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THE ARTS
Howard Goodall's Big Bangs
 
Introduction
Programme 1: The Invention of Notation
Programme 2: The Birth of Opera
Programme 3: The Discovery of Equal Temperament
Programme 4: The History of the Piano
Programme 5: The Development of Recorded Sound
Programme Aims
Programme Outline
Background Information
Music Heard in the Programme
Activities
Links
Curriculum Relevance
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Music Heard in the Programme

'Different Trains' by Reich
'La Fille aux cheveux de lin' by Debussy
'Vesti la giubba' from 'I Pagliacci' by Leoncavallo
'Song without Words' opus 38 no.14 in C minor by Mendelssohn arranged for violin, cello, double bass and piano
Overture to 'The Marriage of Figaro' (K492) by Mozart
'It had to be you' by Sammy Kahn
Third Movement from Symphony number 3 in F major by Brahms
Piano Concerto no. 3 by Prokofiev
'Casta Diva' from 'Norma' by Bellini
Extract from Symphony no. 40 in G minor (K550) by Mozart
Violin Sonata by Franck
Träumerei (arranged for cello) by Schumann
Brandenburg Concerto no. 2 in E by J.S. Bach
African Sanctus by Fanshawe
'It's gonna rain' by Reich
Piano Concerto no. 23 in A major (K 488) by Mozart