Here is the listening list for our April Studio Class. As usual, students will be expected to know the name of the piece and its composer. As an added challenge, I’ll give them the ability to earn several bonus points by identifying 3 recordings from our previous exams (see previous posts). However, I will not list them in the possible answers. They will have to remember the titles and composers on their own!

1. Eine Kleine Nachtmusik – WA Mozart

2. Sabre Dance – A. Kachaturian

3. In the Hall of the Mountain King – Edvard Grieg

4. Queen of the Night from the opera “The Magic Flute” – WA Mozart

5. William Tell Overture – G. Rossini

6. Hallelujah chorus from “Messiah” – George Frederic Handel

7. Sonata II (from Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano) – John Cage

– Prepared piano is a style of piano playing that alters the sound of the piano by placing items such as screws, chains, paper, and mutes inside the piano and between its strings.