Links to Unit 5 Listening Examples

Richard Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra: https://youtu.be/IFPwm0e_K98

Claude Debussy: Three Nocturnes, No. 1 Clouds: http://youtu.be/0bPchm--OJ4

Maurice Ravel: Piano Concerto in G, complete: https://youtu.be/UtQDZaMcl14

Arnold Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire: http://youtu.be/bd2cBUJmDr8; (No. 18 “The Moonfleck” begins at

29:33)

Arnold Schoenberg: Variations for Orchestra, Theme: http://youtu.be/g7wefv98lvo; (excerpt begins at

1:37 and ends at 2:44)

Alban Berg: Wozzeck: http://youtu.be/viXMstoz5_Q; (excerpt begins at 13:00)

Anton Webern: Five Orchestral Pieces, Complete: https://youtu.be/reqqQ-kBJQ0; (the whole thing is
about 4 minutes long)

Igor Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring: https://youtu.be/jF1OQkHybEQ ; (watch a good chunk of it to take in
the visual of the ballet)

Bela Bartok: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Mvt. 2: http://youtu.be/0oOYSbkCWCA; (Mvt. 2
begins at 7:25)

Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5, Mvt. 4: http://youtu.be/Nbh9MKkV3oU

Sergei Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1, Mvt. 4: http://youtu.be/co-gL6pskwQ; (note: Mvt.4, not Mvt. 1 as
listed in notes)

Sergei Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky: http://youtu.be/vKZPgGbUuX0; (just the first excerpt)

Charles Ives: Variations on “America”: http://youtu.be/hs0VjhNWqn8

George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue: https://youtu.be/cH2PH0auTUU

Aaron Copland: Rodeo, “Hoedown”: https://youtu.be/VXCfEuU2eu0

Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings: https://youtu.be/N3MHeNt6Yjs

Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story, “Cool” scene: https://youtu.be/wugWGhItaQA

Edward Elgar: Enigma Variations, “Nimrod”: http://youtu.be/sUgoBb8m1eE

Edward Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance Marches, No. 1: http://youtu.be/vpEWpK_Dl7M; (give it a bit and
you’ll recognize it)

Ottorino Respighi: The Pines of Rome, Mvt. 4-Pines of the Appian Way: http://youtu.be/3C3LYpgU-og
Carl Orff: Carmina Burana: https://youtu.be/o-SOYIwj_NM

Carlos Chavez: Sinfonia India: http://youtu.be/cEJ40UlIweo

Silvestre Revueltas: Sensemaya: http://youtu.be/lg38K9dD6CI

Alberto Ginastera: Estancia, “Malambo”: https://youtu.be/IjE-ZwnrI1U

Gyorgi Ligeti: Lux Aeterna: https://youtu.be/GwlksfO729I

Edgard Varese: Poeme Electronique: http://youtu.be/YVJgOtZT-b8 & http://youtu.be/fVhdDEYIqdo (part

2)

John Cage: 4’33”: https://youtu.be/HypmW4Yd7SY

John Cage: Water Walk: https://youtu.be/SSulycqZH-U; (Cage appeared on a game show and performed
this work. Try to ignore the cigarette commercial.)

George Crumb: Black Angels, Mvt. 1-Night of the Electric Insects: http://youtu.be/m5a2RXA2Jn8; (Just a
couple of minutes will do)

Philip Glass: Metamorphosis, No. 1: http://youtu.be/fE8og3NrRLc

John Adams: Nixon in China, “News”: https://youtu.be/5Tv3hrZmcEk

John Adams: Short Ride in a Fast Machine: https://youtu.be/5LoUm_r7It8

Andrew Lloyd Webber: Requiem, “Pie Jesu”: https://youtu.be/31oAcmBz044

Michael Daugherty: Tombeau de Liberace, “Rhinestone Kickstep”: https://youtu.be/pX3j6zdLR8c

John Williams: Schindler’s List: https://youtu.be/ueWVV_GnRIA

Elmer Bernstein: Guitar Concerto, Mvt. 3:

https://youtu.be/mBi-BHZPkq4

Gabriel Prokofiev: Concerto for Turntables and Orchestra: http://youtu.be/eJzVjN_KLZQ; (continuing

influences of pop and art music in today’s world)