'All the Links' - a tidy little resource to support A level (Edexcel) set works

by Liz Dunbar @HuntSchoolMusic

It's going to happen. You're always on the go. You hear things in passing, something on the radio, something on TV, a film, and you ping out a link to students. It's yet another bit of gold dust that distills the essence of something you've been teaching that week, and you've just got to pass it on. And you get to the end of the week, the term, the year and because you are constantly flying by the seat of your pants, you repeat and remake instead of collating, and keeping, editing, and filtering.

There are countless times when I've spent hours making a resource, only to find I made something really similar a year ago, that I had totally forgotten about, and could have used as the basis for the thing I've just spent half a day making.

'All the Links' began life as a collection of ...well..... all the links.... I sent out to students at some point or another in years 12 and 13. You know what's it's like... you bump into great resources all the time, and you pass things on.... read that, watch this..... in lessons, emails, Teams. The initial lists were curated by @HuntSchoolMusic alumna Holly Boyle during her time studying A level Music with us, and they have proved to be a massively helpful starting point for subsequent A level students who, in turn, have continued to curate the resource.

It's likely that you will be aware of most of this stuff, but it is just so handy having a decent chunk of material all in one place.

And a big thank you to Holly for being proactive, thoughtful, spotting a need, knowing what to do to help, making a difference, being part of the team.

So here are 'All the Links' for all 13 set works. Get in touch and let us know if you've got other gems we can add to our resource.

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5bzL4XdTzBaZ46m3KjesjM?si=wb6f2R_bTSCL3cNseQ-1Cw

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=l6dPv7W80yk

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Lz0FmmNrTck

https://qualifications.pearson.com/content/dam/pdf/A Level/Music/2016/teaching-and-learning-materials/A_level_Bach_Eine_Feste_Burg_set_work_support_guide.pdf

https://www.rhinegold.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/MT0817-scheme-KS5_Bachs-Cantata.pdf

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ein_feste_Burg_ist_unser_Gott,_BWV_80

https://manwaringmusic.blog/2019/03/12/bach-set-work/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02ns6pd

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p01xz2pm

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/58QtONRPIO91AKRbT4fLZz?si=8Yj00uPNTTSAjeJe0LL-Zw

https://qualifications.pearson.com/content/dam/pdf/A Level/Music/2016/teaching-and-learning-materials/A-level-Vaughan-Williams-set-work-support-guide.pdf

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0000r30

https://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/13/arts/music/13smit.html

https://www.classicfm.com/composers/vaughan-williams/guides/vaughan-williams-15-facts-about-great-composer/

http://musicbcs.weebly.com/uploads/2/5/1/5/25157303/a-level-vaughan-williams-set-work-support-guide.pdf

https://www.rhinegold.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/MT0218-scheme-KS5_Edexcel-AoS1-On-Wenlock-Edge.pdf

https://manwaringmusic.blog/2018/06/12/vaughan-williams-on-wenlock-edge/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-ZKFUBwL1w

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDvP0Lnh1-Q (orchestral version rather then the piano quintet original)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVyVPIV8nCc&list=RDMVyVPIV8nCc&start_radio=1&t=0

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3M4x4rwkf8PFHogT9zLWhM?si=iHJF3qYXQqigli6atkMT5w

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1h472Ql_jQw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzTcsluFxU4

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piano_Trio_(Clara_Schumann)

https://www.rhinegold.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/MT0618-scheme-KS5-AoS2-Clara-Schumann.pdf

https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/clara-schumann-facts-pianist-composer/

https://www.udiscovermusic.com/classical-features/music-of-clara-schumann/

https://www.laphil.com/musicdb/pieces/555/piano-trio

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4nNMI2CvV1Un5LYkBS5Pui?si=8zzkDuY-SYaMsM0X9KKdKA

Watch this ‘conventional’ performance first
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HgqPpjIH5c

then watch this far from conventional version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGta6Mtecps

https://www.classicfm.com/composers/berlioz/guides/story-hector-berliozs-symphonie-fantastique/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphonie_fantastique

https://qualifications.pearson.com/content/dam/pdf/A Level/Music/2016/teaching-and-learning-materials/A_level_Berlioz_Fantastique_set_work_support_guide.pdf

https://www.rhinegold.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/MT0518-scheme-KS5-AoS2-Berliozs-symphonie-fantastique.pdf

