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Berlioz

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Imaginative orchestration for its time

NO WL

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Independence on the woodwind section

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Prelude a l’apres-midi d’un faune

(Debussy)

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Strings play with mute

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Midsummer night’s dream - overture

(Mendelssohn)

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Violins have fast sextuplet semiquaver runs

(leading into B and emphasising the 3rd beat of the bar)

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Flight to Neverland

(Williams)

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Violins play at the tip of the bow

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Flight to Neverland

(Williams)

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Flutes play ascending and descending arpeggios

(produce countermelodies)

WL: Harp (accomp.) playing ascending and descending arpeggios

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Dream of love

(Liszt)

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Tremolo

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Otello - “Una vela”

(Verdi)

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Dialogue between cello and violins

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Variations on a rococo theme - Tempo della thema

(Tchaikovsky)

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Cellos play rocking sextuplet octaves

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Romeo and Juliet, Overture

(Tchaikovsky)

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Violins play trills

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Autumn
(Vivaldi)

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Divisi (Violins)

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Viola sometimes plays unison with the violins

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Serenade for strings in E major

(Dvorak)

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Flutes sometimes play unison with the violins

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Swan Lake, Dance of the swans

(Tchaikovsky)

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Arco and pizz combinations

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Zapateado

(Sarasate)

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Double stopping in strings

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Concerto n9 in Am, Adagio

(Beriot)

-Grade 8 piece

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16
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Instruments play in different octaves

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Imitation

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Archduke piano trio Bb major

(Beethoven)

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Manheim roller technique on tonic (Timpani)

-> Uses sponge heads

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Symphony n1 Cm

(Brahms)

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4/4

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romeo and Juliet, Dance of the knights

(Prokofiev)

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Starts largo, increases speed, ends largo

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Ode to Joy

(Beethoven)

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Quaver triplets on dominant (G) to introduce the piece

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Triplets

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Dies Irae

(Verdi)

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Sextuplets

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Pathetique - mvt 4

(Tchaikovsky)

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Cross rhythms

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Nocturne in C#m

(Chopin)

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Dotted quavers
Masquerade - Waltz (Khachaturian)
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Lombardic rhythms
Mazurka Bm (Chopin)
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Crotchets and quavers mainly
Symphony n5 Cm - Allegro con brio (Beethoven)
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Syncopation
Fantasie-impromptu in C#m (Chopin)
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On/off beat accompaniment NO WL
Dance of the knights (Prokofiev)
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2/2 Before the idee fixe is heard
Ballad of Sweeney Todd (Sondheim)
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Lots of rests
Mephisto waltz (Liszt)
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Idee fixe starts with an anacrusis NO WL
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Religiosamente
Requiem - Agnus Dei (Verdi)
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Dolce
Requiem - Agnus Dei (Verdi)
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Moto perpetuo crotchets
Rhapsody in blue (Gershwin)
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Suspensions and resolutions
5 pieces for 2 violins and piano - waltz (Shostakovich)
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Diatonic and functional
Divertimento in Bb (Mozart)
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Chromatic passages
Impromptu (Samuel Colerige-Taylor)
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Diminished 7ths
The Fight (Rimsky-Korsakov)
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Passing modulations
Piano trio n1 Dm (Mendelssohn)
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Perfect cadences
Carnaval (Chopin)
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Ends with consecutive plagal cadences
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4-3 suspensions
5 pieces for 2 violins and piano - waltz (Shostakovich)
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V7 chord ends exposition
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Long sustained dominant pedal in horns
Eroica (Beethoven)
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Final chord is C major
Symphony n1 Cm (Beethoven)
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Chordal homophony
The sea and sinbad's ship (Rimsky-korsakov)
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Polyphonic
Jupiter, finale molto allegro (Mozart)
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Countermelodies
Night on bald mountain (Mussorgsky)
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Homophonic
Dance of the knights, Romeo and Juliet (Prokofiev)
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Homorhythmic
Appalachian Spring - subito allegro (Copland)
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Monophonic
Trumpet concerto in Eb - Rondo (Hummel)
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Octave leaps
Schindler's list theme (Williams)
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Minor 6th leaps
Symphony n5 Cm (Beethoven)
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Triads
Symphony n5 Cm (Beethoven)
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Broken chords
Deux Arabesques - Andantino con moto (Debussy)
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Arpeggios
Sleeping beauty - Waltz (Tchaikovsky)
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Repetition of the same note AO4 = mimic heartbeat
Danse macabre in Gm (Camille Saint-saens)
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Ascending melodies
Ride of the valkyries - Act 3 (Wagner)
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Repeated rising 4ths
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C major at B
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C minor chord b2
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Ab major established by a really long tonic pedal note in the double basses and cellos
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2nd subject briefly plays in G major (We then quickly move to Em)
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G major in the development section AO4 = Odd
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Sonata form Idee fixe heard in the exposition
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Manheim sigh influence
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Idee fixe heard in cellos and double basses (DEVELOPMENT SECTION) NO WL

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