PREPARATORY PROGRAM

Anderson

The Typewriter, The Syncopated Clock, Bugler's Holiday, and many others (The St.Louis Symphony, conducted by Leonard Slatkin has recorded a CD on RCA titled: The Typewriter - Leroy Anderson Favorites .)

Bach

Six Brandenberg Concertos; The Swingle Singers - Jazz Sebastian Bach; The Well-Tempered Clavier

Bartok

For Children or Für Kinder (solo piano)

Beethoven

Any of his symphonies, particularly the 6th, which is used in Fantasia; Piano Concerto No. 5 (Emperor) - 3rd movement; and Violin Concerto - 3rd movement

Bernstein

Overture to Candide, Symphonic Dances from Westside Story

Boy's Choirs

Boy's Choirs of Vienna, Dresden, Harlem

Brahms

Academic Festival Overture

Britten

A Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Leonard Bernstein's recording is charmingly narrated by a child)

Chopin

The Minute Waltz

Copland

Rodeo

Debussy

The Children's Corner (solo piano); Afternoon of a Faun (pensive, soothing music)

Dukas

Sorcerer's Apprentice (music used in the first Fantasia)

Dvorák

Slavonic Dances; New World Symphony

Elgar

Pomp and Circumstance (there's more to it than the theme we hear at graduation!!!)

Grieg

Peer Gynt Suite (especially "In the Hall of the Mountain King" - delightfully scary!)

Haydn

Surprise Symphony (Symphony No. 94)

Hindemith

Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes of von Weber

Holst

The Planets (the soundtrack to 'Star Wars' sounds suspiciously like it!)

Humperdinck

Hansel and Gretel, or highlights from this opera for children

Joplin

ragtime piano music

Kleinsinger

Tuby the Tuba (best version is narrated by Danny Kaye)

Mozart

Eine Kleine Nacht Musik (A Little Night Music); Jupiter Symphony (#41); Violin Concerto No. 5 (the Turkish) - 3rd movement; Overture to The Marriage of Figaro (appeals to a young child's love of break neck speed!)

Moussorgsky

Night on Bald Mountain (music from the first Fantasia); Pictures at an Exhibition

Offenbach

Overture to Orpheus in the Underworld ( featuring the famous 'Can-Can' )

Ponchielli

Dance of the Hours

Prokofiev

Peter and the Wolf (Leonard Bernstein's narration)

Rossini

William Tell Overture (music with contrasts of calm and excitement); The Barber of Seville

Saint-Saëns

Carnival of the Animals (Leonard Bernstein's narration); Danse Macabre (spooky music!)

Schumann

Scenes from Childhood or Kinderszenen, Album for the Young

John Philip Sousa

various marches are inspiring and irresistible

Richard Strauss

Til Eulenspeigel and His Merry Pranks

Stravinsky

The Rite of Spring (music from Fantasia) , the ballets Petrushka or The Firebird

Tchaikovsky

The Nutcracker; Swan Lake; Sleeping Beauty; 1812 Overture; Children's Album (solo piano)

Vivaldi

The Four Seasons (version recorded by Nigel Kennedy and the English Chamber Orchestra)

Williams

Soundtracks from Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi