Model Music Curriculum Playlists

MMC LISTENING • YEARS 1–9

Model Music Curriculum Playlists for School Assemblies

Explore Model Music Curriculum listening repertoire organised by school year.
Choose Year 1 to Year 9 to find music that can be used for assemblies,
classroom listening and introducing pupils to a wide range of composers,
styles and musical traditions.

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Rhapsody In Blue: Gershwin

Rondo Alla Turca- Mozart

Rimsky Korsakov - Flight of the Bumblebee

Gabriel FAURE': Pavane, Op. 50 - Paintings By "CLAUDE MONET"

ROSSINI: William Tell Overture (full version)

Tchaikovsky Nutcracker Suite - Russian Dance Trepak

Gustav Holst - Mars

Haydn - "Surprise" Symphony No. 94 in G Major, 2nd Movement

Bernstein : Symphonic Dances from West Side Story

Hoe-down from "Rodeo" (Copland)

Bach, Johann Sebastian - Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067, Badinerie - HighQuality

Mozart 12 Variations on 'Ah, vous dirais-je maman' Eschenbach

Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks; La Rejouissance: Allegro

Kodaly-Hary Janos Suites-Viennese Musical Clock

What a Wonderful World (Remastered)

Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Wasps (1909)

Peter Warlock (1894-1930) Capriol Suite - Mattachins 6/6

Debussy "Petite Suite" - En bateau

Alice Mary Smith - Symphony in C-minor (1864)

Ella Jenkins ‎– Rhythms Of Childhood (1963) - Children's, Folk

Stravinsky: The Firebird, K10, 1919 Suite: VI. Finale

Symphony No. 1 in E Minor: IV. Finale

1st movement from Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 (J. S. Bach) 1720

Weber: Clarinet Concerto No 1, 3rd Mov

Johann Strauss II - The Blue Danube Waltz

Elvis Presley - Hound Dog (Official Audio)

Maurice Ravel - Bolero

Maple Leaf Rag Played by Scott Joplin

George Frideric Handel - The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba

Deleted video

Saint-Saëns - Le carnaval des animaux (The Carnival of the Animals) (1886)

Air on the G String (Suite No. 3, BWV 1068) J. S. Bach, original instruments

Richard Strauss - Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30

Franz Schubert - Marche Militaire

Bizet - L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2: Farandole

Mendelssohn - Hebrides Overture (Fingal's Cave) (Abbado)

Erik Satie - Gymnopédie No.3

Gustav Holst - St Paul's Suite

Bruckner- Os Justi Meditabitur- Monteverdi Choir

"The Waltzing Cat "by Leroy Anderson

Prokofiev - Peter and the Wolf

Shostakovich- Symphony No. 10, Mvt. 2

William Grant Still: Afro-American Symphony - I. Moderato Assai

Evening Prayer from Hansel and Gretel - Engelbert Humperdinck (1854-1921)

Edmond Dédé - Chicago, Grande valse à l'Américaine (1891)

BRITTEN The Courtly Dances from Gloriana, Op. 53a - "The President's Own" U.S. Marine Band

O nata lux

Ronde and Basse Dance Bergeret from La Mourisque Susato

Clog Dance from La Fille Mal Gardée Hérold (1827)

Pachelbel - Canon In D Major. Best version.

Camille Saint-Saëns - Danse Macabre

Prokofiev - Dance of the Knights

Händel Messiah - Hallelujah Chorus

Antonio Vivaldi - Winter (Full) - The Four Seasons

Aram Khachaturian - Sabre Dance

Allegri - Miserere mei, Deus

Paul Abraham Dukas - Sorcerer's Apprentice

Dvořák: Slavonic Dance, Op. 46/8 / Rattle - Berliner Philharmoniker

Benjamin Britten - Four Sea Interludes from "Peter Grimes"

Dvořák: Symphony №9, "From The New World" - II - Largo

Barbara Strozzi. "Che si può fare". Mariana Flores. soprano.

Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 14 "Moonlight" Sonata (First Movement) (HQ)

Mussorgsky 'Night on the Bare Mountain' - Original Version - David Lloyd-Jones conducts

N. Rimsky-Korsakov. Scheherazade. Movement 2

Handel: Water Music, Alla Hornpipe

Haydn Trumpet Concerto In E flat Major

South African National Anthem - Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika | Epic Version

Lili Boulanger - Nocturne

Muzio Clementi - Sonate für Klavier in F-Dur, Op. 33 Nr. 2

Mikhail Glinka - Ruslan & Lyudmila Overture

Fauré: Dolly Suite, Op. 56 (1894-97) : Berceuse

Earl of Essex's Galliard (Dowland) 1605

Circus Music Suite from The Red Pony (Copland) 1948

I Got You (I Feel Good) (James Brown) 1964

Dave Brubeck - Take Five

Samuel Barber - Adagio for Strings

Duke Ellington, "Take the A Train"

Sir Edward Elgar - Pomp and Circumstance March No.1

Zadok the Priest:The Coronation Anthem

Aaron Copland - Fanfare For The Common Man

Claude Debussy, Prélude à l'Après-midi d'un faune

Beethoven -5th Symphony, 4th movement: Allegro; Presto

Johann Sebastian Bach - Cello suite No.1 Prelude in G - Major

Louis Armstrong "Dinah" 1933

Antonio Vivaldi, Gloria in excelsis Deo

Prokofiev "Troika" ('Lieutenant Kije') - Fistoulari conducts

Nina Simone - My Baby Just Cares For Me + Lyrics

Eugene Bozza - Aria - Arno Bornkamp

Benjamin Britten - A Ceremony of Carols

With A Little Help From My Friends

Charles-Marie Widor - Toccata (from Symphony for Organ No. 5)

If ye love me - Tallis - Tenebrae conducted by Nigel Short

Arthur Honegger - Pacific 231 Mouvement symphonique No. 1 (1923)

Benjamin Britten - Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

[HQ] The Pink Panther Theme - Henry Mancini

Edward MacDowell, To a Wild Rose, Op. 51, No. 1

Debussy: Syrinx for solo flute (Emmanuel Pahud)

C.V.Alkan - Etude Op.27 "Le Chemin de fer"

Chopin, Fantaisie Impromptu

Claude Debussy - La Mer

Verdi: Requiem, Dies irae

Yellow Submarine

Ralph Vaughan Williams - English Folk Song Suite

Debussy - La cathédrale engloutie

Original Dixieland Jass Band - Livery Stable Blues (1917)

Gluck - Orfeo ed Euridice - Dance of the Blessed Spirits

Bob Dylan A Hard Rain's A Gonna Fall

Monteverdi - Beatus Vir

SALT PEANUTS by Dizzy Gillespie with Charlie Parker 1945 JAZZ!

Henry Purcell (1659-1695) - Dido's Lament from Dido and Aeneas

Ravel: Ma Mère l'Oye (Mother Goose) | University Orchestra Weimar

Bizet - L'Arlesienne Suite No.1 'Carillon'

Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18: I. Moderato

The Rite of Spring - Sacrificial Dance - Nijinsky reconstruction

Papageno's Song (from Mozart's Magic Flute)

Andrea Gabrieli - Jubilate Deo (1587)

Samuel Coleridge- Taylor :Symphonic Variations on an African Air,Op.63(1906).

Corelli: Concerto Grosso In G Minor, Op. 6/8, "Christmas Concerto" - 6. Largo

Clara Schumann: 3 Romances For Violin And Piano, Op. 22: 1. Andante molto

John Rutter | Shepherd’s Pipe Carol (with score)

Farrenc: Piano Quintet No. 1 in A minor, Op. 30 (1839) - 1. Allegro

Grainger 'Londonderry Air' - George Weldon conducts

“Chant” from The Bandana Sketches (Clarence Cameron White)

#Shorts | Chorale from St John Passion (J.S. Bach)

Part 1: Chorale from St John Passion (J. S. Bach) 1724

Offenbach - Can Can Music

Carl Orff - O Fortuna ~ Carmina Burana

Johannes Brahms - Hungarian Dance No. 5

Tchaikovsky - 1812 Overture (Full with Cannons)

"Do-Re-Mi" - The Sound of Music (1965)

Simon & Garfunkel - Scarborough Fair/Canticle (Audio)

Jacques Offenbach - Barcarolle

Frédéric Chopin's "Raindrop" Prelude, Op 28, No. 15

Bizet - Votre Toast ( Toreador Song From Carmen) - Best-of Classical Music

England ,Ralph Vaughan Williams , Fantasia on Greensleeves.

