Music Craft Grade 2 Listening List
Suggested listening to help with Music Craft
These lists are designed to accompany AMEB's Music Craft syllabus. At each grade students are required to become familiar with the sounds of various musical instruments, and are given set works to study. The music selected below gives a sample of each instrument for the grade, both in solo and orchestral contexts, and also includes a full version of each of the set works. The music includes some well-known and some less famous pieces, and covers a wealth of music in a variety of styles. The selections for each grade fit onto a single CD, or the songs can be downloaded onto an MP3 player.
Set Works
Anonymous: Green Bushes
Set work for Grade 2
Recommended recording: Cecille Loken, from the album “The Water is Wide”
Anonymous: Little David, Play On Yo' Harp
Set work for Grade 2
Recommended recording: Hall Negro Quartette (recorded 1936)
Mozart: Sonata in A Major, K. 331 – “A la Turka”: I. Theme and variations – Andante grazioso
Set work for Grade 2
Recommended recording: Jeno Jando, from the album “The Very Best of Mozart”
Anonymous: Slane (Be Thou My Vision)
Set work for Grade 2
Recommeneded recording: Choir of Trinity College, University of Melbourne, from the album: “Abide With Me: A Treasury of Classic Hymns”
John Williams: Main theme From Star Wars
Set work for Grade 2
Recommended recording: from the album “John Williams Conducts John Williams: The Star Wars Trilogy”
Suggested Listening
Bach: Sonata for Solo Violin, BWV 1001: IV: Presto Violin solo
Vivaldi: Violin Concerto Op. 8, Winter, II: Largo (2nd movt) Violin with orchestra
Reger: 3 Suites for Solo Viola, Op. 131d: Suite No. 3 in E minor: IV. Allegro vivace Viola solo
Telemann: Concerto in G Major for Viola: II. Allegro Viola with orchestra
Bach: Suite for Solo Cello No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: I: Prelude Cello solo
Elgar: Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85: II. Lento Cello with orchestra
Dragonetti: Three Waltzes, D. 370 for Solo Double-Bass: Waltz No. 12 Presto Double bass solo
Dittersdorf: Concerto for Double Bass and Orchestra in E: III: Allegro Double bass with orchestra
Tommy Emmanuel: Endless Road Acoustic guitar solo
Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar and Orchestra: II. Adagio Acoustic guitar with orchestra
John Stafford Smith: The Star Spangled Banner (Hendrix live at Woodstock)
Performed by Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock, 1969
Electric guitar
Mark Knopfler: Wild Theme (From “Local Hero”)
Dire Straits
Electric guitar with band