Viking Saga Songs: Clips

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All the clips from Viking Saga Songs on a single page.

1. Loki the joker

Tutorial: 'Loki the joker'
Story: Odin creates the world
Song 1: 'Loki the joker' (vocal)
Song 1: 'Loki the joker' (backing)
An extract from 'En Saga' by Sibelius

2. Odin, mighty world-creator

Tutorial 2: 'Odin, mighty world-creator'
Story: Odin creates the world
Song 2: 'Odin, mighty world-creator' (vocal)
Song 2: 'Odin, mighty world-creator' (backing)
An extract from 'Das Rheingold' by Richard Wagner

3. Goblins a go-go!

Tutorial 3: 'Goblins a go-go!'
Story: Freya and the goblins - part 1
Story: Freya and the goblins - part 2
Song 3: 'Goblins a go-go!' (vocal)
Song 3: 'Goblins a go-go!' (backing)
An extract from 'In the Hall of the Mountain King' from 'Peer Gynt' by Edvard Grieg

4. Sing us a saga

Tutorial 4: 'Sing us a saga'
Story: Thor and the giants - part 1
Song 4: 'Sing us a saga' (vocal)
Song 4: 'Sing us a saga' (backing)
An extract from 'Peter Grimes' by Benjamin Britten: 'Dawn' from Four Sea Interludes.

5. Thor on a journey

Tutorial 5: 'Thor on a journey'
Story: Thor and the giants - part 2
Story: Thor and the giants - part 3
Song 5: 'Thor on a journey' (vocal)
Song 5: 'Thor on a journey' (backing)
An extract from 'Sinfonietta' by Janacek - a lively fanfare.

6. Apples of Iduna

Tutorial 6: 'Apples of Iduna'
Story: The apples of Iduna - part 1
Story: The apples of Iduna - part 2
Song 6: 'Apples of Iduna' (vocal)
Song 6: 'Apples of Iduna' (backing)
An extract from 'The ride of the Valkyries' from 'Die Walkure' by Richard Wagner

7. Birds of the North

Tutorial 7: 'Birds of the North'
Story: The Apples of Iduna - part 3
Story: The Apples of Iduna - part 4
Song 7: 'Birds of the North' (vocal)
Song 7: 'Birds of the North' (backing)
An extract from 3rd Movement, Symphony No 5 by Sibelius.

Resources

Teachers' Notes
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Teachers' Notes

Download / print guidance to all the content (pdf)

Pupils' Pamphlet
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Pupils' Pamphlet

Download / print all the lyric sheets for singing the songs plus activities and illustrations for pupils

Meet the characters
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Meet the characters

Images and descriptions of all the main characters from the four Sagas.

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