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The Proms Music Project Summer-2 2020 Garden Suburb ‘Last Night of the Proms’ Project Summer 2 – Week 2 Warm up Our music lessons for this half term are going to be linked to ‘The Last Night of the Proms’. The Proms are an annual 8-week season of daily concerts held at The Royal Albert Hall in London which finish with a huge celebration of British Classical music played with an accompaniment of fireworks, light shows and canons as well as a lot of patriotic singing and flag waving from the audience! Watch this video for an overview of the BBC Proms Click here for Week 2’s activity & information Mild Activity Learn the words and music to the song ‘Land of Hope and Glory’ Spicy Activity Create a fact file on Sir Edward Elgar - when and where was he born, what instruments did he play, what are his most famous pieces of music, which ones do you like? Can you find any fascinating facts about him? Hot Activity Create your own words for the song ‘Land of Hope and Glory’ - how can you make it meaningful? Can you link it to the school values or things you think make Garden Suburb the best school. Ask a parent/carer to send in your words and a recording of you singing them if you can! ([email protected]) The Proms Music Project Summer-2 2020 Sir Edward Elgar Born on 2 June 1857 and died 23 February 1934, Elgar was born near Worcester, England and was one of seven children, all of whom were musical. He played the violin, piano and organ as a child and started composing and conducting after he left school. In 1899 he wrote ‘The Enigma Variations’ one of his biggest and most famous works. Between 1901 & 1930, he wrote his Pomp and Circumstances Marches - there were five altogether but it’s the first one for which he is best known and most widely used. It is traditionally performed at the ‘Last Night of the Proms’. When Elgar was asked to write a piece for the coronation of King Edward VII he used the middle section of this 1st march, put words to it and included it in the ‘Coronation Ode’, it was then published as a song in it’s own right called ‘Land of Hope and Glory’. It was incredibly popular and continues to be so and is often referred to as the unofficial British national anthem. Land of Hope and Glory (Original Lyrics) Land of Hope and Glory, Mother of the Free, How shall we extol thee, who are born of thee? Wider still and wider shall thy bounds be set; God, who made thee mighty, make thee mightier yet, God, who made thee mighty, make thee mightier yet. Land of Garden Suburb (Miss B’s lyrics) Garden Suburb is our school, we think that it’s the best, Friends, teachers and parents, all agree on this too. Fun and laughter, helps us, learn our spellings and sums, Staff and amazing teachers, help us learn and progress, Staff and amazing teachers, bring out our very best! Can you come up with your own version and record it? If so, do ask a parent / carer to send it to Miss Baker ([email protected]) she’d love to hear/ see it. .

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≥ Elgar Sea Pictures Polonia Pomp and Circumstance Marches 1–5 Sir Mark Elder Alice Coote Sir Edward Elgar (1857–1934) Sea Pictures, Op.37 1
≥ ELGAR SEA PICTURES POLONIA POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE MARCHES 1–5 SIR MARK ELDER ALICE COOTE SIR EDWARD ELGAR (1857–1934) SEA PICTURES, OP.37 1. Sea Slumber-Song (Roden Noel) .......................................................... 5.15 2. In Haven (C. Alice Elgar) ........................................................................... 1.42 3. Sabbath Morning at Sea (Mrs Browning) ........................................ 5.47 4. Where Corals Lie (Dr Richard Garnett) ............................................. 3.57 5. The Swimmer (Adam Lindsay Gordon) .............................................5.52 ALICE COOTE MEZZO SOPRANO 6. POLONIA, OP.76 ......................................................................................13.16 POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE MARCHES, OP.39 7. No.1 in D major .............................................................................................. 6.14 8. No.2 in A minor .............................................................................................. 5.14 9. No.3 in C minor ..............................................................................................5.49 10. No.4 in G major ..............................................................................................4.52 11. No.5 in C major .............................................................................................. 6.15 TOTAL TIMING .....................................................................................................64.58 ≥ MUSIC DIRECTOR SIR MARK ELDER CBE LEADER LYN FLETCHER WWW.HALLE.CO.UK
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Vol. 13, No. 5 July 2004
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Vol. 16, No. 1 March 2009
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