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p01yn6t9

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p01z9hdg

https://www.classicfm.com/composers/berlioz/guides/symphonie-fantastique/

https://www.theguardian.com/music/tomserviceblog/2014/aug/19/symphony-guide-hector-berliozs-symphonie-fantastique

https://www.pbs.org/keepingscore/berlioz-symphonie-fantastique.html

https://www.rhinegold.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/MT0518-scheme-KS5-AoS2-Berliozs-symphonie-fantastique.pdf

https://quizlet.com/gb/263045330/berlioz-symphonie-fantastique-not-all-points-have-wider-listening-flash-cards/

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3SLA1CVjcPhGqtH9wg3zTX?si=KHr6foO_QUqHG4KAeXWh8Q

https://qualifications.pearson.com/content/dam/pdf/A Level/Music/2016/teaching-and-learning-materials/A_level_Herrmann_Psycho_set_work_support_guide.pdf

https://coggle.it/diagram/WgHnPTvR8gAB0x9z/t/bernard-herrmann-psycho

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fu9YBy_UXWI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQwzJ6VvUD0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nlusJjoNN8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUNxo6WCVpE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijl_eNGFwfI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyLD9bydXEk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UAF1XHO_DA

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=m5-DGSnUS2M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVqlMklOboE

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LZG-wvlPRjk

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CfXxlZVTT30

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=c-G_lNSGNzM

https://www.rhinegold.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/MT1117-scheme-KS5_Music-for-film.pdf

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2PgGE7FaPJuzCLffqabaAr?si=HRee1LXNTIK0Kz6K9-R_kw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l99IX3hf158&list=RDGPqa49anYlA&index=2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05lnRLQc9Y8&list=RDGPqa49anYlA&index=4

https://qualifications.pearson.com/content/dam/pdf/A Level/Music/2016/teaching-and-learning-materials/AS-Elfman-Batman-set-work-support-guide.pdf

https://www.rhinegold.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/MT0718-scheme-KS5_Edexcel-Music-for-film-pt3.pdf

http://colfesalevelmusic.blogspot.com/2017/05/danny-elfman-batman-returns-main-theme.html

https://coggle.it/diagram/WgHqjPkZeAABCgjA/t/danny-elfman-batman-returns

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Elfman#:~:text=Elfman has said his major,and Carl Orff%3B and jazz%2C

https://www.allmusic.com/artist/danny-elfman-mn0000569119/biography

https://composerfocus.com/orchestration-in-the-style-of-danny-elfman/

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/jul/06/danny-elfman-tim-burton-lincoln-center-festival

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0Rj3mTl5abWPZPfsJCxEjE?si=xVGgT_1FTjeyNJPbAqUVeg

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2iBcSaELAxs

https://qualifications.pearson.com/content/dam/pdf/A Level/Music/2016/teaching-and-learning-materials/A-level-Beatles-set-work-support-guide.pdf

https://www.rhinegold.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/MT1217-scheme-KS5_Edexcel_Revolver.pdf

https://qualifications.pearson.com/content/dam/pdf/A Level/Music/2016/teaching-and-learning-materials/A-level-Beatles-set-work-support-guide.pdf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuS5NuXRb5Y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suu60oaWMVI
Watch from 12’50

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUv0x4iM_QU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdcSFVXd3MU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kXusIyqQ2o

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nf3eZ_WRWYg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CofiPAC-wv0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bijmnVoPHZI
Tape loops from ‘Tomorrow Never Knows’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTKPW92ndUA
Paul McCartney demonstrates the mellotron

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6plKRbSwLQ
The tack piano - used in the coda of ‘tomorrow never knows’

https://youtu.be/9elQeVfrLOo

Interview with the inventor of artificial double tracking ADT... as found on ‘Tomorrow Never Knows’
about half way through Ken explains how it works https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgnSVdjfSwk

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2OVFNl7Z8rky6SEjo5obvC?si=EgzLUXwBRtOz3mzEuQeC-g

https://qualifications.pearson.com/content/dam/pdf/A Level/Music/2016/teaching-and-learning-materials/A_level_Kate_Bush_Hounds_set_work_support_guide.pdf

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7-ladC3eAQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2qD6OQhRUU

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-enduring-incandescent-power-of-kate-bush

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairlight_CMI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khWM0r3b3ao

Memorable use of the Fairlight CMI
1: Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill
2: Tears For Fears - Shout
3: The Art of Noise - Moments In Love
4: Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax
5: Jan Hammer - Miami Vice Theme

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yldcZ65PmVU