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THE ARTS
Howard Goodall's Great Dates (A Level / Scottish Level NQs)
 
Introduction
Programme 1: 1874 – Wagner and the Ring Cycle
Programme Aims
Programme Outline
Music in the Programme
Ideas for Before Viewing
Activities
Links
Programme 2: 1564 – Palestrina and the Rise of the Violin
Programme 3: 1791 – Mozart and the Magic Flute
Programme 4: 1937 – Shostakovich, Stalin and Hitler
Curriculum Relevance
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Music in the Programme

Extracts taken from 'The Ring Cycle', a series of four operas. Specifically:

  • The Ride of the Valkyries (from the second opera 'Die Walküre' (The Valkyrie)
  • Mime's underworld and the work of the Nibelung (from the first opera 'Das Rheingold' (The Rhinegold)
  • Siegfried's Rhine Journey (from the third opera 'Siegfried')
  • Brünnhilde's Immolation scene from the final opera 'Götterdämmerung' (The Twilight of the Gods)

The opening Prelude to Wagner's opera 'Tristan und Isolde'

Extracts from Verdi's Requiem

Extracts from Bedrich Smetana's Tone Poem 'Vltava'