Lower Key Stage 2

Year 3

23 listening pieces.
Notice and name a steady beat, fast or slow tempo, high or low sounds, loud or quiet music and familiar instruments.

Listen and respond

Each page begins with uninterrupted listening, followed by five expandable prompts, sentence stems and vocabulary choices.

Y3 · Baroque oratorio

Hallelujah from Messiah

George Frideric Handel 1741 · London, England
Y3 · Romantic orchestral

Night on a Bare Mountain

Modest Mussorgsky 1867 · Russia
Y3 · Indian filmi-pop

Jai Ho from Slumdog Millionaire

A. R. Rahman 2008 · India
Y3 · Western classical

Rondo alla Turca

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1783 · Austria
Y3 · 20th-century orchestral

Mars from The Planets

Gustav Holst 1914 · England
Y3 · 20th-century orchestral

Bolero

Maurice Ravel 1928 · France
Y3 · Contemporary orchestral

Night Ferry

Anna Clyne 2012 · United Kingdom / United States
Y3 · Soul / funk

I Got You (I Feel Good)

James Brown 1965 · United States
Y3 · Disco / funk

Le Freak

Chic 1978 · United States
Y3 · Rock and roll

Hound Dog

Elvis Presley 1956 · United States
Y3 · Art pop

Wild Man

Kate Bush 2011 · England
Y3 · Blues

Runaway Blues

Ma Rainey 1920s · United States
Y3 · Pop / rock

With a Little Help from My Friends

The Beatles 1967 · England
Y3 · Indian classical

Sahela Re

Kishori Amonkar 20th century · India
Y3 · Brazilian samba-influenced pop

Fanfarra (Cabua-Le-Le)

Sérgio Mendes / Carlinhos Brown 2006 · Brazil
Y3 · Balinese gamelan

Baris

Gong Kebyar of Peliatan Living tradition · Bali, Indonesia
Y3 · Romantic orchestral

In the Hall of the Mountain King

Edvard Grieg 1875 · Norway
Y3 · Medieval instrumental dance

Trotto

Anonymous 14th century · Italy
Y3 · English Baroque

Rondeau from Abdelazer

Henry Purcell 1695 · England
Y3 · German Baroque

Badinerie

Johann Sebastian Bach c. 1731 · Germany
Y3 · Big-band jazz & blues

C Jam Blues

Duke Ellington Orchestra 1942 · United States
Y3 · Vocal swing jazz

A-Tisket, A-Tasket

Ella Fitzgerald with Chick Webb and His Orchestra 1938 · United States
Y3 · Samba-reggae / bloco afro

Faraó (Divindade do Egito)

Olodum 1987 · Salvador, Brazil