Weblinks and videos for use with 9866 – A Level Eduqas Area of Study Guide: The Western Classical Tradition
Form and Structure
- Spotify: Haydn: The complete symphonies
- Spotify: Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 88, 101 ‘Clock’ and 104 ‘London’
- Spotify: Schubert: The ‘Great’ Major Symphony
- Spotify: Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 92, 94 and 96
- Spotify: Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 36 and 40
- Spotify: Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 95 and 96
- Spotify: Beethoven: Symphony No. 8
- Spotify: Liszt: Orchesterwerke and Werke fur Klavier und Orchester
Haydn: Symphony No. 1 in D major, Hob 11
Haydn: Symphony No. 101, ‘The Clock’
Schubert: Symphony No. 9 in C major, D. 944
Haydn: 'Surprise' Symphony
Mozart: Symphony No. 36 in C major, K. 425 ‘Linz’
Haydn: Symphony No. 95 in C minor, Hob. I:95
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8, Op. 93
Melody
- Spotify: Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 88, 101 ‘Clock’ and 104 ‘London’
- Spotify: Schubert: The ‘Great’ Major Symphony
- Spotify: Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 44, 45 and 104
- Spotify: Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 ‘Scottish’, The Hebrides Overture – Schumann: Piano
- Spotify: Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14
Haydn: Symphony No. 101, ‘The Clock’
Schubert: Symphony No. 9 in C major, D. 944
Haydn: Symphony No. 45, 'Farewell' Symphony
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
Harmony
- Spotify: Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 1–5
- Spotify: Mozart: Masonic Funeral Music
- Spotify: Mozart: 'Jupiter' Symphony
- Spotify: Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 88, 101 ‘Clock’ and 104 ‘London’
- Spotify: Schubert ‘Unfinished’ Symphony
- Spotify: Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14
- Spotify: Brahms: Symphony No. 1
- Spotify: Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 and Piano Concerto No. 4
Mozart: Symphony No. 1
Mozart: Masonic Funeral Music, K. 477
Mozart: Symphony No. 41, ‘Jupiter’
Haydn: Symphony No. 101, ‘The Clock’
Schubert: Symphony No. 7 (No. 8) ‘Unfinished’
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68
Beethoven Symphony No. 5, Movement 1 (1:25-1:28)
Tonality
- Spotify: Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 88, 101 ‘Clock’ and 104 ‘London’
- Spotify: Schubert: The ‘Great’ Major Symphony
- Spotify: Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14
- Spotify: Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra
Haydn: Symphony No. 101, ‘The Clock’
Schubert: Symphony No. 9 in C major, D. 944
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
R Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra
Switching from arco to pizzicato
Violin mute
Stopping and muting on a French horn
Tremolo on the violin
Sul ponticello and sul tasto on the violin
Glissando and portamento on the violin
Glissando and cello technique – vibrato
Texture
- Spotify: Johann Sebastian Bach: The Complete Organ Works, Vol. 3
- Spotify: Schubert: The ‘Great’ Major Symphony
J S Bach: Fugue in G minor, BWV 578
Schubert: Symphony No. 9 in C major, D. 944
Haydn: Symphony No. 101, ‘The Clock’
Tempo, Metre and Rhythm
- Spotify: Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 88, 101 ‘Clock’ and 104 ‘London’
- Spotify: Schubert: The ‘Great’ Major Symphony
- Spotify: Mozart: 'Jupiter' Symphony
- Spotify: Beethoven: ‘Pastoral’ Symphony
- Spotify: Brahms: Symphony No. 4
- Spotify: The complete Beethoven recordings
- Spotify: Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14
- Spotify: Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos. 4 and 5
Haydn: Symphony No. 101, ‘The Clock’
Schubert: Symphony No. 9 in C major, D. 944
Mozart: Symphony No. 41, ‘Jupiter’
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, Movement 3
Brahms: Symphony No. 4, Movement 3
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 5
Dynamics
Practice Exam Questions
- Spotify: Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 35–41
- Spotify: Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 3 and 4
- Spotify: Bruckner: Symphony No. 8
Mozart: Symphony No. 36 ‘Linz’ Movement 2
Schubert: Symphony No. 3 in D major, II. Allegretto
Bruckner: Symphony No. 8, Movement 3
Mozart: Symphony No. 41, ‘Jupiter’