For Tuesday (3/13): Watch at least 15 minutes of videos of the music of Charles Ives. Follow the instructions on your Tuesday Listening Journal.
Variations on "America" (organ) 7:45
Variations on "America" (organ with score) 7:46
The Unanswered Question (orchestra with score) 4:35
Three Quarter-Tone Pieces (piano with score) 4:10 (This is number one of the three.)
Putnam's Camp, Redding, Connecticut from Three Places in New England (orchestra) - Watch from the beginning until the end of this movement (around minute 6)
General William Booth Enters Heaven (voice and piano with score) 5:50 Written upon the death of General William Booth who founded the Salvation Army
Charles Ives plays Charles Ives (piano with score) 5:00 - a rare historical recording of Charles Ives playing "The Alcotts" from Concord Sonata (a piano sonata) - April 24, 1943 in New York City
Variations on "America" (organ) 7:45
Variations on "America" (organ with score) 7:46
The Unanswered Question (orchestra with score) 4:35
Three Quarter-Tone Pieces (piano with score) 4:10 (This is number one of the three.)
Putnam's Camp, Redding, Connecticut from Three Places in New England (orchestra) - Watch from the beginning until the end of this movement (around minute 6)
General William Booth Enters Heaven (voice and piano with score) 5:50 Written upon the death of General William Booth who founded the Salvation Army
Charles Ives plays Charles Ives (piano with score) 5:00 - a rare historical recording of Charles Ives playing "The Alcotts" from Concord Sonata (a piano sonata) - April 24, 1943 in New York City
For Thursday (3/15): Follow the instructions on the Listening Journal using the videos linked below. Choose ONE of these composers: Ferde Grofe, Gustav Holst, Ottorini Respighi, Sergei Prokofiev, Igor Stravinsky. Watch 15 minutes of music by that one composer and answer the questions on the Thursday Listening Journal.
Grand Canyon Suite by Ferde Grofe (New York Philharmonic Orchestra)
Mvt 1 - Sunrise
Mvt 2 - The Painted Desert
Mvt 3 - On the Trail
Mvt 4 - Sunset
Mvt 5 - Cloudburst
Hudson River Suite by Ferde Grofe (Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra)
Mvt 1 - The River
Mvt 2 - Henry Hudson
Mvt 3 - Rip Van Winkle
The Planets by Gustav Holst (Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra)
0:35 Mars, the Bringer of War
8:13 Venus, the Bringer of Peace
17:57 Mercury, the Winged Messenger
22:33 Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity
31:20 Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age
41:11 Uranus, the Magician
47:08 Neptune, the Mystic
The Firebird Suite by Igor Stravinsky (Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra)
Romeo and Juliet Suite by Sergei Prokofiev (Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France)
Lieutenant Kije Suite by Sergei Prokofiev (Boston Civic Symphony)
The Pines of Rome by Ottorino Respighi (Sinfónica de Galicia)
Grand Canyon Suite by Ferde Grofe (New York Philharmonic Orchestra)
Mvt 1 - Sunrise
Mvt 2 - The Painted Desert
Mvt 3 - On the Trail
Mvt 4 - Sunset
Mvt 5 - Cloudburst
Hudson River Suite by Ferde Grofe (Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra)
Mvt 1 - The River
Mvt 2 - Henry Hudson
Mvt 3 - Rip Van Winkle
The Planets by Gustav Holst (Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra)
0:35 Mars, the Bringer of War
8:13 Venus, the Bringer of Peace
17:57 Mercury, the Winged Messenger
22:33 Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity
31:20 Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age
41:11 Uranus, the Magician
47:08 Neptune, the Mystic
The Firebird Suite by Igor Stravinsky (Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra)
Romeo and Juliet Suite by Sergei Prokofiev (Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France)
Lieutenant Kije Suite by Sergei Prokofiev (Boston Civic Symphony)
The Pines of Rome by Ottorino Respighi (Sinfónica de Galicia)