Miles Davis Quintet - 'Round Midnight

Rodrigo - Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar and Orchestra: 2. Adagio

Fine Arts Quartet: 2nd mvt of Ravel's String Quartet in F major

Mozart - Horn Concerto No. 4 in E flat major, K. 495, III. Rondo Allegro vivace

Mozart - Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622, II. Adagio

Ave Maris Stella - Claudio Monteverdi (Vespro della Beata Vergine 1610)

Schumann - Kinderszenen (Scenes from Childhood)

Schubert - String Quartet No. 14 in D minor (Death and the Maiden) - I. Allegro

Emerson String Quartet: The complete String quartet in G minor (Debussy)

Frédéric Chopin - Four Mazurkas, Op. 24, Sviatoslav Richter

Ritual Fire Dance from "El Amor Brujo"

José Maurício Nunes Garcia - Zemira - Ouverture

Gertrude 'Ma' Rainey - Runaway Blues

Hava nagila

The Ordering of Moses: No. 1, Introduction (Live)

3rd movement from Violin Concerto in E major (J. S. Bach) 1730

Toccata and Fugue in D Minor (Best Version Ever)

Twist And Shout (Remastered 2009)

Luciano Pavarotti sings "Nessun dorma" from Turandot (The Three Tenors in Concert 1994)

Yesterday (Remastered 2009)

Louis Armstrong - When The Saints Go Marching In

Ella Fitzgerald - Cry me a river

Howlin' Wolf - Smokestack Lightnin'

My Favorite Things - John Coltrane [FULL VERSION] HQ

Sam Cooke - A change is gonna come - 1963

The Autumn Leaves By Nat King Cole

Fats Waller - Ain't Misbehavin' - Stormy Weather (1943)

Little Richard - Tutti Frutti (High Quality)

Spem In Alium (Thomas Tallis) - Tallis Scholars

Chattanooga Choo Choo - Glenn Miller

Beethoven's 9th Symphony. 4th movement

Cathy Berberian | Stripsody

Hildegard von Bingen - Hortus Deliciarum

William Byrd - Ave verum corpus - The Sixteen

Edgard Varese - Ionisation

Ductia (Anonymous, 13th century)

Glenn Miller-"Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree"

George Butterworth: The Banks of Green Willow.

Frederick Delius - On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring

Richie Havens - Handsome Johnny

STRANGE THINGS HAPPENING EVERY DAY Sister Rosetta Tharp 1944

Shostakovitch: Jazz Suites (Full Album)

The Jimi Hendrix Experience - All Along The Watchtower (Official Audio)

Richard Wagner - Ride of The Valkyries

Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (Remastered 2009)

With A Little Help From My Friends (Remastered 2009)

When I'm Sixty Four (Remastered 2009)

A Day In The Life (Remastered 2009)

Jean Sibelius - Finlandia

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Remastered 2009)

Robert Johnson - Me and the Devil Blues

I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General

She's Leaving Home (Remastered 2009)

Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto - The Girl From Ipanema

Getting Better (Remastered 2009)

Big Mama Thornton - Hound Dog (1952) Blues

Fixing A Hole (Remastered 2009)

Lovely Rita (Remastered 2009)

Within You Without You (Remastered 2009)

Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite! (Remastered 2009)

Penderecki: Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima

Good Morning Good Morning (Remastered 2009)

West Side Story - Cool (1961) HD

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise / Remastered 2009)

Miles Davis - My Funny Valentine

Edgard Varese - Ionisation

John Cage - Sonata V (from Sonatas and Interludes) - Inara Ferreira, prepared piano

Elvis Presley- Shake, Rattle and Roll

CLAUDE DEBUSSY: CLAIR DE LUNE

Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake (Swan Theme)

Vaughan Williams ~ The Lark Ascending

John Cage's 4'33"

Bach Double Violin Concerto - Yehudi Menuhin And David Oistrakh.

Duke Ellington - C Jam Blues (1942)

Johann Sebastian Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 (Allegro-Adagio)

György Ligeti: Lux Aeterna

Charlie Parker - Now's The Time

Daphnis et Chloé - Ravel - Dutoit

John Coltrane - Locomotion

Manteca - Dizzy Gillespie

My Song Is Love Unknown - King's College, Cambridge

Charles Ives - The Unanswered Question

Bessie Smith - St. Louis Blues, 1925

George Frederic Handel - 'For Unto Us a Child is Born' from "The Messiah"

Jerusalem - Hymn - Parry

SEQUENZA III, Luciano Berio, Laura Catrani

Clara Schumann: Piano Trio Op. 17 (1846)

Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major, BWV 1047 - Allegro moderato

Drop, Drop Slow Tears - Gibbons

Nina Simone - Mood Indigo (1958)

Vivaldi - Concerto for Two Trumpets in C Major (RV537)

Anton Webern - Symphony Op. 21

Alban Berg: Wozzeck "Interlude"

Lili Boulanger - Hymne au Soleil (1912)