Lower Key Stage 2
Year 4
27 listening pieces.
Follow a repeated idea and compare simple changes in instrument, loudness, speed or musical layers.
Listen and respond
Each page begins with uninterrupted listening, followed by five expandable prompts, sentence stems and vocabulary choices.
Y4 · Baroque oratorio
Hallelujah from Messiah
George Frideric Handel
Y4 · Romantic orchestral
Night on a Bare Mountain
Modest Mussorgsky
Y4 · Indian filmi-pop
Jai Ho from Slumdog Millionaire
A. R. Rahman
Y4 · Western classical
Rondo alla Turca
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Y4 · 20th-century orchestral
Mars from The Planets
Gustav Holst
Y4 · 20th-century orchestral
Bolero
Maurice Ravel
Y4 · Contemporary orchestral
Night Ferry
Anna Clyne
Y4 · Soul / funk
I Got You (I Feel Good)
James Brown
Y4 · Disco / funk
Le Freak
Chic
Y4 · Rock and roll
Hound Dog
Elvis Presley
Y4 · Art pop
Wild Man
Kate Bush
Y4 · Blues
Runaway Blues
Ma Rainey
Y4 · Pop / rock
With a Little Help from My Friends
The Beatles
Y4 · Indian classical
Sahela Re
Kishori Amonkar
Y4 · Brazilian samba-influenced pop
Fanfarra (Cabua-Le-Le)
Sérgio Mendes / Carlinhos Brown
Y4 · Balinese gamelan
Baris
Gong Kebyar of Peliatan
Y4 · Western classical
Symphony No. 5, first movement
Ludwig van Beethoven
Y4 · Medieval sacred chant
O Euchari
Hildegard of Bingen
Y4 · Modern sacred choral
For the Beauty of the Earth
John Rutter
Y4 · Big-band jazz
Take the ‘A’ Train
Billy Strayhorn / Duke Ellington Orchestra
Y4 · Britpop / rock
Wonderwall
Oasis
Y4 · British Punjabi bhangra
Bhabiye Akh Larr Gayee
Bhujhangy Group
Y4 · Trinidadian steel band
Tropical Bird
Trinidad Steel Band
Y4 · Medieval vocal round
Sumer Is Icumen In
Anonymous
Y4 · Classical chamber music
Minuet
Luigi Boccherini
Y4 · Classical orchestral
Surprise Symphony, second movement
Joseph Haydn
Y4 · Electric blues