A major

Classical Era: Activity 6

• Mozart’s Piano Sonata No. 15, Second Movement

Classical Era: Activity 7

• Mozart’s Piano Sonata No. 15, Final Movement

Classical Era: Music and Mood

• Haydn’s Piano Sonata No. 39 in D major, Second Movement – Recording
• Haydn’s Piano Sonata No. 39 in D major, Second Movement – Score
• Haydn’s Piano Sonata No. 2 in B♭ major, Third Movement – Recording
• Haydn’s Piano Sonata No. 2 in B♭ major, Third Movement – Score
• Beethoven’s Piano Sonata C major Op. 2, No. 3 – Recording
• Beethoven’s Piano Sonata C major Op. 2, No. 3 – Score

Classical Era: Activity 8

• Haydn’s Piano Sonata in C major, Third Movement

Classical Era: Texture

• Haydn’s Piano Sonata No. 62 in E♭ major
• Mozart’s Piano Sonata No. 1 in C major

Classical Era: Sonority

• Modern Recording of a Fortepiano

Classical Era: Rhythm, Metre and Tempo

• Example of an Accelerando – Mozart

Classical Era: Activity 9

• Question 1 Extract
• Question 2 Extract

Classical Era: Activity 10

• Mozart's Sonata No. 12 in F major

Romantic Era: The Development of the Piano

• Beethoven’s Sonata No. 23 (the Appassionata Sonata)
  

Romantic Era: Activity 1

• Beethoven’s Sonata No. 17 in D minor (The Tempest), First Movement

Romantic Era: Activity 2: Extended Listening Task

• Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata, No. 14 in C♯ minor
  

Revision Notes: Classical Era

• Modern Recording of a Fortepiano

Wider Listening

• BBC Radio 3

Baroque

• Vivaldi, Violin Concertos
• Handel, Concerto Grossos Op. 3
• Bach, Violin Concertos
• Corelli, Concerto Grossos

Classical

• Mozart, Piano Sonatas
• Haydn, Piano Sonatas
• Clementi, Piano Sonatas

Early Romantic

• Beethoven, Piano Sonatas
• Schubert, Piano Sonatas

Practice Exam Questions

Melodic and Rhythmic Dictation

• Question 1 Extract
• Question 2 Extract
• Question 3 Extract

Section A: Unfamiliar Listening

• Question 1 Extract
• Question 2 Extract
• Question 3 Extract
• Question 4 Extract
• Question 5 Extract

Section B: Comparison Questions

• Question 1 – Vivaldi’s Oboe Concerto in D minor – Recording
• Question 1 – Vivaldi’s Oboe Concerto in D minor – Score
• Question 2 – La Réjouissance from Handel’s Music for the Royal Fireworks – Recording
• Question 2 – La Réjouissance from Handel’s Music for the Royal Fireworks – Score
• Question 3 – Haydn’s Sonata No. 58 in C major – Recording
• Question 3 – Haydn’s Sonata No. 58 in C major – Score
• Question 4 – Haydn’s Sonata No. 12 in A major – Recording
• Question 4 – Haydn’s Sonata No. 12 in A major – Score
• Question 5 – Beethoven’s Hammerklavier Sonata Op. 106, First Movement – Recording
• Question 5 – Beethoven’s Hammerklavier Sonata Op. 106, First Movement – Score