Minnesota High School Music Listening Contest 2007-08

Authored and Hosted by K. Christian McGuire

Early Music (-1599)
Hildegard von Bingen
- Karitas habundat
- Laus trinitati
Richard the Lionhearted - Ja nus hons pris
Adam de la Halle
- Robins m'aime (and commentary)
- Mout / Robins m'aime / Portare
John Dunstaple - Descendi in ortum meum
Henry VIII of England - Pastime with Good Company

Baroque Period (1600-1750)
Elizabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre
- "La Flamande" from Harpsichord Suite No. 5
- "Chaconne" from Harpsichord Suite No. 5
George Frideric Händel - Flammende Rose Zierde der Erde, HWV 210
Johann Sebastian Bach - Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue, BWV 903
- Fantasy
- Fugue
Missionary Baroque - Caima, Iyai Jesus

Classical Period (1750-1820)
Johann Georg Albrechtsberger - Allegro Moderato from Concertino in D
Joseph-Boulogne Chevalier de Saint-Georges - Symphony in D, op. 11/2
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - "O Zittre Nicht" from Die Zauberflote

Romantic Period (1820-1900)
Louis Moreau Gottschalk - Tremolo, Grande etude de concert, op. 58
Edvard Grieg - "Solveig's Song" from Peer Gynt, op. 23 no. 11
Antonin Dvorak - Larghetto from String Quintet in E-flat, op. 97

20th Century (1901-2000)
Gustav Holst - "Neptune" from The Planets, op 32 no. 7
Arthur Honegger - from Jeanne d'arc au Bucher
Alberto Ginastera - Variaciones Concertantes, op 23
- "Tema per Violoncello ed Arpa"
- "Variazione canonica per Oboe e Fagotto"
Jaco Pastorius
- Portrait of Tracy from Jaco Pastorius (1976)
- Crisis from Word of Mouth (1981)

Featured Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Sextet for 2 clarinets, 2 horns and 2 bassoons in E-flat, op. 71
"Scherzo and Trio" from Symphony No. 2 in D, op. 36
Lieder on texts by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- "Ich denke dein" from the poem Nahe des Geliebten
- "Freudvoll und Leidvoll" from Egmont, op. 84
Fantasy in C minor for Piano, Chorus, and Orchestra, op. 80
"Der schwer gefaßte Entschluß" from String Quartet No. 16 in F, op. 135

Featured Genre: Music in Cinema
Commentary - Korngold
Erich Wolfgang Korngold - Main Theme from Captain Blood (1935)
- Comparison Piece - John Williams - Main Theme from Star Wars (1977)
Erich Wolfgang Korngold - Music from The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
- "The Fish"
Commentary - Use of leitmotivs in The Adventures of Robin Hood
- "The Tournament"
Commentary - Alexander Nevsky
Sergei Prokofiev - "Battle on the Ice" from Alexander Nevsky (1938)
Bernard Hermann - Psycho (1960)
Commentary
Ennio Morricone - Il Buono, Il Brutto, Il Cattivo (1966)
Commentary - In the Year 2001…
Gyorgi Ligeti -"Jupiter Beyond the Infinite" from 2001 A Space Odyssey (1968)
Kishore Kumar - "Dil Aaj Shair Hai" from Gambler (1970)

Featured Ethnomusic: Selections from the African Continent
Southern Africa: Zulu
- Emalomeni - Song accompanied by makhweyana (musical bow)
- Edel Nkosi (Chief Song)
Ethiopia: Beta Israel
- Prayer for Passover
- Prayer for New Year
Saharan Africa: Tuareg
- Chikishikishin - Love song accompanied by the imzhad
- Tohimo Dance
Central Africa: Mbuti
- Bachelor duet accompanied by the lukembi
- Elephant Hunt