Click on the links below to download the pieces explored in the MusicQuest Book for Teachers.
If you are taking part in MusicQuest 2009/10, make sure you have your i-tunes voucher codes to hand. If you are not taking part in MusicQuest this year, each track will cost £0.79 to download.
You will need to have a copy of i-tunes on your computer. You can download a free copy of i-tunes from the Apple website.
MusicQuest 2009/10 Schools
Once you have downloaded i-tunes, you will need to create an i-tunes account and then redeem your vouchers. To do this open i-tunes, click on ’store’ (in the grey menu system at the top left of the screen), then click on ‘create an account’ and follow the prompts. Once you have created an account, go to the i-tunes homepage and on the right side of the screen is a ‘quick links’ section. In this section is an option to ‘redeem vouchers’. Click on this link and follow the prompts, typing in your voucher numbers when requested.
Other schools
If you are not taking part in MusicQuest this year you can still download the songs, though each track will cost £0.79. Once you have downloaded i-tunes click on ’store’ (in the grey menu system at the top left of the screen), then click on ‘create an account’ then click continue and follow the prompts.
We hope you enjoy listening to the different pieces of music and using the MusicQuest activities in your classroom.
The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra - Britten, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Note- it is cheaper to download the whole album, rather than the 15 individual tracks. If you are taking part in MusicQuest 2009/10 your i-tunes vouchers will only allow you to download individual songs rather than a full album.
The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra - Theme
The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra – Variation A
The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra – Variation B
The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra – Variation C
The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra – Variation D
The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra – Variation E
The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra – Variation F
The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra – Variation G
The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra – Variation H
The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra – Variation I
The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra – Variation J
The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra – Variation K
The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra – Variation L
The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra – Variation M
The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra – Fugue
La Rejouissance, Music for the Royal Fireworks - Handel, Aradia Ensemble
Symphony No 41 in C major ”Jupiter” Menuetto-Allegretto - Mozart, St Petersburg Radio and TV Symphony Orchestra
The Battle from Wellington’s Victory - Beethoven, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
In the Hall of the Mountain King from Peer Gynt - Grieg, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
The Hut on Chicken’s Legs (Baba Yaga) - Modest Mussorgsky, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
The Shrove Tide Fair - Stravinsky, Philharmonia Orchestra
Bolero - Ravel, Charles Munch & the Boston Symphony Orchestra
Romance from Lieutenant Kije - Prokofiev, Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra
Concerto for Orchestra Intermezzo Interotto - Bartok, Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra
Moonlight - Benjamin Britten from Peter Grimes, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Short ride in a fast machine - John Adams, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra