RENAISSANCE 1400-1599 Thomas Tallis Thomas Tallis: Spem in Alium William Byrd William Byrd: Ave Verum Corpus Claudio Monteverdi The Orchestra: Strings BAROQUE 1600-1749 Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach: Air on the G String George Frideric Handel George Frideric Handel: Water Music Antonio Vivaldi Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Seasons Domenico Scarlatti CLASSICAL 1750-1829 Ludwig van Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 Ludwig van Beethoven: Für Elise Key instrument: Piano Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: The Magic Flute Key instrument: Flute Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro Gioachino Rossini Gioachino Rossini: William Tell Overture Franz Joseph Haydn Franz Joseph Haydn: Trumpet Concerto Key instrument: Trumpet Antonio Salieri The Orchestra: Woodwind ROMANTIC 1830-1899 Sergei Rachmaninov Sergei Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker Guiseppe Verdi Guiseppe Verdi: La Donna e Mobile Johannes Brahms Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 5 Franz Liszt The Strauss Family The Strauss Family: Radetzky March The Strauss Family: By the Beautiful Blue Danube Gustav Mahler Frederic Chopin Richard Wagner Georges Bizet Georges Bizet: Carmen Samuel Coleridge-Taylor The Orchestra: Brass TWENTIETH CENTURY 1900-1999 John Williams John Williams: Jurassic Park George Gershwin Edward Elgar Edward Elgar: Enigma Variations: Variations on an Original Theme Edward Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 Sergei Prokofiev Sergei Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf Dmitri Shostakovich Howard Shore Benjamin Britten Ethel Smyth The Orchestra: Percussion Index Acknowledgements About the Authors.