The pieces and composers
A range of free teaching resources for Ten Pieces III are available. Find exciting short films, lesson plans, arrangements and more.
Primary lesson plans are available for all 10 pieces. There are also secondary lesson plans for Kerry Andrew, Bates, Copland, Elgar and Orff
- Explore the resources piece by piece below or browse by type of resource
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You can also find teaching resources from the first two years of the project, Ten Pieces I and II, below.
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No Place Like
Kerry Andrew
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Symphony No. 1 in G major – Allegro (1st movement)
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges
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Rodeo - Hoe-Down
Aaron Copland
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Carmina Burana - 'O fortuna'
Carl Orff
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Abdelazer – Rondeau
Henry Purcell
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Finlandia
Jean Sibelius
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The Nutcracker - Waltz of the Flowers and Russian Dance
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Ten Pieces I and II
Browse through all of the teaching resources from the first two years of the project:
- You can also download or print the repertoire lists for Ten Pieces I and Ten Pieces II
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Short Ride in a Fast Machine
John Adams
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Toccata and Fugue in D minor
Johann Sebastian Bach
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Symphony No. 5 (1st movement)
Ludwig Van Beethoven
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'Mambo' from Symphonic Dances from 'West Side Story'
Leonard Bernstein
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'Habanera' and 'Toreador Song' from 'Carmen Suite No. 2'
Georges Bizet
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'Storm' Interlude from 'Peter Grimes'
Benjamin Britten
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Night Ferry (extract)
Anna Clyne
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In the Hall of the Mountain King from 'Peer Gynt'
Edvard Grieg
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Zadok The Priest
George Frideric Handel
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Trumpet Concerto (3rd movement)
Joseph Haydn
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'Mars' from 'The Planets'
Gustav Holst
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Connect It
Anna Meredith
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Horn Concerto No. 4 (3rd movement)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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A Night On The Bare Mountain
Modest Mussorgsky
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Concerto for Turntables and Orchestra (5th movement)
Gabriel Prokofiev
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Symphony No. 10 (2nd movement Scherzo)
Dmitri Shostakovich
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The Firebird – suite (1911) (Finale)
Igor Stravinsky
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The Lark Ascending
Ralph Vaughan Williams
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'Dies Irae' and 'Tuba Mirum' from 'Requiem'
Giuseppe Verdi
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'Ride of the Valkyries' from 'Die Walküre'
Richard Wagner